# Remove Built-In Nginx

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550>\
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**Created:** [June 9, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550 "2015-06-09T00:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![adendrag](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/adendrag/32/143_2.png) [@adendrag](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/adendrag)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550/1 "2015-06-09T00:48:28Z")

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Hi. I just installed Mail-in-a-Box without realizing it’s also got a built in nginx web server. I already had nginx installed and configured and wanted to know if there’s a way to remove it for the domains I have setup on my mail without removing the webmail / admin panels.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![adendrag](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/adendrag/32/143_2.png) [@adendrag](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/adendrag)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550/2 "2015-06-09T13:06:49Z")

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Does anyone have any help for me?

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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550/3 "2015-06-09T13:18:27Z")

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As the website says in multiple places, Mail-in-a-Box is intended to be run on its own machine.

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**Author:** ![Landon](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@Landon](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Landon)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/remove-built-in-nginx/550/4 "2015-06-09T15:51:31Z")

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One option is to run in a container (there is a Docker branch and I have also been [experimenting with LXC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/system-status-pages-shows-errors-when-port-forward-to-container/470)). My current setup involves forwarding imaps/smtps to the container with mailinabox, then setting up lighttpd to proxy to the nginx instance in the container, so I could easily keep the rest of my site up.