Official Phoenixd GuideOfficial Phoenixd Guide

last updated: September 8, 2025

Requirements:

• phoenixd
• reachable from the internet via clearnet and HTTPS
• some experience with networking: HTTPS, reverse proxy, CORS

Setup phoenixdSetup phoenixd

1. Download latest phoenixd release from Github here
2. Unzip and run the phoenixd binary

see official documentation

By default, it binds to 127.0.0.1 on port 9740. To make it reachable from the internet, you need to pass --http-bind.ip=0.0.0.0 or run a reverse proxy.

You also need to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for sending.

Here is an example nginx site config with CORS and HTTPS:

upstream phoenixd {
  server 127.0.0.1:9740;
}

server {
    server_name phoenixd.ekzy.is;
    listen      80;
    listen      [::]:80;

    return 301 https://phoenixd.ekzy.is$request_uri;
}

server {
    server_name         phoenixd.ekzy.is;
    listen              443 ssl;
    listen              [::]:443 ssl;

    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/phoenixd.ekzy.is/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/phoenixd.ekzy.is/privkey.pem;

    location / {
      if ($request_method = OPTIONS) {
        return 204;
      }

      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' '*' always;
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET,POST,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE,PATCH' always;

      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Prefix /;
      proxy_pass http://phoenixd$request_uri;
   }
}

Attach sendAttach send

Enter the URL to your phoenixd instance and what can be found as http-password in your phoenixd config (default location: ~/.phoenix/phoenix.conf).

see official documentation

Attach receiveAttach receive

Enter the URL to your phoenixd instance and what can be found as http-password-limited-access in your phoenixd config (default location: ~/.phoenix/phoenix.conf).

see official documentation