Comment on How do I point a reverse proxy to a VPN client on my VPS?

69420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nginx was already set up and working before. I have some sites hosted directly on the VPS as well.

  I’m just not sure how to make a website go to a VPN client

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  • 69420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Assuming your local service is accessible from the nginx server, you can proxy the request to it:

    server {
      listen 80;
      location / {
        proxy_pass http://10.100.100.2:3000/;
      }
    }
    

    …where 10.100.100.2 is your local IP on the VPN and 3000 is the local port your service is listening on, and 80 is the public port your nginx server listens on. Everything that hits your nginx server at http://yourserver.com:80/ will proxy back to your local service at http://10.100.100.2:3000/. Depending on what you’re hosting, you may need to add some things to the config.

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  • Oisteink@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    By using its ip:port

    If you have homeserver1 running stuff and that’s connected to the vps through vpn you make sure your homeserver1 service that you want to proxy runs on the homeserver1’s vpn ip.

    For docker this is done by specifying that ip when you expose ports or use 0.0.0.0

    I assume you can already ping homeserver1 from the vps by using the vpn address of homeserver1

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