Comment on reverse proxy over vpn without docker?
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
There is really nothing wrong with Docker on a VPS. It’s not a VM there is no overhead.
I also run a VPS which is connected to my Honelab using Tailscale. I run Nginx Proxy Manager using Docker on the VPS and it’s proxy’ing all incoming connections to my Honelab.
eli@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Could you explain your setup a bit more? Because my understanding is:
Let’s say you have a blog website in your homelab. To access the blog you have to: you go to your VPS’s hostname/IP, from there the VPS forwards your request over tailscale to your homelab which then responds with your blog website?
If that’s the case, why even have the VPS and instead just use tailscale to access your homelab directly?
Unless you intend to have the VPS be a load balancer in some way? Or a filter/firewall? Or you can’t do a static IP for your homelab but you want it to be publicly accessible?
Just trying to understand why you’re doing it this way. I love seeing all the crazy ways people can set things up like this lol
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
You’re right, the VPS only serves the purpose of a static public IPv4 which I can use with a domain.
eli@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Honestly never thought to use a VPS like that before. We’ve all seen using a VPS as a VPN exit node. Do you run into quota limits on the VPS or Tailscale side? Too many requests/data?
I’m gonna have to look into this for fun lol
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Nah, it’s a Hetzner CX23 with 20 TB of included traffic, which I will never exceed. And the setup is actually recommended because you don’t expose your actual server but only the VPS. I watched a video from the Headscale devs a few years ago where the recommended this type of setup.