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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an openwrt router at home which also acts as my home server. It's running a bunch of services using docker (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.)

I have set up an SSH tunnel between my openwrt router and VPS and can access jellyfin successfully.

I understand that I need to set up a reverse proxy to access multiple services and have https.

But I'm confused if I should set up this reverse proxy on the VPS or on the router itself. Is nginx the easiest option? Should i add subdomains in cloudflare for every service?

Pease don't recommend vpns since they are all blocked where i live (wireguard, tailscale openVPN, etc.) I'm limited to using ssh tunneling only.

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Firstly...why are you routing your home stuff through a VPS? I'm confused on what is happening here.

If you just want to access your things remotely, setup a VPN server on the router, and connect to it that way. You also dont need a reverse proxy or SSL if you're already accessing things over a secured connection. Where did you get this info from?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Please read the post man, all VPNs are blocked on the protocol level

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not how VPNs work, you can't just "block all of them". I think OP just needs to use a pure-TLS VPN solution (like SoftEther) or an obfuscated one like shadowsocks/obfs from a not-super-well-known provider (or self-host it on a VPS/etc.) and they should be golden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They sniffing the traffic with DPI and block vpn tech on protocol level, so easy detectable things like OpenVPN, Wireguard and Tailscale doesn’t work anymore

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I understand, that's why I suggested some non-easily-detectable solutions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

That was added later, obviously. Even still, you don't need a VPS for this. This is overly complex .

If SSH works, just forward ports and be done with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to remember port numbers. I'm trying to give each service its own subdomain.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago

Beggers CAN be choosers, apparently 🤦

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

VPS

You should if your ip is private, not public.