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Which reverse proxy do you use/recommend?

I have been self-hosting for a while now with Traefik. It works, but I'd like to give Nginx Proxy Manager a try, it seems easier to manage stuff not in docker.

Edit: btw I'm going to try this out on my RPI, not my hetzner vps, so no risk of breaking anything

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  • I use NPM in a docker container. It could not be easier in my opinion but then again, I did not use any of the alternatives so I might be missing out on something, who knows. I did manage a couple of proxy servers in the past based on Apache and I can tell you that NPM is much easier and logical to me than that.

    Just create a compose file and start it. Create DNS records pointing to your NPM IP address/exposed IP and make a host in NPM sending traffic to the right container IP:port. The compose file is super simple, could not be easier. Here's mine for example:

     bash
        
    services:
      nginx-proxy-manager:
        container_name: nginx-proxy-manager
        image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest'
        restart: always
        ports:
          - '80:80'
          - '443:443'
        volumes:
          - ./data:/data
          - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
    
      
      

    I just make sure ports 443 and 80 are exposed on my router so DNS records can point to that IP adrdess. All traffic on port 80 gets re-routed to 443.

    I'm probably stating all the obvious things here 😀

    • I mean yes, that seems obvious now that I've learned this.

      But I wish I read this comment 3 years ago when I was starting to dive into self hosting. Would have saved me a bunch of time. So always assume some piece of knowledge is not obvious for someone out there and share ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

      • So always assume some piece of knowledge is not obvious for someone out there and share

        You just described a thing of mine I cannot help but do; explain the ever loving crap out of things
        I need to be careful with that though as relatives start to complain and push back on me telling things over and over.
        Thing is, until I see a full comprehension on the other side on what I try to convey I just keep explaining in variations, keep finding metaphors and keep pestering you until you 'get it'. Some say it is a virtue, some say it is a hindrance.

        I have had therapy on this... 😂

        • Hahaha, I can totally relate. I think we should think of it as a virtue. Continue the good work 💪

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