Man I’m lame.

Used to be {env}-function##

Now it’s {env}-{vlanlocation}-function##

VLAN location such as DMZ, Infra, Jump for jump boxes, IOTSec or IOTInsec, Etc

I seem to be out of the loop in regards to proton controversy and I haven’t found anything outstanding against them…

Can you help me understand what you’re specifically referring to? I’m a proton user… so kinda want to know lol

I wouldn’t say you’re doing it wrong, but a reverse proxy allows you to not only have a specific domain to use and multiple backends, etc… but it also can translate to not needing to have a port open for every single service you run on the backend.

RP’s can certianly be a load balancer, but usually for home lab / selfhosted purposes, we don’t need a load balancer.

I use both WireGuard and OpenVPN to vpn into my home network.

However, it doesn’t matter whether you use a domain or just up… if you get blocked from accessing either / both … you’re screwed. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I’ll pitch in here… so website dns (porkbun) is configured to point to your home in, great!

2 things need to happen.

1. Your router needs to expose ports 80 and/or 443 for HTTP and HTTPS access. If you are only doing HTTPS then 80 isn’t really necessary. These ports need forwarded to a reverse proxy, such as NGINX or Apache.
2. You need to have a reverse proxy setup that can translate the domain name that is being sent to a local IP address:port. You should be able to find some relatively simple/easy reverse proxy configuration generators online to help you get that setup. You’ll want to setup SSL certificates while you’re at this too. Look up “nginx certbot lets encrypt” and that should get you pointed in the right direction.

Once those are done, in theory, you should be able to access your website outside of your home network using your domain name.