This article discusses the author's experience setting up reverse proxies for self-hosted services, finding the process surprisingly straightforward despite extensive and often overwhelming documentation. It compares several popular options like Nginx, Traefik, Caddy, Envoy, SWAG, and HAProxy, ultimately recommending Caddy for its simplicity and features. It also touches on the relative ease of reverse proxy setup compared to configuring the services they front.
This article details how the author created a dashboard to manage their self-hosted applications, focusing on the use of Homepage and its benefits for organization and access to service information.
The article details the author's experience switching from NGINX to Traefik as a reverse proxy for Docker Compose applications, citing scalability and ease of management as key benefits. It explains what a reverse proxy is and highlights Traefik’s automatic configuration and SSL certificate renewal features.
This article details how to host a personal website using Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager, and Ghost, offering a self-hosted alternative to paid hosting services.
This article provides a step-by-step guide on setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy in a home lab environment. It covers the installation of Nginx on Ubuntu, configuring firewall settings, creating a reverse proxy configuration, and testing it to ensure proper routing.
