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Reverse Proxy vs VPN: How do you access your home-server? (feddit.de)
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The more I am selfhosting the more ports I do open to my reverse proxy.

I also have a VPN (wireguard) but there are also 3 family members that want to access some services.

Open ports are much easier to handle for them.

How many users do you have and how many ports are open?

My case: 4 users (family)/ 8 reversed proxy ports

How many users and open ports have you?

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Both. Some things are only resolvable internally or over wireguard. Some things are publicly accessible via a reverse proxy.

Overseerr, bitwarden, plex all have ports open or through the reverse proxy. Same with email and a few other services. All the *arrs are accessible only on my network or over VPN.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Curious why you keep the arrs internal only, when there are things like Authelia that could secure access to them?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Because no one needs access externally. Overseerr is public facing and passes the requests to the arrs.

    It's not about secure access, it's that no one outside my house, me included, really needs access to them at all.

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