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Re:Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications by xyzzy_plugh on Monday September 14, 2020 @10:44PM (#24477405)
When I was young I served my websites off my home network. Dynamic DNS would update my A record if my IP changed, but I managed to trick my ISP into effectively giving me a static IP. DMZ'd a host on my network and set up a firewall, and you're off to the races.

Nowadays I just pay for a $5 VPS somewhere -- my uptime is significantly better this way!

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Re:Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications by acoard on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:17PM (#24483025)
Do you use the $5 VPS as like a reverse proxy and you're still self-hosting at home? Or did you move your self-hosted applications to the VPS?

I am setting up a self-hosted lab and looking at (securely) setting up remote access. Was leaning towards OpenVPN as pfSense supported it, but have been considering a locked down VPS remote proxy too (at least for some services) and happy to hear thoughts.

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Re:Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications by apenwarr on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:25PM (#24483127)
[Tailscale founder] One thing you can do here is use tailscale to connect all your devices together, including that VPS, and then set up a reverse proxy on the VPS that forwards queries to your various devices over tailscale.
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