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24.1 Production Series / Alternative to using a reverse proxy and port forwarding
« on: June 11, 2024, 02:10:59 am »
Hello,
This is my first post/question and I am new to opnsense so please go easy :-)
Very happy with opnsense by the way!
I have just rebuild my home network using opnsense on a mini-pc. All working well (so far) and I have more or less setup my network in the same way as my previous setup using asus router.
For a few key services such as home assistant (that I need to work both in the lan and over the wan when away from home), I use swag + reverse proxy in a docker with a wildcard ssl cert linked to my duckdns DDNS domain. It all works fine but I need to open and port forward 443 to my server that is hosting these services.
I wanted to get some advice on whether this setup is a good idea (security v. ease of use) or if there are other more secure configurations that I should look into now that I have opnsense.
Thanks!
This is my first post/question and I am new to opnsense so please go easy :-)
Very happy with opnsense by the way!
I have just rebuild my home network using opnsense on a mini-pc. All working well (so far) and I have more or less setup my network in the same way as my previous setup using asus router.
For a few key services such as home assistant (that I need to work both in the lan and over the wan when away from home), I use swag + reverse proxy in a docker with a wildcard ssl cert linked to my duckdns DDNS domain. It all works fine but I need to open and port forward 443 to my server that is hosting these services.
I wanted to get some advice on whether this setup is a good idea (security v. ease of use) or if there are other more secure configurations that I should look into now that I have opnsense.
Thanks!