Using a VPS as a reverse proxy

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Hi

Any good resource suggestions on setting up a reverse proxy in a VPS with a public IP address to allow my homelab internet connection?

I have currently some services I would like to access through the internet, preferably using a VPS as as a reverse proxy to my home network. My home network is behind Carrier grade nat, so I cannot really use my home connection directly.

Any good suggestions or providers? Or guides? Or something you want to contribute?

thanks for taking the time
-FinOxy

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Any reason not to try out Tailscale or Zerotier?

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My current solution is Tailscale
But I would like to, hopefully, make shareable file links that actually work without tailscale

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What about through Tailscale Serve or Funnel?

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I was not aware of the Tailscale funnel
I will look into it more!

Thanks for the Tip @Wofltech716

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Can you believe it, apparently Tailscale also has a feature to do what you want as well. Forward traffic from the internet into your tailnet. Tailscale Funnel · Tailscale Docs

Just ensure anything you expose is configured securely.

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Just checked that the funnel works only on the local machine that the service runs on, which is a VM for me. Probably doable, but I am thinking about the long term viability of the solution.

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