2023-12-07, 11:14 PM
Hey all
Just a for my info kinda question. I see a lot of discussion about reverse proxy's. Im just not sure why one is necessary. Maybe it's just my setup. I come from networking by trade so maybe that's it too, and I like things the old fashioned way.
I have a linux box running JF. Works great. It is set with certbot to get and update a certificate. I have my own domain. I have replaced my ISP provided gateway with a custom pfsense box. I have it map 443 to JF. I and some others can connect to the machine over SSL just fine. I just see a lot of suggestions for a reverse proxy server, and honestly i'm not even really sure what that exactly is or why one would need one.
Is there a scenario where my setup is less than ideal and a proxy would help? Just seems like a lot of extra work. I have ssl, I have domain, I have certbot, what else is there?
Is it useful more for people running the server on windows, pi, docker, mac or whatever machines?
Just curious
Just a for my info kinda question. I see a lot of discussion about reverse proxy's. Im just not sure why one is necessary. Maybe it's just my setup. I come from networking by trade so maybe that's it too, and I like things the old fashioned way.
I have a linux box running JF. Works great. It is set with certbot to get and update a certificate. I have my own domain. I have replaced my ISP provided gateway with a custom pfsense box. I have it map 443 to JF. I and some others can connect to the machine over SSL just fine. I just see a lot of suggestions for a reverse proxy server, and honestly i'm not even really sure what that exactly is or why one would need one.
Is there a scenario where my setup is less than ideal and a proxy would help? Just seems like a lot of extra work. I have ssl, I have domain, I have certbot, what else is there?
Is it useful more for people running the server on windows, pi, docker, mac or whatever machines?
Just curious