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Wow, thanks for all the replies! This makes way more sense now. I didn’t realize how useful a reverse proxy could be even for a home lab—I’ll definitely try setting up Caddy or Nginx this weekend.
Follow-up question: If I’m using a reverse proxy, do I still need to open ports for each service, or does the proxy handle all that? Also, any gotchas to watch out for when configuring?
(And yeah, forward proxy sounds like overkill for my needs 😅)
Wow, thanks for all the replies! This makes way more sense now. I didn’t realize how useful a reverse proxy could be even for a home lab—I’ll definitely try setting up Caddy or Nginx this weekend.
Follow-up question: If I’m using a reverse proxy, do I still need to open ports for each service, or does the proxy handle all that? Also, any gotchas to watch out for when configuring?
(And yeah, forward proxy sounds like overkill for my needs 😅)