The original post: /r/selfhosted by /u/danielrosehill on 2024-05-06 15:24:57.

Seems like figuring out reverse proxy stuff occupies a lot of attention in the self-hosting world, at least for those relatively new to managing stuff.

I keep wondering if something like this is out there (or could be deployed):

A server whose sole purpose is to set up reverse proxy runs onto other resources - whether those are internal (say, servers you’re hosting stuff on that are connected to a virtual VPC). Or perhaps even with the ability to spin up something like Cloudflare Tunnels onto other resources (say, stuff on your home network).

Have I just basically describes a bog standard VPN server with a web UI? And if so is this something people use them for? Or is there a better tool for handling all the ports and IP addresses and … routing stuff that’s part of self-hosting?