Cloud VPN reverse proxy to a home server when port forwarding is broken

Outline, work in progress

Suggested title from ChatGPT 😉
“Bypassing Port Forwarding Blocks with a Reverse Proxy over VPN Tunnel.

NUC Asus PN50

• Ubuntu Linux 22.0x
• 10Gbit, dedicated 1Gbit
• Tincd config
• start on boot

Cloud host

• digital Ocean droplet
• specs
• tincd config

Benchmark

• 512Mb file in wordpress: 10-15Mbit approx
• scp ?

Reverse proxy

• Nginx

DNS & Certificates

• certbot with nginx plugin
• DNS A-records

WordPress

HTTPS issues

• wp-admin down
• mysql fix

mixed origin

• simple SSL plugin
• still uncertain, or?

Rails

• Allowed hosts
• Production build on local
• Start on boot

Minecraft server proxy

stream {
    server {
        listen 25565;
        proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:25565;
    }
}