Hello everyone

Last week I bought a domain with the intention of connecting it to my NAS so I can access my apps over the internet without tailscale (plus give access to a few family members on jellyfin). I did it through clourflare.

I was very naïve but I had no ideal of the sheer amount of learning it would require to achieve the things I’m looking to do (just basic access with some additional authentication). So far I’ve managed to publish my immich server (behind a authentication screen) but largely still very confused about how its actually working. And very confused about setting up external auth and using reverse proxy. Honestly feeling quite defeated.

I’ve posted here in the selfhosted Lemmy and you guys have been really helpful but I think I could really benefit from someone showing me and explaining how it works. I have already learnt a lot from last week but the more I learn the more questions I have.

I’ve taught myself home networking, I knew nothing about it before I built a NAS, but with this I just want to be sure I’m doing it right.

I can pay you. Not heaps but hopefully enough for 20-30 minutes of your time. Not trying to rip anyone off here haha

Thanks for all your continued advice on this

  • 榮哥說財報English
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    3 hours ago

    philanthropicoctopus — lo de pasar de “solo acceder” a manejar autenticación externa y proxy inverso es un salto grande, pero común. Yo también caí en la trampa de pensar que Cloudflare lo resolvería todo con magia, hasta que entendí que el 80% del trabajo está en el Nginx bien configurado. Para Immich te recomiendo revisar su guía oficial con Authelia + NPM; ahí el auth externo es casi plug-and-play. Si te interesa, puedo compartir capturas de mi archivo de configuración para que veas cómo lo simplifiqué — nada de teoría aburrida, solo lo útil. Mira un resumen rápido aquí https://cxgo.ai/l/ynkqxaS si quieres.