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I have a small homelab that is not open to the internet. I am considering the following setup. Please let me know if there are any glaring issues or if I am over complicating things.

I want to setup a reverse proxy in the cloud that will also act as a certificate authority. (I want to limit who can access the server to a small group of people.)
I will setup a vpn from a raspberry pi in my home to the reverse proxy in the cloud.
The traffic will pass from the raspberry pi vpn to my homelab.

I am not sure if I need the raspberry pi. I like the cloud as the reverse proxy as I do not have a static IP. I would just get a cheap vps from hetzner or something like that.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well if you don't have a static IP, then your reverse proxy is going to break when your lease changes anyway. Not sure what your intended goal is for access and to what, but this is certainly a more costly and complex setup than needed for whatever it is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The VPN should keep access to the homelab even when the external IP changes. Assuming the VPN connects from the homelab to the cloud. The reverse proxy would use the VPN local IPs to connect to services.