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Help understanding Reverse Proxies

I have a noob question but seem overwhelmed with all the information I get about it. Basically, why do I need a reverse proxy if all my services are not public? Every guide or video for self hosting there’s always talk of a reverse proxy, have been doing it wrong?

Here’s my setup: I have proxmox running with LXC containers and VM’s for different services some have docker. I have HAProxy on PfSense with a wildcard cert. and the built-in dns resolver, and I vpn home every time I need something.

Have I be going about this the wrong way? Would I benefit from Nginx or traefik? Or is HAProxy enough? Sorry for the stupid question, I’m like a kid with a new toy and overwhelming myself.

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Suggestions for selfhosted recipe manager?
  • I’ve been using Tandoor Recipes for a week now, here’s how I use it and why I chose it:

    • Scraping recipes, I usually find a recipe I want to try on Pinterest or any other site then paste the link and it fetches the recipe without the authors life story.
    • Serving size adjustments, it basically allows me to scale up and down recipes as I like.
    • The Meal Plan feature is nice for planning ahead and sharing it.
    • The search function is awesome.
    • I imported all of my recipes from Copy Me That without any issues.
    • comments on the recipe, unit adjustments, tags, auto cookbook creation, and others.

    My first option RecipeSage, tried running it in LXC container with docker but had two issues:

    1. It won’t run in an Unprivileged Container.
    2. During install it ate up all the 32gb I allocated and it wasn’t enough for it.
  • Any of y'all have a NAS? What's your setup?
  • I got a DS920+ been using it for file storage, backups, plex, and running docker for all my arr's. Really like synology as an entry level, it got me to dig deeper and learn more. I'm behind a CGNAT, so setting up a VPN solution that would work was a pain on DSM. In the process of setting up my own homelab and building a truenas as I learn more about ZFS.