Reverse-Proxy (old version)

Reverse-Proxy-LXC

Network

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IP:	192.168.88.3
MAC:	56:59:71:B1:85:BC

System

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OS:	Debian Buster
Files:	reverse-proxy.conf
RAM:	1024MB
Cores:	1
Privileged:	No

The ReverseProxy is reachable under 192.168.88.3 which is located in the ServerVLAN.

Every incoming packages from outside are forwarded to this IP.

The ReverseProxy also forces outside connections to use HTTPS/SSL and will provide a SSL-Certificate.

Basic Setup

Nginx Proxy Manager

Download installation script and run it

cd ~
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tropaion/proxmox-scripts/main/lxc/nginx-proxy-manager/setup.sh
./setup.sh

After installation, the webinterface should be reachable, standard login is

Email:    admin@example.com
Password: changeme

Authelia

For security reasons and convenience, the login portal Authelia will be installed.

Redis-Server

Install Redis with the following command:

apt install redis-server

After installing Redis, start redis service and enable it to start after system reboot with the following command:

systemctl start redis-server
systemctl enable redis-server

Verify the status of the redis server:

systemctl status redis-server

By default, Redis listening on the localhost on port 6379. You can check it with the following command:

ps -ef | grep redis

Open Redis CLI and set passphrase for redis server, which is needed in the authelia configuration file

redis-cli
CONFIG SET requirepass "yourpassword"

Test if passphrase is working correctly

AUTH yourpassword

SMTP-Server

Install mailutils and postfix:

apt install mailutils postfix

Test if SMTP-Server is working:

echo "This is the body of the email" | mail -s "This is the subject line" your_email_address

Installation

Download, unzip and rename latest Authelia archive:

cd /usr/bin
wget https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/download/v4.26.2/authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
mv ./authelia-linux-amd64 ./authelia

After unzipping, the service file authelia.service has to be moved:

mv authelia.service /etc/systemd/system/

Create folder for the authelia configuration file:

mkdir /etc/authelia
cd /etc/authelia

Move the unzipped file config.template.yml to the created folder:

mv config.template.yml /etc/authelia/

users_database.yml

Create users_database.yml in the folder /etc/authelia/:

nano users_database.yml

An user entry looks like this:

john:
    displayname: "John Doe"
    password: "$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=2$BpLnfgDsc2WD8F2q$o/vzA4myCqZZ36bUGsDY//8mKUYNZZaR0t4MFFSs+iM"
    email: john.doe@authelia.com
    groups:
      - admins
      - dev

The password is encrypted so we have to get the hash value with:

authelia hash-password 'yourpassword'

configuration.yml

Create configuration.yml at the same folder:

nano configuration.yml

Start authelia and check status:

systemctl start authelia
systemctl status authelia

LATEST STATE:

• https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/access-control.html
• https://www.authelia.com/docs/configuration/authentication/file.html

Sources

• Nginx Proxy Manager (ReverseProxy)
• Nginx Proxy Manager Install Script
• certbot (Certificates)
• Authelia (Login-Portal)
• Redis-Server
• DigitalOcean (SMTP-Server)