Reverse-Proxy (old version)

The ReverseProxy is reachable under 192.168.88.9 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 WildCard-Certificate.

Used software:

• NGINX (ReverseProxy)
• certbot (Certificates)
• Authelia (Login-Portal)

Basic Setup

NGINX

Install NGINX and NGINX-Extra

[root@ReverseProxy]$apt install nginx nginx-extras

Deactivate Standard-Site (no Web-Server)

unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Create and paste reverse-proxy.conf

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available
nano reverse-proxy.conf

Activate configuration

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/reverse-proxy.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/reverse-proxy.conf

Check if configuration is legit

nginx -t

Reload configuration

nginx -s reload

certbot

For the automatic generation of SSL-Certificates, certbot will be installed.

• Install Certbot

For securty reasons, the captive portal Authelia wil be installed.

• Install Authelia
• Authelia.yaml