arudesalad@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWhat's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down16
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one?arudesalad@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 months agoYes, typically the proxy will listen on 443/80 and all the services it proxies to just use their defaults. For example: emby.example.tld, port 443 > cloudflare, port 443 > your reverse proxy, port 443 > emby, port 8096 All the client sees is emby.example.tld on port 443 and the resulting web application, everything in between is transparent.
Yes, typically the proxy will listen on 443/80 and all the services it proxies to just use their defaults.
For example: emby.example.tld, port 443 > cloudflare, port 443 > your reverse proxy, port 443 > emby, port 8096
All the client sees is emby.example.tld on port 443 and the resulting web application, everything in between is transparent.