Post #3395957
2026-06-12 09:58 UTC
I think this should be talked about more. Does every selfhosted app need to be public facing?
I use Immich as a backup service, so i really don't have any need to have it public facing. It connects when I'm home. Same with contacts/calendar.
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@trilobite@lemmy.ml 2026-06-20 13:31
I tend to agree. Slight problem is when u r away from home for long periods
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@daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-12 13:08
I have many services that doesn't "need" to be public, as public facing for one specific reason. TLS. A lot of the times android apps won't connect to http directions, not even local ones, and require a proper https connection with a well known CA. For that I put the services behind a caddy reverse proxy to get a valid tls certificate. And them I do the trick, and basically on caddy reject any connection that's not local. Thus, making the supposedly "public" site a practical "local" one. Once there I just connect through wireguard.