Exposing Nextcloud and file transfer service
reddit / selfhosted

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auto_enthu · 2023-11-09 17:07

I am trying to be more "self hosted" and not rely on cloud services as
much as I have.  For now, my goal is to get my photos out of the cloud
and backed up on my server at home running Nextcloud (using Memories).
I have everything setup and working locally, I am just really
struggling on getting things exposed outside my network for access.

My goal is to be able to access Nextcloud through my domain URL link
and to also have the ability to upload my photos through an SFTP
server externally.  I am really not wanting to rely on Cloudflare if
at all possible.  However, I have attempted it with no luck with the
exception of a Cloudflare tunnel without HAProxy.  With HAProxy, I
either get the lovely 522 Cloudflare error or 503 error from HAProxy.
I understand opening up ports is the most obvious solution without
Cloudflare, I just want to do it the most secure way possible.  Any
advice on a simple easy way to accomplish these goals would be
wonderful.