TCB13 , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

how would the VPS know which traffic to pass and how.

Install nginx in your VPS and configure it as reverse proxy to your home IPv6:

<span style="color:#323232;">server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    listen 80; # listens only on IPv4 port 80
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    server_name example.com; # your domain name
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_pass http://[2a03:2880:f003:c07:face:b00c::2] # replace with your home server IPv6. Keep the brackets.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header Host $host;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_redirect off;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>

Point your A record to your VPS, and your AAAA to the home server.

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• Security recommendation about X-Real-IP: lemmy.world/comment/10392284
• Once your setup works, try to increase your security by using SSL / disabling plain HTTP: lemmy.world/comment/10398545