caddy + tailscale (Full free way of hosting a home server)

• Install tailscale

  • add pc
  • choose a dns domain

• Create a funnel https://tailscale.com/kb/1223/funnel

tailscale funnel 80 &

• Create a letsencrypt certificate

https://certbot.eff.org/instructions

• Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh

• Install caddy

• Create Caddyfile in /etc/caddy

https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy#caddyfile

:80

reverse_proxy :11000

• Move to /etc/caddy and start caddy

caddy start &

• Run Nextcloud AIO

sudo docker run \
--init \
--sig-proxy=false \
--name nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer \
--restart always \
--publish 8080:8080 \
--env APACHE_PORT=11000 \
--env APACHE_IP_BINDING=0.0.0.0 \
--volume nextcloud_aio_mastercontainer:/mnt/docker-aio-config \
--volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
nextcloud/all-in-one:latest

• Access https://<server_ip>:8080

• Select containers to run

• Set timezone

• Click Download and start containers

If any connection error occurs check caddy and tailscale and restart each service

Troubleshoot, check port 80

ss -atunp | grep :80

To Remove Nextcloud AIO

https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one#how-to-properly-reset-the-instance

Reference

https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/main/reverse-proxy.md#2-use-this-startup-command