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Trying to setup NGINX Reverse Proxy (nginx-proxy)...again

I want to use this a platform to document my homelab musings and a sort ongoing "lessons learned" report.

Today's challenge is setting up a reverse proxy.

Why a reverse proxy?

Being someone who is a bit of a docker enthusiast, I'm starting to reach the point where access my services is getting to be a bit cumbersome.
I would love to be able to simply type in something like wiki.homelab.io into my address bar instead of 192.168.1.1:5555.
Resolving the reverse to DNS names also allow for easy sharing with friends and family.

Why nginx-proxy?

As I stated earlier, I love docker and the idea of containerized services. Being able to add this to my docker stack adds an extra layer of ease.

Introducing nginx-proxy.

nginx-proxy sets up a container running nginx and docker-gen. docker-gen generates reverse proxy configs for nginx and reloads nginx when containers are started and stopped. It is reverse proxy on easy mode for docker services.

To be continued once i fix my docker