Hi guys,
I've been watching SpaceInvaderOne videos like a convert the last few days and tried following along, but anything beyond his initial guides really stumps a massive noob like me. I'm struggling to figure out what are the different use cases for VPNs versus reverse proxies for certain tasks, and whether I am leaving myself vulnerable to attack on my server?
So far today I set up an OpenVPN, which I managed to get working. I followed that up by setting up a Nextcloud server to auto-backup my phones photos, however I wanted to be able to back up when not on my home network. SIO suggested that a reverse proxy is better for accessing something like Nextcloud over the web than OpenVPN? I tried following the reverse proxy guide, even buying my own domain, but basically I just got completely lost when trying to set up subdomains (the Google domain service is much more confusing than his example!)
I'm really confused about which way to access my server remotely is the best, and whether all these different methods conflict with each other at all?
Any help clarifying is much appreciated - because as fantastic as SpaceInvaderOne videos are, as soon as you go off-piste as a complete amateur, you get lost almost immediately.