Services:Prerequisites

Before adding a new public hostname, gather the following.

Service information

• Hostname (e.g. newservice.jb-vpn.uk)

• Backend location: VPS (127.0.0.1:PORT) or NAS via VPN (10.8.0.2:PORT)

• Protocol: HTTP or HTTPS on the backend

DNS

• A record pointing the hostname to 87.106.61.62

• Propagation complete (verify with dig or nslookup)

dig newservice.jb-vpn.uk +short

Backend health

VPS service:

curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:PORT | head -1

NAS service (requires active VPN):

ping -c 2 10.8.0.2
curl -sI -m 5 http://10.8.0.2:PORT | head -1

Wiki example:

curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8010 | head -1
curl -sI https://wiki.jb-vpn.uk | head -1

System requirements

• Caddy running on the VPS (systemctl status caddy)

• Ports 80/443 reachable from the internet (for Let's Encrypt)

• OpenVPN up (ip addr show tun0) when the backend is on 10.8.0.2

systemctl status caddy
ip addr show tun0
ping -c 2 10.8.0.2

Related documentation

• [Step By Step Step-by-Step Process]

• System:Network Architecture