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  • humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.suOPtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldHow to selfhost with a VPN
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    2 days ago

    Thanks.

    It’s my understanding that https provides encryption for the data sent between you and the server. If you’re not sending any sensitive data, then the encryption shouldn’t be necessary.

    Don’t get me wrong, encryption is great even when it isn’t necessary. For my demonstration purposes though, I chose not to include it.

    I also believe it’s possible to set up HTTPS encryption without a domain name, but it might result in that “we can’t verify the authenticity of this website” warning in web browsers due to using a self-signed certificate.


  • It’s not dumb at all! Don’t be afraid to ask. I’m not an expert and still learning myself.

    The VPN is running on the same machine that I am hosting the website on. There may be some configuration you can do to perhaps have the connection routed through your raspberry pi with a VPN running on it to the machine that’s hosting the website, but I’m not sure how.

    Otherwise, you should be able to at the very least run the entire setup on a raspberry pi.