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How to set up access to website hosted within VPC?

Posted December 29, 2020 344

DigitalOcean VPC

I want to host my webserver inside a VPC. I do not plan to have it redundant and therefore I do not need load balancing.

I set a gateway as described here.

I also set up a webserver within the VPC. However, I cannot access it through the gateway.

I cannot find any documentation that explains how to provide access to a web server within a VPC from the internet.

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

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StephanH

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Yannek December 29, 2020

Hi,

There are at least two configurations that allow you getting your web server from behind an internet gateway (from the internet):

Proxy set up on your internet gateway
Port redirection set up with your internet gateway’s firewall

The latter solution seems to be more convenient for configuration where internet gateway is intended just for securing VPC (firewall).

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StephanH February 11, 2021

Hi,

Thanks very much for the suggestions.

I opted for a reverse proxy as it seemed to be the easiest solution (at least for me).

Cheers!
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- Yannek February 21, 2021
  
  Glad to help :-)
  
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- ricardomalla March 13, 2021
  
  hey, what proxy did you use? does it allow autentication?
  
  i’m required to put our company’s crm on a vpc, and have multiple remote usera connect. they would first need to be authenticated by some sort of system and then granted acess to the vpc. any ideas?
  
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