Setting up NGINX

Posted by smeejon

Hello, I have set up a host and certificate for my sparkbox IP, but when I navigate to the URL I get no connection outside of the network. Are the steps for forwarding two router ports still necessary in the same way as other NGINX PM deployments? Thank you

3 replies

tomspark wrote:

Yep — router-level port forwarding is still on you. NPM on SparkBox terminates TLS and proxies inside the NAS, but it doesn't bypass your router's NAT. Forward 80/443 from the router to the NAS LAN IP, then NPM does the per-host SNI routing. Two gotchas: some ISPs block port 80 (test from outside the network to confirm both reach the NAS), and put auth in front of anything you expose publicly — SparkBox defaults assume local + VPN access.

smeejon wrote:

Thank you Tom!

tomspark wrote:

Anytime — glad it's sorted. Just don't forget to put auth in front of anything you expose publicly; SparkBox defaults assume local/VPN access. Shout if it flakes.