crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Because that's how I was told to set it up? I mean, it seems right now that NGINX has never worked so I'm not sure that's the question to be asking. CloudFlare is just there to give me a security certificate to use with NGINX, pretty much, I think. It's a long time since I set this all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, crusher11 said: Because that's how I was told to set it up? I mean, it seems right now that NGINX has never worked so I'm not sure that's the question to be asking. CloudFlare is just there to give me a security certificate to use with NGINX, pretty much, I think. It's a long time since I set this all up. Cloudfare already gives you ssl certificate, scratch nginx. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, rodainas said: Cloudfare already gives you ssl certificate Yes? That's what I said. Whatever tutorial I first followed to set NGINX up included, as a step, using CF to generate a security certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) You dont need nginx to use https, Cloudfare gives you that without the need for nginx. Edited July 10, 2021 by rodainas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 You seem to think I had CloudFlare and then added NGINX. CloudFlare was simply a step on an NGINX tutorial. My main goal was NGINX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, crusher11 said: You seem to think I had CloudFlare and then added NGINX. CloudFlare was simply a step on an NGINX tutorial. My main goal was NGINX. Again What is the reason to keep using nginx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, crusher11 said: My main goal was NGINX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, crusher11 said: You seem to think I had CloudFlare and then added NGINX. CloudFlare was simply a step on an NGINX tutorial. My main goal was NGINX. Right but it was never functioning it would seem and you have Cloudflare pointing directly to your WAN IP it seems so you've had no real protection at all. It would be far better to simplify your setup to "lock it up" and not have the current holes you've been creating. Edited July 10, 2021 by cayars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, cayars said: Right but it was never functioning it would seem and you have Cloudflare pointing directly to your WAN IP it seems so you've had no real protection at all. Yes, according to the port forwarding on the old router this seems to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, cayars said: Right but it was never functioning it would seem and you have Cloudflare pointing directly to your WAN IP it seems so you've had no real protection at all. It would be far better to simplify your setup to "lock it up" and not have the current holes you've been creating. If proxied the ip is obscured but thats no the point. If nginx has an utility other than the ssl certificate I can understand the need for it, but if it just is ssl then just stick to cloudfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, cayars said: Right but it was never functioning it would seem and you have Cloudflare pointing directly to your WAN IP it seems so you've had no real protection at all. Where else would it be pointing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, vdatanet said: Is the timestamp in this link intentional? It just seems like it's a random point in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, crusher11 said: Is the timestamp in this link intentional? It just seems like it's a random point in the video. No, it's the point I was watching now, watch all the video. First you need nginx to work on Synology, I think it doesn't now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, crusher11 said: Where else would it be pointing? Cloudflare allows setting itself up via proxied status where your real IP is never used on the Internet and any direct IP use would not work for SSL because it didn't go through CF. You can also setup normal DNS records pointing to any host as typical. When using Cloudflare proxied only specific ports are available to use and what you previously had in your router would not work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, cayars said: Cloudflare allows setting itself up via proxied status where your real IP is never used on the Internet and any direct IP use would not work for SSL because it didn't go through CF. You can also setup normal DNS records pointing to any host as typical. When using Cloudflare proxied only specific ports are available to use and what you previously had in your router would not work. I don't follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 You can use cloudfare proxied to obscure your ip, use their ssl certificate and connect to emby through your domain name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Also, 8096 is still wide open, we never figured out how to close it. And port 80 still redirects to port 5000. We're trying to troubleshoot my router, NGINX, CloudFlare, and Emby all at once and it's very confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, rodainas said: You can use cloudfare proxied to obscure your ip, use their ssl certificate and connect to emby through your domain name Isn't that what I was doing? Except it stopped working when I got the new router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Forgot to add, without the need of nginx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 But NGINX wasn't working, apparently. Whatever it was, it broke when I changed router. And port 8096 is still wide open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Why dont you try connecting without nginx, just disable it, only domain:publicport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 1 minute ago, rodainas said: Why dont you try connecting without nginx, just disable it, only domain:publicport That's what I'm getting at. There are at least 4 devices/services involved in this and it seems they are all out of whack with each other. These needs to go back to as simple as possible, then add a new component once each new piece is working. Right now we can't even confirm if port forwarding is correct or not because a new router/AP was recently installed but for all we know a router in front of it is actually doing port forwarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, rodainas said: Why dont you try connecting without nginx, just disable it, only domain:publicport Do I need to add a port? Because that seems prohibitive, in terms of other users. Just having the simplicity of a domain is the goal here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, cayars said: Right now we can't even confirm if port forwarding is correct or not because a new router/AP was recently installed but for all we know a router in front of it is actually doing port forwarding. I only have one router. The old router is completely disconnected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 850 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, rodainas said: Why dont you try connecting without nginx, just disable it, only domain:publicport Doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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