Synology

Synology-based self-hosting option.

Solution architecture

• Synology NAS, acting as:
  • web server
  • reverse proxy
  • TLS certificate manager
  • NFS file server
• Port-forwarding from the router (80,443)
• Applications deployed as Docker containers on Synology and regular services on Linux
• Wild-card DNS pointing to Synology via port-forwarder

Pros:

• everything in one place

Cons:

• manual configuration of TLS certificates and domains to host

Extension

• K3S on Linux Laptop, with:
  • NFS storage class provider
  • Nginx Ingress
  • Cert-Manager
• Synology as a reverse proxy to Kubernetes Ingress
• Wild-card DNS pointing to Synology via port-forwarder