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Nginx Proxy Manager + AIO NextCloud + NameCheap Domain issues on Windows (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Open_Armadillo_7350@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hello,

I have self hosted Plex and a NAS Drive for a while but decided to step it up with AIO NextCloud.

I have NextCloud and the Nginx Proxy Manager both running on Docker.

However, when I try to put my domain into the AIO creation portal page it says that, "Domain does not point to this server or the reverse proxy is not configured correctly. See the mastercontainer logs for more details. ('sudo docker logs -f nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer')".

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I think that my problem is in the NameCheap DNS settings, or maybe I am not understanding if my IP is static/dynamic (having VPN set up confuses me in terms of IP Address)

If someone could help me figure these things out, or lead me in the right direction (like a guide or video), I would much appreciate it.

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[–] rarely@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What do the logs say when you run that command?

Are you intending to route traffic through the VPN to your machine?

Is the VPN always-on?

Basically, if your goal is to route traffic from the VPN to your server, I have to assume your VPN is not intended for privacy (aka preventing ISPs from seeing your data), but rather a purpose-built VPN setup to route traffic from the internet to your server over the VPN. This is a pretty rare setup though and usually done for a specific reason, so I’m assuming you have a VPN for privacy reasons. IF this is true, your first step to getting this setup easily is to disable the VPN or to ignore the VPN for the purposes of setup. I’m not aware of any VPN providers who will give you a static IP with which you can use to forward traffic to your computer. The closest thing I can think of is using cloudflare as a reverse proxy to your home computer, but i don’t think that’s what’s happening here.

Ignoring the VPN, you need to find out what your IPv4 address is. You can find this by going to https://ipv4.icanhazip.com/ . Once you have this, make sure that NameCheap DNS records are pointing to that IP. After that, you’ll need to open your home router admin page and forward port 80 and 443 to your server.

Let me know if you need help and i can help you further. I don't know of a guide or video, i just have my brain.