#homeLab fun...
Randomly checked my #graylog dashboard for self hosted webserver. Oh someone was trying various WordPress vulns again... Let's see the inbound IPs...
Oh,... Oh no. The call is coming from inside the network! In the 192.168.1.0/24 group...
K, check that host... Oh yeah 🤦♂️ that's the node that hosts the externally visible reverse proxy service.
Derp,
Well, at least reconfiguration of the proxy and webserver to carry the real client IP was fairly straightforward. Just something I missed during my initial, and subsequent, configuration.
Though somewhat risky, connecting computers to the wild network is always a learning experience. My autodidactic ass learns so much from seeing that something can be done then trying naively to do it myself. Bumping up against each and every hurdle informs the why then the how of the best in class solutions. I may not always succeed but I get a better understanding of the tools and technology landscape we exist in.