{"id":1327,"date":"2025-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/reverse-proxy-for-synology-container\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:41","slug":"reverse-proxy-for-synology-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/docker\/reverse-proxy-for-synology-container\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving a Dockerized web app over https on Synology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open Synology DSM and<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"step-1-setup-reverse-proxy\">Step 1: Setup Reverse Proxy<\/h1>\n<p>Control Panel &gt; Login Portal &gt; Advanced &gt; Reverse Proxy &gt; Create<\/p>\n<p>Reverse Proxy Rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick a \u201cReverse Proxy Name\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Source\n<ul>\n<li>Protocol: HTTPS<\/li>\n<li>Hostname: *<\/li>\n<li>Port: <em>some port<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Check \u201cEnable HSTS\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Destination\n<ul>\n<li>Protocol: HTTP<\/li>\n<li>Hostname: localhost<\/li>\n<li>Port: <em>port exposed by your docker container<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"step-2-create-certificate\">Step 2: Create Certificate<\/h1>\n<p>Control Panel &gt; Security &gt; Certificate &gt; Add<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a new certificate &gt; Next<\/li>\n<li>Enter a \u201cDescription\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Get a certificate from Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/li>\n<li>Domain name: <em>your-syno.synology.me<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Email: <em>your email<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can reuse the same certificate for multiple Docker containers.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"step-3-use-certificate\">Step 3: Use Certificate<\/h1>\n<p>Control Panel &gt; Security &gt; Certificate &gt; Settings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service: As defined in Step 1 Source Hostname:Port\n<ul>\n<li>ex: <em>*:some port<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Certificate: Select the Certificate created in Step 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><code>https:\/\/your-syno.synology.me:some_port<\/code> should now work!<\/p>\n<p>This configuration is written to <code>\/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/server.ReverseProxy.conf<\/code><\/p>\n<h1>Extras<\/h1>\n<p><b>Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mariushosting.com\/synology-https-ssl-to-your-docker-containers-without-port-at-the-end\/\">Marius Hosting: https and app.your-syno.synology.me (with screenshots!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve developed the most fancy application and are running it on your Synology in a Docker container.<\/p>\n<p>But you really don\u2019t want that ugly \u201cNot secure\u201d when opening it. 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