#Securing my VPS

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little stratus
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Hello,

I just installed Immich on a VPS that is wide open on the internet.
I'd like to implement security with a cloudflared tunnel, but i can't find a way to have immich listen only on the local interface of the server.

I have two network interfaces :
lo (obviously) with 127.0.0.1
eth0 with a public facing IP wide open on the internet

If i leave IMMICH_HOST empty, it listens on both interfaces and works on both IPs
If i set it to 0.0.0.0 it listens on eth0 and the whole web but i get connection reset by peer on 127.0.0.1
If i set it to 127.0.0.1 it doesn't listen on eth0 (great) but i still get connection reset by peer on 127.0.0.1

What is the correct setting so that Immich is accessible from the local machine only and not on the public facing interface ?

Thanks a lot !

sterile elmBOT
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dim arch
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This is something you would configure on your system firewall not on the docker host

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Your VPS should never be wide open

little stratus
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Thanks but the problem is i tried to add a firewall with UFW but docker overrides all the UFW rules

dim arch
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You can disable that

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But that’s not really immich related, this is just docker management

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You should also check if your VPS has a web based firewall, most do

little stratus
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Unfortunatly the provider doesn't have a firewall so i have to protect the box from the inside

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There is no way to have immich listen only on the local interface ?

dim arch
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That’s not something you should even trust to immich even if we had that feature

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Nor docker tbh

little stratus
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Ok so my only solution is to disable docker's iptable management to be able to implement a firewall ?

uncut narwhal
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They have a whole guide for this