Access via reverse proxy (apache)

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Bit of a newbie, but I can usually figure things out with a little push in the right direction. This one, however, is giving me a bit of a pain so I could use some help. I'm trying to access my NAS using a reverse proxy, but have not set up a reverse proxy before and have very little coding/IT experience (legal drug dealer by day, IT/home automation enthusiast by night). My web server is running on a different machine and simply because it works, I'd like to keep the web site on that server. Plus, I'd rather not have to do port forwarding to access my NAS and would like the web server to really be the only device directly exposed to the web. However, I'd like to be able to use example.com/synology, example.com/synologyphotos, or example.com/synologydrive to access my NAS or apps directly. I already have a domain name, so I'd rather use it than use the DDNS name from Synology.

Problem is, and this is where me being a complete amateur comes in, is that I can get things almost working. If I type example.com/synologyphotos in the browser the page loads with the Photos heading in the tab, but then stops at a blank page (no errors, information, nothing). Same with example.com/synologydrive, I get the correct name in the browser tab, but nothing on the page. If I look at the developer tools, both pages are throwing a ton of ERR:ABORTED 404 errors with failed to load resource. I also get:
Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' data: blob: https://*.synology.com 群晖科技 Synology Incorporated Synology 知识中心 https://*.google.com https://*.googleapis.com https://*.google.com https://*.googleapis.com https://*.google.com https://*.googleapis.com https://*.baidu.com https://*.bdstatic.com https://*.bdimg.com". Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-XKhBaSyILYL0ESDKu+l0w6VQM5kOHvdYujPIHduzYvU='), or a nonce ('nonce-...') is required to enable inline execution.

If I type local-IP/synologyphotos or local-IP/synologydrive, everything loads just fine.

So the question is, how do I get this to work (and what I've got set up currently is below)? And how do I go about making sure that share links from Drive/Photos are formatted correctly (i.e. example.com/synologydrive/xxxxx) and function behind the reverse proxy?

On the apache side, my reverse proxy looks like this:

Code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
       
        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        ServerName example.me
        ServerAlias www.example.me
        DocumentRoot /var/www/example.me/public_html

        ProxyPreserveHost On

        ProxyPass /synologydrive http://10.0.0.13:40005
        ProxyPassReverse /synologydrive http://10.0.0.13:40005
        ProxyPass /synologyphotos http://10.0.0.13:40007
        ProxyPassReverse /synologyphotos http://10.0.0.13:40007

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
       
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example.me [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example.me
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

Code:
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>

        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        ServerName example.me
        ServerAlias www.example.me
        DocumentRoot /var/www/example.me/public_html

        SSLProxyEngine On
        SSLProxyVerify none
        SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off
        SSLProxyCheckPeerName off
        SSLProxyCheckPeerExpire off

        <Proxy "*">
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Proxy>

        ProxyPreserveHost On
       
        ProxyPass /synologydrive https://10.0.0.13:40006
        ProxyPassReverse /synologydrive https://10.0.0.13:40006
        ProxyPass /synologyphotos https://10.0.0.13:40008
        ProxyPassReverse /synologyphotos https://10.0.0.13:40008

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
       
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.me/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.me/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

On the NAS side, under login portal applications I've got my synology drive and photos alias set to synologydrive and synologyphotos respectively, with customized ports at 40005/40006 (HTTP/HTTPS) and 40007/40008 respectively. I've got HSTS checked on both.

Under external access, advanced, I've set the hostname to example.me, and specified the ports DSM should use (different than default 5000 and 5001). Other than 80 and 443, I do not have any ports forwarded on my router (Unifi UDMP), but do have the ports open on the NAS firewall and web server firewall (DSM, Drive, Photo, and 80/443). I've still got quickconnect enabled, but have disabled the DDNS service (since I'd rather use my own domain). It looks like the NAS is also still holding onto the LetsEncrypt certificate for the DDNS and the synology self-cert for the quickconnect ID. HTTP compression is enabled, along with automatic HTTP to HHTPS redirection.

If I share a file/photo, the share link is "sorta" correct, with https://example.me:[HTTPSDSMport]/xxxx, but I feel like it should actually be https://example.me/synologyphotos/xxx. Or is this incorrect, and if so, how would I make sure the reverse proxy server knows how to handle those? Since right now, visiting a shared link sends me to the first website file in the server (I've got two virtual hosts running) since it doesn't know where else to send it. Not withstanding the fact that I can't even access the application directly at the moment, I do want to be able to create share links that work too.

Am I in over my head, or almost there?
 
Solution
Am I in over my head, or almost there?
You are.

I would advise you to use custom ports for your syno apps and then reverse to them using a subdomain name on top of your custom domain.

So what I mean is to configure Photos app for example like http://youNASIP:5080 (or any other custom port you want), and then reverse to that IP and port in this format: https://photos.yourdomain.com.

This way when you share an image you will get something along these lines: https://photos.yourdomain.com/xx/sharing/xxxxxxx

Same goes for Drive app.

In order to make this work, just use the Application portal (or Login portal in DSM7) inside Control Panel and configure each syno app with its custom port.

Screenshot 2021-09-13 at 09.05.31.png


Under Web...
Am I in over my head, or almost there?
You are.

I would advise you to use custom ports for your syno apps and then reverse to them using a subdomain name on top of your custom domain.

So what I mean is to configure Photos app for example like http://youNASIP:5080 (or any other custom port you want), and then reverse to that IP and port in this format: https://photos.yourdomain.com.

This way when you share an image you will get something along these lines: https://photos.yourdomain.com/xx/sharing/xxxxxxx

Same goes for Drive app.

In order to make this work, just use the Application portal (or Login portal in DSM7) inside Control Panel and configure each syno app with its custom port.

Screenshot 2021-09-13 at 09.05.31.png


Under Web services, enter a port (for http, https or both) and save it. No need for anything else. After that configure your RP host for the photos*, drive* subdomains. Works fine for me with no custom port numbers. showing in the share options.
 
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