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I'm a grumpy linux greybeard type, so I went with... plain text files.
Everything is deployed via docker, so I've got a docker-compose.yml for each stack, and any notes or configuration things specific to that app is a comment in the compose file. Those are all backed up in a couple of places, since all I need to do is drop them on a filesystem, and bam, complete restoration.
Reverse proxy is nginx, because it's reliable, tested, proven, works, and while it might not have all those fancy auto-config options other things have, it also doesn't automatically configure itself into a way that I'd prefer it didn't, either.
I don't use any tools like portainer or dockge or nginx proxy manager at this point, because dealing with what's just a couple of config files on the filesystem is faster (for me) and less complicated (again, for me) than adding another layer of software on top (and it keeps your attack surface small).
My one concession to gui shit for the docker is an install of dozzle because it certainly makes dealing with docker logs simple, and it simplifies managing the ~40 stacks and ~85 containers that I've got setup at the moment.
I appreciate that mentality though. When things break, if your understanding of your setup is there, it's less to deal with.
I am forgoing the Portainer route this time. I am going to strictly use Docker Compose for my containers. I had too many issues with Portainer to consider using it.
For reverse proxy, I just need/want it for simple ip:port to sub.domain.lan type addresses locally. Anything I need outside of my home will be tunneled through wireguard.
I always quite liked Dozzle. It was handy, and has helped me comb through logs in the past.
Yeah, exactly: if you know how it works, then you know how to fix it. I don't think you need a comprehensive knowledge about how everything you run works, but you should at least have good enough notes somewhere to explain HOW you deployed it the first time, if you had to make any changes as well as anything you ran into that required you to go figure out what the blocking issue was.
And then you should make sure that documentation is visible in a form that doesn't require ANYTHING to actually be working, which is why I just put pages of notes in the compose file: docker doesn't care, and darn near any computer on earth made in the last 40 years can read a plan text file.
I don't really think there's any better/worse reverse proxy for simple configurations, but I'm most familiar with nginx, which means I've spent too long fixing busted shit on it so it's the choice primarily because, well, when I break it, I already probably know how to fix what's wrong.