I run a web server (lighttpd) to serve a few pages to the world. I’ve installed the nordvpn client and when I run it two expected things happen:
- I lose my SSH connection to the machine, and
- My website becomes inaccessible to the public
Is it possible to run the VPN and still maintain the SSH connection on the local net and the web server connection on the internet?
I would recommend using some containerization process like Docker or Podman.
That way the state of each service is independent of each other and the dependencies don’t change.
For example, if one service needs python2 but another needs python3 you don’t have to manage that. The docker build file manages that for you