Question about securing owncast on Linode from the Linode Marketplace
Folks:
I just provisioned a linode (streamer) in the Fremont Data Center with the Owncast live streaming product that Linode is offering in the Linode Marketplace.
All seems to be working okay; I was able to do a test live stream.
What I need to know is how to secure it. I have done securing for my other sites here on Linode using the Letsencrypt for Apache, but I notice that Apache is not running on my Owncast server.
In addition, I normally use a different port for sshd for extra security and I disable logins (force use of ssh keys) for ssh access. If I do those tasks, will I adversely impact the operation of Owncast?
Thank you
Mark Allyn
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In addition, I normally use a different port for sshd for extra security and I disable logins (force use of ssh keys) for ssh access.
If you do all that, you can run sshd safely on port 22.
So, I don't know anything about owncast. What I did find is that securing your ssh port shouldn't affect it.
I found this example for setting up a secured reverse proxy for owncast using apache2:
https://owncast.online/docs/sslproxies/apache/
Good luck!
-- sw
P.S. Secure your ssh first. Then try everything out. If it all works as you expect, then try securing owncast. That way you should have at least an intermediate fallback position.
