Question Cloudflare/Plesk with home server

[Daveo]

Server operating system version

Debian 12.10

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.68 #2

How do I setup Cloudflare DNS with Plesk and only allow access to the webserver & Plesk panel via internal computers only (my home network only).

In Plesk, currently have the following...

For all domains/subdomains....
Domain > Hosting/DNS > Apache & nginx
Deny access to the site: *
Excluding: 192.168.x.0/24

For Plesk panel...
Tools & Settings > IP Access Restriction Management
Denied from the networks that are not listed
127.0.0.1
192.168.x.0
<My external IP address>

Above settings allows Plesk & webserver to only be accessed internally (within my home network).

 

[Raul A.]

Is your Plesk server within your network? If not, you won't reach your server with the internal IP address. Your router will perform NAT and you will reach the Plesk server with your public (dynamic) IPv4 address.

 

[Daveo]

Yes, the Plesk server is within my network.

Also, my external IPv4 address is static not dynamic.