What are the benefits of using Nginx Proxy Manager with Cloudflared instead of directly exposing services?

Using Nginx Proxy Manager with Cloudflared adds several layers of security and management. Nginx Proxy Manager provides centralized SSL certificate management (Let's Encrypt), easy configuration of multiple services behind a single domain, and web-based management. Cloudflared provides a secure tunnel, protecting your backend services from direct exposure to the internet, mitigating DDoS attacks, and offering additional security features like Argo Tunnel. It also simplifies firewall rules as only Cloudflared needs inbound access.