I’m using Heimdall to easily access my self hosted stuff ATM. I would like for my family to use them too if they’re so inclined, but there’s no way they will be able to remember the IP addresses, I know I can’t!
Is it a DNS I’m looking for? If so, I’m already hosting a couple of instances of Adguard, can I just set it so that Plex is 192.xxx.x.47 and snapdrop is 192.xxx.x.53 and use that to resolve the request so my 13 year old can just type Plex into his browser and find it?
Or do I need something like Caddy or Nginx or something in between?
Thanks for any advice.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code HA Home Assistant automation software ~ High Availability HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web IP Internet Protocol Plex Brand of media server package SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption SSO Single Sign-On TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP nginx Popular HTTP server
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DNS is what you’re looking for. To keep it simple and in one place (your adguard instance), you can add local dns entries under Filters > DNS Rewrites in the format below:
192.xxx.x.47 plex.yourdomain.xyz 192.xxx.x.53 snapdrop.yourdomain.xyzExcellent news, at least I know where to start now. I wanna play with all the network things and learn, but I also wanna just have it sorted in 5 minutes of hacking
Its that simple to use different IPs just with DNS server:
DNS server
192.xxx.x.47 -> plex.yourdomain.xyz 192.xxx.x.53 -> snapdrop.yourdomain.xyzBut dont you have your services on the same IP and different ports? If thats the case you will also need reverse proxy like nginx. So DNS server will point your domain name (you can just make a name for local use) to your server IP. Then reverse proxy can point each name to a specific IP and port.
Reverse proxy
192.xxx.x.47:32400 -> plex.yourdomain.xyz 192.xxx.x.47:8080 -> snapdrop.yourdomain.xyzI don’t know why you were downvoted for this, you’re right and I figured this out for myself last night when I decided to try figure it out at 1.30am after 3 beers.
I managed to get all my port 80 stuff sorted but my Arr stack for example needs something more, probably the dreaded nginx…
I’m having a look at Caddy now because I’ve never used it before, Nginx I didn’t like when I used it and I’ve recently heard the original developer has left the project and started a new one.
Nginx is a lot less painful if you use Nginx Proxy Manager. You get a nice GUI and can easily get SSL certificates with Let’s Encrypt, including wildcard certs. I’m running it in front of a docker swarm and 3 other servers, and in most cases, it takes me about 30 seconds to add a new proxy host and set it up with https using my *.domain.com wildcard cert. I also use it with Authentik as a forward proxy auth for SSO (since many containers out there don’t have the best security).
If you dont fear using a little bit of terminal, caddy imo is the better choice. It makes SSL even more brainless (since its 100% automatic), is very easy to configure (especially for reverse proxying) yet very powerful if you need it, has a wonderful documentation and an extensive extension library, doesnt require a mysql database that eats 200 MB RAM and does not have unnecessary limitations due to UI abstractions. There are many more advantages to caddy over NPM. I have not looked back since I switched.
An example caddyfile for reverse proxying to a docker container from a hostname, with automatic SSL certificates, automatic websockets and all the other typical bells and whistles:
https://yourdomain.com { reverse_proxy radarr:7878 }
Yes, you can setup a DNS server to redirect these requisitions to the servers. However you’ll have to make sure that every single device is using the DNS server you configured.
You can also configure
avahi(on linux) or otherzeroconf(you must find out what zeroconf each other system have, cause I don’t know) to recognize local hostnames as mDNSI use
avahito discover myoctopi.localin my network and it works like a charmI have my router point everything through my DNS servers, a main one and a backup on a pi3b, so that shouldn’t be an issue.
Except for Wifey. She hates ad blocking with a passion, so I’ve set her phones to use Google DNS servers.
Wifey also does not care one jot for what I’m playing with, it’s mainly my 13 year old ATM. Wifey likes having TV shows appear when they air in the States and that’s it.
She’s an odd one but I love her a great deal.
I shall have a look into avahi just because I’ve heard of it but never known what it actually does. Thanks
With AdGuard Home you can set your wife’s devices to bypass protection. Just set her devices to static ip and set a custom rule like:
@@||*^$client=127.0.0.1Where
127.0.0.1must be changed for her ip address. This rule means:@@|| = unblock
*^ = everything
$client = for this clientAdGuard Home supports static clients. Unless the instance is being used over TCP (port 53, unencrypted), it is by far the better way to use clientnames in the DNS server addresses and unblock the clients over that.
For DoT:
clientname.dns.yourdomain.com
For DoH:https://dns.yourdomain.com/dns-query/clientnameA client, especially a mobile one, can simply not guarantee always having the same IP address.
