Self-hosting with subdomains
jackdavies.github.io
If like me you have several self hosted services, one challenge you may face is having a easy way to access them, this can be extra challenging if you have a single non fixed IP address.

I created a short tutorial on using sub domains to access services hosted within my home network, thought I would share it here in case anyone finds it useful

This is the first time I’ve made a technical tutorial so apologise if there are mistakes/its confusing, feedback will be appreciated

  • BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Actually, wait. Something you a said might actually be just what I’m looking for: you mean that I can have DNS entry for mydomain.com and no additional CNAMEs, and have a cert for nextcloud.mydomain.com (or wildcard maybe?) and somehow still be able to use name based virtual servers?

    Hmmm. I thought I was going to be limited to path-based.

    Explain more?

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Absolutely. Simply use ACME with the DNS validation method. Using bind you’ll want to create keys and allow TXT access for those keys to the validation domains. Fear not, this isn’t exclusive to bind, ACME tools supports dozens of other backends. That’s all you need the actual domain doesn’t need to be resolvable with an A/CNAME record. Internally you can run an entirely different DNS server to resolve your hosts, use hosts files, or use bind zones.