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

  • essell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Did you learn that about my jellyfin by looking at my post history or connecting to my server? 😀

    It’d struggle a bit on some setups, like when I’m using the Jellyfin app on my GFs smart TV… Or explaining to a friend in Europe how to setup a VPN without breaking anything else on his network… It is a risk for sure.

    I’m too tired right now to parse what you mean about the port forwarding. I guess the idea is to reduce the impact if Jellyfin were breached or exploited. If you’re up for it, can you explain more about why that relates to port forwarding?

    • LordKitsuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      If you ran nginx as a non privileged user it wouldn’t be able to bind to 80/443 as those are privileged ports. So you would need to use iptables to forward them to an unprivlaged port

      • essell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Ah, gotcha! Thanks.

        I feel like that information could have multiple implications in future. Thank you!