My setup exists of one local server that basically hosts Jellyfin and an arr stack. I only access this server locally with PC, TV and phone, however I might setup a Wireguard based remote access in the future.
Should I use a reverse proxy like Caddy so I can access the different containers with a local domain name like jellyfin.myserver.local?
I am also interested in hosting Adguard home but how can this work together with Caddy, won’t they both conflict as a DNS server?
I appreciate any possible advice on these topics.
Thank you.
This is exactly how I have mine set up and I really like it.
I’ve got an internal and external domain with a wildcard cert so if it’s a local only service I can easily create a newservice.localurl.com, and if it’s external I can just as easily set up newservice.externalurl.com
Can show us how you configured the internal part?
So, this took way longer than I thought it would, mostly because I needed the time to sit down and actually type this up.
Full credit, I followed the instructions in this video from Wolfgang’s Channel
Prerequisites (this is based on my setup, the api key requirement will vary based on your domain registrar/service):
I’m running NGINX Proxy Manager, using this
docker-compose.yml
, which I got straight from the NGINX Proxy manager website.version: '3.8' services: app: image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest' restart: unless-stopped ports: - '80:80' - '81:81' - '443:443' volumes: - ./data:/data - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
I’ve got my domain managed by Cloudflare (yes, I know they’re evil, what company isn’t?), so these instructions will show setup using that, but NGINX Proxy Manager supports a whole bunch of domain services for the HTTP-01 challenge.
With all prerequisites in place, here are the steps:
Once you get a success message, you can start creating proxies with NGINX Proxy Manager for your internal domain. To do that you will need the ip address and port you are forwarding the domain to for your lan service. If you are using Docker containers, you’ll need the Docker ip, which you can get from the command line with:
ip addr show | grep docker0
You should get an ip address like
172.17.0.1
Otherwise you’ll just need the ip address of the machine you’re running the service on.
To set up a proxy redirect:
homepage.abcde.com
, then press enter to confirm the domainOnce the save is complete you should be able to input the new domain for you lan services and get a secure connection.*
*Bear in mind some services require you to specify a valid domain for the service within the config/settings. Double check any services you may be running for this if you plan to use a reverse proxy with them.
I can. I’ll report back with details tomorrow when I have time.
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Just posted my setup
Haven’t forgotten. Just haven’t had time. I’ll get a write up ASAP