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 like the workflow of having a DNS record on my network for *.mydomain.com pointing to Nginx Proxy Manager, and just needing to plug in a subdomain, IP, and port whenever I spin up something new for super easy SSL. All you need is one let’s encrypt wildcard cert for your domain and you’re all set.
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
I didn’t for the longest time but now I use Traefik for this. It can automatically add services (i.e. containers) to it’s routing list so the overhead is low and since I also run openwrt on my router I setup *. localhost to point to 127.0.0.1 so I don’t have to remember what ports I’m using for which service (e.g. jellyfin.localhost). You can also setup DNS entries using something like PiHole.
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I like the workflow of having a DNS record on my network for *.mydomain.com pointing to Nginx Proxy Manager, and just needing to plug in a subdomain, IP, and port whenever I spin up something new for super easy SSL. All you need is one let’s encrypt wildcard cert for your domain and you’re all set.
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
A reverse proxy makes setup a lot easier and more versatile, and can manage SSL certs for you.
I didn’t for the longest time but now I use Traefik for this. It can automatically add services (i.e. containers) to it’s routing list so the overhead is low and since I also run openwrt on my router I setup *. localhost to point to 127.0.0.1 so I don’t have to remember what ports I’m using for which service (e.g. jellyfin.localhost). You can also setup DNS entries using something like PiHole.
Somewhat related rant: I recently tried to set up a reverse proxy on a Synology NAS, my god was it convoluted.
Don’t use jellyfin.server.local
.local is reserved for mdns, which doesn’t support more than one dot. (Though it may still sometimes work).
In any case, to make that work you need either a DNS server on your network or something like duckdns (which supports wildcard entries).