Currently my home server runs a few services that have a web UI. I currently access them by typing in the IP address and port number, but it’s now starting to get annoying to remember the ports.

What’s the best way to handle this?

I’ve thought of two solutions:

  1. I’m running a local DNS server, so I probably would be able to make CNAMEs from something like adguard.server.local to the IP, and do a reverse proxy with something like Caddy
  2. Maybe there’s some unified dashboard app that is a reverse proxy with some simple frontend where I can just navigate to server.local and click a button to choose which specific service I want to see?

What are your opinions on this?

  • Biberkopf@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    How can I use my Pi-hole as DNS Server also over VPN? I run Wireguard on Unraid. And while the VPN works, I can’t seem to the DNS over VPN to go my way.

    • MangoPenguinEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Set your VPN clients to use Pihole as their DNS server.

      • Biberkopf@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Tried that, does not work. When I’m physically „in“ my LAN, my domains resolve correctly. Via VPN only IPs work.

        • MangoPenguinEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Why doesn’t it work? Do you get no response at all from the DNS server? Or just a null response like NXDOMAIN or some kind of lookup failed error?

          Is PiHoles DNS server set to listen on only your LAN subnet maybe?

          Firewall rule blocking VPN clients maybe?

          • Biberkopf@feddit.deEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Ah, right. Pi-hole only listens for the first jump. I was stupidly assuming that the VPN tunnel exit would be part of this.