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:
- I’m running a local DNS server, so I probably would be able to make CNAMEs from something like
adguard.server.localto the IP, and do a reverse proxy with something like Caddy - Maybe there’s some unified dashboard app that is a reverse proxy with some simple frontend where I can just navigate to
server.localand click a button to choose which specific service I want to see?
What are your opinions on this?
Those are the two options, basically. Both are good. 1 is cleaner but requires more configuration, 2 is much quicker to set up every time you set up a new service. I would say that if your main goal is just the convenience, just go with option 2.
If however you have less technical users of your services, or you’re interested in learning about reverse proxies, or you just want to do it the cleanest way possible, go option 1.
Honestly for me I have to add code to my NixOS configuration to add a service anyways, and adding a reverse proxy alongside is like literally 5 lines of code, so I’m fine with it!
https://github.com/n3oney/nixus/blob/0f7a853052595c453a0f3d762fb1a3b7715ad44c/modules/services/adguard.nix#L37