I’m using Heimdall to easily access my self hosted stuff ATM. I would like for my family to use them too if they’re so inclined, but there’s no way they will be able to remember the IP addresses, I know I can’t!

Is it a DNS I’m looking for? If so, I’m already hosting a couple of instances of Adguard, can I just set it so that Plex is 192.xxx.x.47 and snapdrop is 192.xxx.x.53 and use that to resolve the request so my 13 year old can just type Plex into his browser and find it?

Or do I need something like Caddy or Nginx or something in between?

Thanks for any advice.

  • BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Yes, you can setup a DNS server to redirect these requisitions to the servers. However you’ll have to make sure that every single device is using the DNS server you configured.

    You can also configure avahi (on linux) or other zeroconf (you must find out what zeroconf each other system have, cause I don’t know) to recognize local hostnames as mDNS

    I use avahi to discover my octopi.local in my network and it works like a charm

    • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I have my router point everything through my DNS servers, a main one and a backup on a pi3b, so that shouldn’t be an issue.

      Except for Wifey. She hates ad blocking with a passion, so I’ve set her phones to use Google DNS servers.

      Wifey also does not care one jot for what I’m playing with, it’s mainly my 13 year old ATM. Wifey likes having TV shows appear when they air in the States and that’s it.

      She’s an odd one but I love her a great deal.

      I shall have a look into avahi just because I’ve heard of it but never known what it actually does. Thanks