simplifying the urls for my services
reddit / selfhosted

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superslomotion · 2023-10-12 05:11

hi, newbie here, so i'm looking for a dummies guide in order to turn
my url like

pihole.lan/admin/

into just

pihole.lan

and also, for things with specific ports, is there a way to include
the port in the dns? ( i'm using  pihole's dns for the things i'm
running on proxmox. I tried setting up nginx proxy manager but i'm out
of my depth

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NikStalwart · 2023-10-12 05:20

> and also, for things with specific ports, is there a way to include
the port in the dns?

For the most part, no. Some services support (or even requie) SRV
records, but, for most things, ports are not a DNS thing. DNS, after
all, is "Domain **Name** System".

What you are looking for is a reverse proxy (my preference:
[nginx](https://nginx.org)).

Also,

> pihole.lan/admin/
> into just
> pihole.lan

...is doable in some circumstances (URL rewriting) but not in others
(links on the home page will break). The /admin part is the 'path'
element of the URL.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-12 05:34

A reverse proxy can do that. I can recommend Nginx for this. There a
hundred of thousands of tutorials out there how to do proxy with url
rewrite.

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-12 06:25

> I tried setting up nginx proxy manager but i'm out of my depth

Well keep trying? And maaaaaybe mention what exactly is the problem?

Because a reverse proxy is exactly what is needed for your questions.

You can try /r/NginxProxyManager for example.

> is there a way to include the port in the dns?

No.

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rinze24 · 2023-10-12 06:31

General Steps: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/161uw89/co
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