Can you have several container without subdomains ?
reddit / selfhosted

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EpicMotor · 2023-12-02 03:59

Hello,

Thanks to this sub, I could set up my own server at home with a dozen
docker container, they run well and I bought a domain name for access
to a few of them, especially the photos so mom can see I eat well.

Only issue is, I could not access them without using subdomains,
e.g : **photos.epicmotor.com** to access my piwigo, or
**wiki.epicmotor.com** for my personal bookstack...

Is it possible to have juste **www.epicmotor.com/photos** and/or
**www.epicmotor.com/wiki** ?

So far, in nginx-manager, putting those URL fail.

I am sorry if this was mentionned already on the sub, could not
find...

Thanks in advance

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multidollar · 2023-12-02 04:23

Can you show your NginX config? This should technically be possible,
although I'm wondering why the subdomains is an issue?

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acid_etched · 2023-12-02 04:31

Yes, you have to set up nginx to use subfolders instead of subdomains
though. The linuxserver.io swag container has example config files you
can look at, but I never used the subfolder versions so I can't help
much beyond that.

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EpicMotor · 2023-12-02 04:38

Sure, how do I find it ? I see only a config.json with some keys in
the docker config folder.

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EpicMotor · 2023-12-02 04:39

Thanks I will check :)

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dazchad · 2023-12-02 04:52

Another point is that the service needs to support being installed in
a subpath instead of a domain/subdomain. You will only know by
checking their documentation.

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dub_starr · 2023-12-02 05:56

you can absolutely set it up both ways.  i prefer sub path, but like
some other commenter noted, not all apps play nicely with the sub
path, and need a subdomain.

it used to be more annoying, imo, to do subdomain, due to the
certificate needs, but with lets encrypt and certbot etc.. either
should be just as easy to use.

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vermyx · 2023-12-02 08:25

Subdomains are generally recommended because if an app doesn't
natively have a configuration for the root folder of the app, the
reverse proxy/server has to rewrite the page to modify the urls which
can fail spectacularly depending on how the app is written.

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lilolalu · 2023-12-02 08:34

It's possible but much more complicated since you need to figure out
URL rewrites for each service to map them to example.com/servicename/

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Reasonable-Ladder300 · 2023-12-02 10:26

I recommend doing this with Traefik, it works great with docker and
it’s just a matter of adding some labels to your container.

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sralloza · 2023-12-02 19:12

It can even manage SSL certificates automatically.