I'm pretty new to selfhosting and homelabs, and I would appreciate a simple-worded explanation here. Details are always welcome!
So, I have a home network with a dynamic external IP address. I already have my Synology NAS exposed to the Internet with DDNS - this was done using the interface, so didn't require much technical knowledge.
Now, I would like to add another server (currently testing with Raspberry Pi) in the same LAN that would also be externally reachable, either through a subdomain (preferable), or through specific ports. How do I go about it?
P.S. Apparently, what I've tried on the router does work, it's just that my NAS was sitting in the DMZ. Now it works!
Router gets the public IP. Login to it, find port forwarding option. You'll pick a public port. IE 443 and forward it to a local IP:port combo, IE 192.168.0.101:443.
Then you can pick another public port and forward it to a different private IP:port combo.
If you want a subdomain, you forward one port to one host and have it do the work. IE configure Nginx to do whatever you want.
EDIT: or you use IPv6. Everything is a public IP.
Thanks!
Looks like you got it! Congrats.
Yup
Or he just uses a reverse proxy like nginx. So all can be hosted behind the same port (443)
Not yet, but want to figure it out properly.
I would use Caddy or something else that is less complex to setup
Yeah Caddy is also a great option.
Something we didn't had a decade ago. Then the most likely approach was either apache or nginx.