Hello, all. I’ll start this post off with - this is a test. :P I have the same topic posted at /r/… seeing if I get any l<3ve over here!!! I hope so!!! LemmyNet for the WiN!

I have two domains that I pay for… lets call them domain1.com and domain2.com. I’m running a Bitwarden docker container that uses nginx to serve the website… its address is bitwarden.domain1.com .

I’m running a HUGO website with Apache2… its address is domain2.com .

I have one local IP address; currently, I forward ports 80 & 443 to the local IP of the Bitwarden VM. So… thats my issue; I don’t understand how to forward these two different services to the domains that I want them on… I’ve read about Apache2’s vhosts - but the websites are on different VMs, and the Bitwarden docker container uses nginx.

I’ve thought about condensing and putting both services in one VM; but theres still the apache2/nginx issue. I’ve heard someone mention I should use a third VM to route the traffic to the correct local IPs - but I don’t know what software I’d use.

I’ve thought about using a Cloudflare tunnel for one of those services; but I don’t really want to pay, and aren’t sure how fast a free Cloudflare tunnel would be - this might be a solution for the Bitwarden service, as I’m the only one accessing it…

Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m sure I’m just novice enough that I don’t see the obvious solution - and I’d love to get both sites up and running. Thanks for any input or help!!!

pAULIE42o . . . . . . . . . . . /s

  • Mallias
    12•11 months ago

    I found Nginx Proxy Manager to be the easiest to configure when I was starting out my homelab! I think the GUI played a big part in that, but it’s also just pure NGINX under the hood, so when you get more comfortable with the concepts, you could easily transition to that for even lower overhead (welp, I just had a look at my docker stats, NPM is sitting at 3.2 MB of ram with ~10 proxy hosts, not sure how necessary that even is…)

    • 0spkl
      6•11 months ago

      If you’re going to be jumping straight into text based config files… Caddy’s Caddyfile format is a lot easier to work with then nginx configs IMO.

      • Mallias
        2•11 months ago

        Well, I’ve been self hosting for a few years now, haven’t really had the need to jump into a text config for NGINX yet (apart from the rare custom configs some services need, but those are still done in the GUI). Caddy has it’s draws, as does traefik, but I think it’s easier to learn the concepts with the ease of use a GUI offers!

        • pAULIE42oOP
          3•11 months ago

          I live mostly on the command line - I’m not afraid to edit .conf files by hand and its how I do most all things - maybe that’s why I’m having trouble with this setup!! LOLZ

        • 0spkl
          3•11 months ago

          I mean, yeah. That is true, a GUI would be easier for someone to learn. But once you do, config files are way faster.

          Honestly, I first moved to traefik (from caddy) because it let me put my proxy configuration next to the application it’s for. (When I was using docker-compose files to manage this.)

          • Mallias
            2•11 months ago

            Yeah, I seriously considered traefik for that convenience alone! When I inevitably outgrow this setup, traefik is the next stop, for sure.