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How can I access services via subdomain instead of ip + port?

I have a little server in my local network that provides several web services. Each service can be accessed by entering the ip of the server followed by the respective port.

Now I always have to remember which service is behind which port and it would be nicer to have specific subdomains forwarded to these ports. For example ip:1234 -> foo.server.local ip:4321 -> bar.server.local

How can this be done? I have pihole running on the server and had hoped to get this done using pihole but I was not successful.

Solution

  • What you are looking for is to set up a Domain Name Server (DNS). phoenixnap.com/kb/raspberry-pi-dns-server This guide should help.

    You use a domain to direct to an IP:port combo. Like you could direct 123.12.12.12:8080 to some.thing and 123.12.12.12:8081 to any.address. The domain name is arbitrary and masks the whole IP:port address.