I’m using Heimdall to easily access my self hosted stuff ATM. I would like for my family to use them too if they’re so inclined, but there’s no way they will be able to remember the IP addresses, I know I can’t!

Is it a DNS I’m looking for? If so, I’m already hosting a couple of instances of Adguard, can I just set it so that Plex is 192.xxx.x.47 and snapdrop is 192.xxx.x.53 and use that to resolve the request so my 13 year old can just type Plex into his browser and find it?

Or do I need something like Caddy or Nginx or something in between?

Thanks for any advice.

  • BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    With AdGuard Home you can set your wife’s devices to bypass protection. Just set her devices to static ip and set a custom rule like:

    @@||*^$client=127.0.0.1

    Where 127.0.0.1 must be changed for her ip address. This rule means:

    @@|| = unblock
    *^ = everything
    $client = for this client

    • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Wow, I’m glad you speak Adguard, thanks for this. She does surveys for Amazon vouchers and buys Christmas presents and shoes with them, and the filters stop the surveys. She got quite mad with me.

    • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      AdGuard Home supports static clients. Unless the instance is being used over TCP (port 53, unencrypted), it is by far the better way to use clientnames in the DNS server addresses and unblock the clients over that.

      For DoT: clientname.dns.yourdomain.com
      For DoH: https://dns.yourdomain.com/dns-query/clientname

      A client, especially a mobile one, can simply not guarantee always having the same IP address.