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[SOLVED] ELI5: How to put several servers on one external IP? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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!

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The synology NAS can act as a reverse proxy for stuff inside your network. I don't have mine in front of me, so you will have to google the steps, but basically you point the synology to an internal resource and tell it what external subdomain it should respond to.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes, I know where this feature is in the settings, but it's got its own issues and I also turn the NAS off for the night, so it's not an option for me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why do you turn off the NAS at night? Reminds me of my grandparents turning off the wifi at night.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Drives are somewhat noisy (even though I took fairly quiet ones) and I appreciate total silence at night. Unfortunately, I don't have many places to put it outside my single room, so there's that.

    I'd love to move to SSDs for storage at some point (I know it's controversial, but they would fit my use case better), but for now it's too expensive for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ahh, that's valid. I've been wanting to build a (relatively) small 16TB SSD NAS for video editing, after which I could dump footage to my main NAS. SSD NAS systems can definitely make sense depending on your use case. Hell, you can even game off of them if you've got 10gig networking.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I'd love to eventually have a 10gbps LAN, yep :)

    I'd also love to explore the technology going into cloud gaming, so not only would I launch games using files laying on the server, but could actually play them everywhere from my energy efficient potato laptop :D

    But that's long ahead and more of an "if it even works properly"

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    then its not selfhosting.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    In what way? It is a physical server located in my bedroom, sharing resources online.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dude above you over is under the perception that it requires 100% uptime or other users to to be classified, which is wrong. You are definitely self hosting, albeit only for yourself I assume. Which is fine

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yep, sharing stuff for others requires more expertise, as I'll get responsible for other people's experience. If I screw something up now, only I will be affected.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    And you are self-sufficient, or whatever the word is. But that's the key thing for me, not having to rely on others for my services :)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yep!

    For me it's a sense of reliability and control - my stack will keep working even if new censorship rolls out (I live in a heavily censored and sanctioned jurisdiction), or if there's a global outage, or whatever else. I am also the sole authority over my piece of the Internet, and no one can do anything to alter it or take it away.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    yes. i ment the uptime. to me hosted means i can reach it in a digital way any time even if it is just wake on lan. but if you guys say some device running 8hrs a day is hosting I am fine with that.

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