Immich access by Internet in Local Network
Hi,
I'm new in Immich, but i have done the setup successfully after several tries, because my router was somehow stupid with ports, and i could only get it right when the electricity went out and then on again, by accident, and suddenly all as started working. So i figure that the router should be with some kind of error, and it only needed a restart. 🙂
So, that being said, i have a question , and i appreciate if anyone could help me figure how to solve it.
I can connect through App and Web to Immich in my local network by using server endpoint as my localhost:2283 (/api for App), and i can access it also through my domain "home.domain.pt". I have set a Dynamic DNS in my domain with that name, and i have setup Nginx with a host source "home.domain.pt" to destination "localhost -> port 2283".
The question is:
How can i set some kind of DNS redirection (i think it's what i need), so i can always use Server endpoint "home.domain.pt" despite of being using Internet or Home Network?
Because, right now, if I am connected to my home network, i can only use the "localhost" address. If i try with "home.domain.pt" in my home network it doesn't connect.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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You have two options: either enable "hairpoint NAT" if your router supports that, or run a local dns server so that when you're inside your home network, the domain resolves to the local ip
Hi,
Thanks for you reply. Hairpinning is not an option unfortunately. How about the Local Dns? Can you tell me how to do it?
The easiest is probably to set up pihole
That gets you some ad blocking as well which is nice
I was looking at pihole as you said. Do you know how to use it?
I haven't used it in a long time, but their docs are pretty good and there are a lot of guides too
I accomplish what you're trying to accomplish by owning a domain through cloudflare, and then using the SWAG reverse proxy to proxy my domain to immich and my other services. I can use tthe domain regardless of which network I am on.
That's with your traffic being proxied through cloudflare, right?
I can do that, and I do, but it's not necessary
I do not use cloudflare tunnels for this, if that's what you're asking
No, I mean the orange cloud in the cloudflare dns settings
Yes, I use that ip proxy.
I used to use it without that though
But when I wanted to share stuff from my domain with strangers, I didn't want them to be able to see my address
Hi. The thing is that i already have a domain, not in cloudflare, but it's a paid one. And i don't want to pay an extra domain just for this purpose.
You can manage most domains with cloudflare even if you didn't buy it from them
i am trying to use cloudflare... i don't know where to start
would anyone guide me thru?
well.. i can't figure how to setup cloudfare so i have installed PowerDNS