I’m going round in circles on this one.
What I want to do is:
- serve up my self-hosted apps with https (to local clients only - nothing over the open web)
- address them as ‘app.server.lan’ or ‘sever.lan/app’
- preferably host whatever is needed in docker
I think this is achievable with a reverse proxy, some kind of DNS server and self-signed certs. I’m not a complete noob but my knowledge in this area is lacking. I’ve done a fair bit of research but I’m probably not using the right terminology or whatever.
Would anyone have a link to a good guide that covers this?
Lots of people recommending a proper domain, I would as well (way easier)
Just, if you want to go the complete “independent” route: either make sure all the clients you plan to use can just accept self-signded certs and skip validation or you need to create your own CA and import those into your clients.
Depending on which clients you plan on using that might be impossible (e.g. for some IoT devices, some Smart TVs and such).
That is why having an proper domain and use LetsEncrypt, ZeroSSL et. al. is way easier.