Hello, all. I’ll start this post off with - this is a test. :P I have the same topic posted at /r/… seeing if I get any l<3ve over here!!! I hope so!!! LemmyNet for the WiN!

I have two domains that I pay for… lets call them domain1.com and domain2.com. I’m running a Bitwarden docker container that uses nginx to serve the website… its address is bitwarden.domain1.com .

I’m running a HUGO website with Apache2… its address is domain2.com .

I have one local IP address; currently, I forward ports 80 & 443 to the local IP of the Bitwarden VM. So… thats my issue; I don’t understand how to forward these two different services to the domains that I want them on… I’ve read about Apache2’s vhosts - but the websites are on different VMs, and the Bitwarden docker container uses nginx.

I’ve thought about condensing and putting both services in one VM; but theres still the apache2/nginx issue. I’ve heard someone mention I should use a third VM to route the traffic to the correct local IPs - but I don’t know what software I’d use.

I’ve thought about using a Cloudflare tunnel for one of those services; but I don’t really want to pay, and aren’t sure how fast a free Cloudflare tunnel would be - this might be a solution for the Bitwarden service, as I’m the only one accessing it…

Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m sure I’m just novice enough that I don’t see the obvious solution - and I’d love to get both sites up and running. Thanks for any input or help!!!

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  • @paperemail
    1•1 year ago

    Both nginx and apache are webservers and can do what you need.
    Apache calls this Name-based Virtual Hosts. (see ServerName/ServerAlias)
    Nginx calls this Name-based virtual servers (see server_name in the docs)

    Either will listen on ports 80/443 on the IP and proxy the request depending on the hostname used. If you’re not really familiar with either, I would recommend nginx. It’s very popular, the documentation is good and the syntax is a lot better IMO.

    I hear caddy is also a nice alternative with even simpler syntax, but I haven’t used it myself.

    Good luck!