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is it better to use subdomains or paths? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 years ago by Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have a few selfhosted services, but I'm slowly adding more. Currently, they're all in subdomains like linkding.sekoia.example etc. However, that adds DNS records to fetch and means more setup. Is there some reason I shouldn't put all my services under a single subdomain with paths (using a reverse proxy), like selfhosted.sekoia.example/linkding?

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[–] dan@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

The only problem with using paths is the service might not support it (ie it might generate absolute URLs without the path in, rather than using relative URLs).

Subdomains is probably the cleanest way to go.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago

Agreed, I've run into lots of problems trying to get reverse proxies set up on paths, which disappear if you use a subdomain. For that reason I stick with subdomains and a wildcard DNS entry.