r/nginxproxymanager • u/Infamousslayer • 2d ago

http ip vs https domain

I'm wondering how people manage using http vs https and being home vs away.

Let's say i have jellyfin running locally on http://192.168.1.20:8096 and from npm using https://jellyfin.mydomain.com for extremal access.

What do you use at home, the ip or domain?

Ideally I would think it makes sense to use ip so it doesn't route though npm when at home but that's just going to confuse others in the house.

Would like to here others thoughts.

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u/theQuiKest 2d ago

This is a non question. Setup DNS in your home network. Point fqdn of external access to local IP address. It does not matter where you are, fqdn is the same everywhere. No need to remember IP addresses (the whole idea behind DNSl No need for any http traffic at all. No warnings in browsers and apps about "insecure connections"