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What top-level domain do you use in your local network? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ElEd0@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I've wanted to install pihole so I can access my machines via DNS, currently I have names for my machines in my /etc/hosts files across some of my machines, but that means that I have to copy the configuration to each machine independently which is not ideal.

I've seen some popular options for top-level domain in local environments are *.box or *.local.

I would like to use something more original and just wanted to know what you guys use to give me some ideas.

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[–] ohuf@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

RFC 6762 defines the TLDs you can use safely in a local-only context:

*.intranet
*.internal
*.private
*.corp
*.home
*.lan

Be a selfhosting rebel, but stick to the RFCs!

[–] gramkrakerj@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you get https on those though? A lot of random stuff requires https these days.

[–] Diligent_Ad_9060@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

https is not a problem. But you'll need an internal CA and distributed its certificate to your hosts' trust store.