Domain name instead of IP address?

[alldigitalmagic 0]

Hi there!

I run my Emby installed on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS for a few years now.

I have a bunch of websites running on the same server using LAMP.

My question is, if there is any way to make my Emby pop up under a subdomain (emby.domain.com) using Apache server rather than the IP address with the 8096 port number (XXX.XX.X.XXX:8096)?

 

Thanks!

[chowbok 132]

Sure, you can just have Apache proxy it. I haven't tested it, but something like this should work:

<VirtualHost emby.example.com>
    ProxyPass "/" "http://192.168.1.5:8096"
</VirtualHost>

And then just point emby.example.com to your external IP.

[alldigitalmagic 0]

Thanks chowbok, it does work but I still need to use the port number (emby.example.com:8096) . Without the port number I land at my server default page...

Any idea..?

I appreciate your help!!!

[tdiguy 99]

Thanks chowbok, it does work but I still need to use the port number (emby.example.com:8096) . Without the port number I land at my server default page...

Any idea..?

I appreciate your help!!!

That is a good point, I am not familiar with much of this but you would have to have some way to have it forward as 8096. So incoming traffic to emby.yourserver.com would then be passed to <ip>:8096 without the port number at the end it will assume 80.

[chowbok 132]

You might need to do <VirtualHost emby.example.com:80>.

[tdiguy 99]

I dont know if this applies to your setup but this might be of interest: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19015138/how-to-redirect-dns-to-different-ports Since you use emby.server to distinguish maybe it will work.

[alldigitalmagic 0]

OK, so adding the :80 to the virtual host did not work neither.

I will check the link provide by tdiguy.

 

I greatly appreciate you guys helping out!

It is a cosmetic problem rather than major issue...

 

Thanks!!!

[alldigitalmagic 0]

I think if there is any way to get it sorted out it most certainly;y lays outside of the Apache server. After all, Emby works with Apache server stopped...

[mastrmind11 722]

I think if there is any way to get it sorted out it most certainly;y lays outside of the Apache server. After all, Emby works with Apache server stopped...

Check out Cloudflare.  I only type my domain name because CF handles the rest.  And it's free.

[xtremecool 2]

I have zero experience with Apache as I use nginx for reverse proxying Emby, but this thread may help you out.

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/61549-apache-proxy-frontend-for-emby/?fromsearch=1

J

Edited November 21, 2018 by xtremecool