I have many services running under subdomains but my host domain still returns a 404 and im not sure what to put there.

  • Blaster M
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    12 years ago

    I just leave the default “this is a website hosted with x” page as the default, since I only use it as a file repository.

  • @lka1988@sh.itjust.works
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    42 years ago

    Mine returns a 404, but on purpose. Everything I want internet-facing is behind a cloudflare tunnel on appropriate subdomains.

    • @idle@158436977.xyz
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      22 years ago

      I do something similar, then fail2ban immediately bans the ip for a few hours. The only people going to my root domain are people i do not want sniffing around. It also does the same if you dont pass in my domain at all (and are just hitting random ips).

  • @howlingecko@sh.itjust.works
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    32 years ago

    I like this question! I had several subdomains running and didn’t have a clue what to do with my host domain for the longest time.

    I ended up pointing my host domain at an instance of searx-ng.

  • @blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
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    02 years ago

    I pipe fortune through cowsay through lolcat through aha with header and footers going through toilet.

    And that makes for a very useful home page 🤣

  • @amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Used to have nginx point the default location to an abyss web server, but I didn’t carry the setup forward when I upgraded the OS. It’s a 503 now.

    Several other locations are pointing to:

    • my homebrewed file server. Initially to replace abtssws’s piss poor directory listing performance, but now a frankensteinian being that has a comic reader of my own build, specs, and preference.
    • an icecast server streaming whatever my foobar2k is playing, so I can listen to my library on the go.
  • @FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world
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    62 years ago

    Kinda surprised how few mentions this has. I use it for my personal website which I made using Hugo. That’s what I used it for even before I was hosting any services.

    • @Methylman@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      Always wanted a “personal” website but felt I wasn’t creative enough to create anything useful enough… Maybe a wiki was the best I could come up with

      Care to share what you use the website for exactly?

      • @FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        It’s basically just an extended resume. A place with links to my Github, LinkedIn, and projects I’ve done.

        I’m not creative at all either, very bad at front end stuff. I used a Hugo theme for most of the website.

      • @Stout4689@lemmy.ml
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        42 years ago

        I’ve read many times that If in doubt turn it into a blog and write down whatever you have learned that day. I have an entry that is simply a how to list all local variables in python.

  • @IthronMorn@sh.itjust.works
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    22 years ago

    It’s just a page that displays the visitors ip address. I’ve been trying to get it to work with curl like how icanhazip.com works to display the ip in command line but haven’t made it that far yet.

  • ABeeinSpace
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    2 years ago

    Right now it’s Homepage, but I have an Apache web server I want to move onto my base domain

  • @mea_rah@lemmy.world
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    72 years ago

    I’m using very advanced technology and my base domain is actually served directly on the client side. It’s the very extreme version of edge computing.

    When you visit it, you get some version of the “site not found” page. I just didn’t bother to set any A or AAAA record for the base.