Web server with Mailcow

maybl8

Can I host a web server on the same physical box as mailcow?
I have a different domain name that I can direct port 443 and 80 to on the same local ip address Mailcow is using.
I am guessing a configuration file in NGINX needs changed.
Looking for some guidance.
Thanks
Dan

D4niel

You need a reverse proxy for that: https://docs.mailcow.email/post_installation/firststeps-rp/

maybl8

D4niel This looks a little complicated to me.
Here is what I am trying to accomplish.
My mailserver name in public is mail.dccathome.com
Right now if I type that into a browser it takes me to the mailcow UI login.
That seems dangerous to me.
Maybe my DNS or something needs changed.
I don’t use dccathome.com anymore for anything except my email.

I now use www.dccontheweb.com for my website which since I switched to mailcow no longer works which I would expect.
It looks like http://www.dccontheweb.com goes to mailcow UI also.
So what I want is
mail.dccathome.com not to goto mailcow UI
http://www.dccontheweb.com or https://www.dccontheweb.com to go to its own webpage.
both of these would have the same public IP Address but I would internally direct them to the proper place based on the domain name that comes to the server.
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks

D4niel

maybl8 That seems dangerous to me.

Why that? Even if you changed that to something else it would just be security through obscurity, which isn’t much better.

maybl8 http://www.dccontheweb.com or https://www.dccontheweb.com to go to its own webpage. both of these would have the same public IP Address but I would internally direct them to the proper place based on the domain name that comes to the server.

Yes you still need a reverse proxy for that. Not sure what else to tell you 😄

jimmy_jummy

maybl8

You can add a custom site directly to the mailcow nginx:
https://docs.mailcow.email/manual-guides/Nginx/u_e-nginx_custom/

Don’t forget to add your domain name as additional SAN in mailcow.conf if you need SSL for your site.

Good luck!