Hello all,
I’m a brand new YunoHost user and am stuck on a network / domain related problem:
My YunoHost server
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4 8GB YunoHost version: 4.3.6.2 I have access to my server : Through SSH and through the webadmin Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance ? : no
Description of my issue
I have just successfully installed YunoHost on “foo.noho.st” and successfully installed a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for that domain.
I can access http://foo.noho.st from my (Windows) laptop on my local Wi-Fi
I can access http://foo.noho.st from FireFox on my Android phone, but only when the phone is connected through external internet from my service provider (LTE)
Surprisingly, I cannot access http://foo.noho.st from Firefox on my Android phone, when the phone is connected to my local Wi-Fi. Then I get the error “Secure Connection Failed” … “the authenticity of the received data could not be verified”
Same results with different browsers (Brave) on my phone, except instead of an error message I get the login page of my router (192.168.1.1)
I don’t understand how it’s possible that I can access my YunoHost on my phone from “the outside”, but not when my phone is “inside” on my own Wi-Fi.
After completing your server installation, it is possible that your domain will not be accessible through the local network. This is an issue known as hairpinning - a feature that is not well supported by some internet routers.
To solve this issue you can:
configure your router’s DNS
or alternatively - your /etc/hosts files on your clients workstation
I looked into my router’s many configuration menu items, but I can’t find something like DNS redirection to my server’s IP. The best I could find is in the screenshot.
Alternatively, you said I can edit the /etc/hosts file on “my client’s workstation.”
But Yunohost works fine on my laptop (“client”). The problem is that it won’t work on my phone in the local network. Is there a /etc/hosts file on Android phones?
Domain Name or Hosts could be the place in your screenshot. Otherwise you can also putt your server in DMZ that could also be a trick to solve your issue.
When I entered Host Name “foo.noho.st” and IP “192.168.1.49” and then rebooted the router, the Yunohost was found on the phone’s browser in both the local Wi-Fi and via LTE.
