Apache Intranet

Description

LXC containerized Apache webserver hosted within Proxmox

Serving a static HTML page, acting as the Intranet

This provides a quick, user accessible way to reach internal only services

Architecture Diagram

                     +----------------+
                     |  Proxmox Host  |
                     +----------------+
                             |
                    +------------------+
                    |Static Apache Page|
                    |      (LXC)       |
                    +------------------+
                       /   |    |    \
                      v    v    v     v
  +------------+ +--------+ +----------------+ +--------+ +------------+
  | Jellyfin   | | Grafana| |Simply Translate| | Calibre| |   Other    |
  |(Bare-Metal)| | (LXC)  | |    (Docker)    | |  (VM)  | |  Services  |
  +------------+ +--------+ +----------------+ +--------+ +------------+

Dependencies

Apache
Any modern browser capable of setting a custom home page

Creation Notes

I wanted a fast and easy way to access my internal only services without the need to memorize static IPs or set devices to utilize a custom DNS resolver

Consequently I decided to create and configure an LXC containerized Apache instance on my Proxmox server

Apache's function is to serve a static HTML page, acting as the Intranet

Said container was given a bridged IP and granted a DHCP reservation for continuous availability and ease of management

Apache and LXC containerization were chosen due to their extremely low resource requirement

Currently the container is utilizing merely 20MiBs of RAM out of its allocated 64

Once I had coded the page I modified my Firefox settings to set it as my new homepage

Every time I open my browser this is what I am now greeted with: