Possible to have both internal ip url and external url access?

[ajohnson30]

So I think this worked in V4, and since I now upgraded to the current V6.9.x it does not. My current work-around is to have copies of the .env file with APP_URL, ASSET_URL, etc, set properly to allow for:

copy for internal use - entries: (these ip are fake)
APP_URL=http://10.22.22.123:90
APP_FORCE_HTTPS=false
#APP_DIR=
#ASSET_URL=

note: I have an entry that sets "ASSET_URL=http://10.22.22.123:90" - seems to work either way

copy for external use - entries:(again, fake)
APP_URL=https://www.dynamichost.com/photos
APP_FORCE_HTTPS=false
APP_DIR=photos
ASSET_URL=https://www.dynamichost.com/photos

The external site is accessed via a "primary" web site at https://www.dynamichost.com, that is behind nginx, so when the subdomain https://www.dynamichost.com/photos is accessed, it forwards to the lychee server. I would like to be able to access the lychee server directly/internally from http://10.22.22.123:90 during file uploads/administration so it's not bouncing through my internet connection/router.

I dont administer it that often (I go on vacation once or twice a year and upload those pics for family use only, thats about it) but that's what I'm shooting for.

Thanks for your time and patience.

[ildyria]

Sorry for the delayed response, I have been very focused on cooking some new functionalities + other stuff happening in life...
First I would strongly recommend to serve your setup via HTTPS.

Are you serving your install via Docker compose ?
Because that would be an nice solution (not 100% sure it works, but it should give you a skeletton):

services:
  lychee_db:
    container_name: lychee_db
    image: mariadb:10
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    env_file:
      - path: ./.env
        required: false
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD:-rootpassword}
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE:-lychee}
      - MYSQL_USER=${DB_USERNAME:-lychee}
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
    expose: 
      - 3306
    volumes:
      - mysql:/var/lib/mysql
    networks:
      - lychee
    restart: unless-stopped

  lychee:
    image: lycheeorg/lychee
    container_name: lychee
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    ports:
      - 91:80
    volumes:
      - ./lychee/conf:/conf
      - ./lychee/uploads:/uploads
      - ./lychee/sym:/sym
      - ./lychee/logs:/logs
      - ./lychee/tmp:/lychee-tmp
    networks:
      - lychee
    environment:
      - PUID=${PUID:-1000}
      - PGID=${PGID:-1000}
      # PHP timezone e.g. PHP_TZ=America/New_York
      - PHP_TZ=${TIMEZONE:-UTC}
      - TIMEZONE=${TIMEZONE:-UTC}
      - APP_URL=https://example.com
      - DB_CONNECTION=mysql
      - DB_HOST=lychee_db
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT:-3306}
      - DB_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE:-lychee}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME:-lychee}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - TRUSTED_PROXIES=*
      - SKIP_PERMISSIONS_CHECKS=${SKIP_PERMISSIONS_CHECKS:-false}
      - STARTUP_DELAY=5
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - lychee_db

  lychee-local:
    image: lycheeorg/lychee
    container_name: lychee
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    ports:
      - 90:80
    volumes:
      - ./lychee/conf-local:/conf
      - ./lychee/uploads:/uploads
      - ./lychee/sym:/sym
      - ./lychee/logs:/logs
      - ./lychee/tmp:/lychee-tmp
    networks:
      - lychee
    environment:
      - PUID=${PUID:-1000}
      - PGID=${PGID:-1000}
      # PHP timezone e.g. PHP_TZ=America/New_York
      - PHP_TZ=${TIMEZONE:-UTC}
      - TIMEZONE=${TIMEZONE:-UTC}
      - APP_URL=https://10.22.22.123:90
      - DB_CONNECTION=mysql
      - DB_HOST=lychee_db
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT:-3306}
      - DB_DATABASE=${DB_DATABASE:-lychee}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME:-lychee}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - TRUSTED_PROXIES=*
      - SKIP_PERMISSIONS_CHECKS=${SKIP_PERMISSIONS_CHECKS:-false}
      - STARTUP_DELAY=5
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - lychee_db

networks:
  lychee:

volumes:
  mysql:
    name: lychee_prod_mysql
    driver: local

Notice the difference of enviroment for APP_URL and that /lychee/uploads etc are mounted on both volumes (I assume this would work), however ./lychee/conf-local is used in the ip one while ./lychee/conf is used in the external one, that way the .env file is kept separate.

[ajohnson30]

Interesting. Yes I am using docker now, on a cm3588 nas (it is like a rasberry pi 5)

If I am reading/understanding this correctly, this would serve up two lychee instances with the same data? one on port 90, one on 91? This should work quite nicely, assuming it does work! I will have to try

[ildyria]

yeps.