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# Configuring DNS
To reach your services, you'd need to do some DNS configuration. We recommend you set up at least one (sub-)domain. Each service can be hostet at a subpath of this domain or on separate (sub-)domains.
To reach your services, you'd need to do some DNS configuration.
A simple example could be this
**We recommend** that you:
- create at least one generic domain (e.g. `mash.DOMAIN`) for easily hosting various services at different subpaths (e.g. `mash.DOMAIN/miniflux`, `mash.DOMAIN/radicale`, etc.)
- create additional domains (`CNAME` DNS records pointing to the main generic domain) for large services or services that explicitly require their own dedicated domain
Some services (like [Uptime-kuma](services/uptime-kuma.md)) require being hosted at their own dedicated domain.
Others, you can put on their own domain/subdomain or at subpaths on any domain you'd like.
As an **example** setup, consider this one:
| Service | Type | Host | Target |
|-----------------------|-------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Miniflux and radicale | A | `mash.example.com` | `IP of your server` |
|--------------------------- |-------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Miniflux, Radicale, others | A | `mash.example.com` | `IP of your server` |
| Nextcloud | CNAME | `cloud.example.com` | `mash.example.com` |
Here you could reach the feedreader miniflux at https://mash.example.com/miniflux (if you set
`miniflux_path_prefix: /miniflux` in your `vars.yml`) and radicale at https://mash.example.com/radicale. In the example
the nextcloud has a different subdomain, so you could access it at https://cloud.example.com
With such a setup, you could reach:
Feel free to change this as you like, just make sure that you set `<service>_hostname` and `<service>_path_prefix`
- the feedreader [Miniflux](services/miniflux.md) at `https://mash.example.com/miniflux` (if you set
`miniflux_hostname: mash.example.com` and `miniflux_path_prefix: /miniflux` in your `vars.yml`)
- the [Radicale](services/radicale.md) CalDAV/CardDAV sever at `https://mash.example.com/radicale` (if you set
`radicale_hostname: mash.example.com` and `radicale_path_prefix: /radicale` in your `vars.yml`)
- Nextcloud at its own dedicated domain, at `https://cloud.example.com`
Hosting services at subpaths is more convenient, because it doesn't require you to create additional DNS records and no new SSL certificates need to be retrieved.
Still, if you'd like each service to have its own dedicated domain (or subdomain), feel free to configure services that way by making sure that you set `<service>_hostname` and `<service>_path_prefix`
accordingly in your `vars.yml`.
Be mindful as to how long it will take for the DNS records to propagate.