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How to add a custom TLD? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've assigned domain names using a custom TLD to my home servers for ease of access.

When I put, say proxmox.server, in my address bar, it searches the web. To avoid that behavior, I have to specify http://proxmox.server.

I want Firefox to recognize .server as a valid TLD. I've searched the web to no avail, so that's why I'm writing this.

I came across this post in Stack Exchange, but the method described (ie, network.IDN.whitelist.server) doesn't work.

Does anybody know how can I add a custom domain to Firefox?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What OS are you running? You could use .local instead; I have mappings in /etc/hosts for 'gitlab.local' for example and they work fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

.local is reserved for mDNS, that's why I don't use it. Since it's reserved, Firefox "knows" that if you type something.local it shouldn't search the web.

I'm using Fedora, I know I can edit my hosts file to point to a domain, but I don't want to do that. I map the domains with a pihole instance, and I'd like to keep the record of domains centralized. Also, editing the hosts file won't solve the issue with Firefox not pointing to the site.