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This guide walks you through your first kombify.me address, from choosing a name to opening it in a browser.
kombify.me is Alpha software. Names and error messages can still change.

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What you get

An address has two levels:
  • A base name for your home server, for example mylab-u8f3k2.kombify.me.
  • A service name for each app on it, for example mylab-u8f3k2-grafana.kombify.me.
kombify.me builds these names for you. You choose the home server name and the app name. kombify.me adds the rest. Good to know:
  • Names use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, up to 63 characters.
  • An app name can be up to 20 characters.
  • You can have up to 5 base names and up to 20 apps per base name.
  • Names such as auth, api or www cannot be used on their own. Kit apps such as auth still work and become {base}-auth.kombify.me.

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Before you start

  • Decide which app you want to share.
  • Find out if the app is reachable from the internet. If it is, read on. If it only works inside your home network, read Public or private first.
  • Have access to kombify.me. Hosted accounts register through the connected kombify flows. Self-hosted installs register with an email address and get an API key. kombify.me has no screen for this today.

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Steps

  1. Register your home server. Give it a short name such as mylab. kombify.me answers with the full base name.
  2. Point the base name at your server. For an app that is reachable from the internet, use its public http:// or https:// address.
  3. Add an app. Give it a short name such as grafana and its address. Connected StackKits and Techstack flows can do steps 1 to 3 for you.
  4. Switch the app on. New apps are off by default. Turn the app on (“exposed”) when you want the address to accept visitors.
  5. Open the address. Go to https://mylab-u8f3k2-grafana.kombify.me in a browser. HTTPS is handled for you.
Registering the same name again for the same account does not create a second one. It returns the one you already have.

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If something goes wrong

More checks are on the troubleshooting page. Hosted *.lan.kombify.me names do not exist. For names inside your home network, use the local names that StackKits sets up.