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You run a proxy on your server (the easiest is "nginx proxy manager" that has a nice web UI), then open your router to port 80 and 443 to nginx proxy manager (NOT the web UI configuration port!)
Then you instruct the proxy to route the traffic according to the URL.
Someone coming to 10.172.172.172 with no URL? Drop the connection.
Someone going to if.example.com? Forward to 192.168:8080 and so on
And what should i set in the domain settings on https://njal.la/?
Set the A record to your IP address and CNAME to @ to all the subdomains you need
Would it be okay to contact you via signal/simplex or any messaging app for help if I'll have more very specific questions?
I'm an amateur, not a professional
Just FYI, unless you absolutely need anonymity from ICANN/the country owning the TLD I wouldn't choose Njalla. Legally any domain you purchase is owned by them, that's how they can keep your name from law enforcement requests. However, that also means in any dispute between you and Njalla they can just refuse to service you and keep your domain without recourse.
Normal domain registrars are regulated and if you purchase a domain through them you are its legal owner, if they don't want your service they must still allow you to transfer the domain somewhere else. Any good registrar provides domain WHOIS protection and will only give out your name to legal requests by law enforcement, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
Have you been wronged by njalla?
I think having an external owner is preferable.