Lighting Inside the House When There is an Option to Light Outside

I live in a private apartment, and the entrance to the house is right on the main street, so I always light at the entrance of the house and fulfill all customs from the outset. However, today my father-in-law was with me and insisted that nowadays the obligation is to light specifically inside the house, and as a last resort, I lit in the living room on the table. Did I fulfill the obligation post facto, or do I need to light again?

In practice, it seems there is room for leniency in this matter, and post facto, you have fulfilled the obligation.

There are contradictions in this law. In the Gemara (Shabbat 22b), it is stated: 'If he lit inside and took it out, he did nothing'. This is also ruled by the Shulchan Aruch (Siman 675, סעיף 1). It depends on the words of the Bach and the Magen Avraham (there) and the responsa of the Raak (Tniyana Siman 125). However, in the book of Aitur (Laws of Chanukah), it is written that since during times of danger it was customary to light inside, one fulfills the obligation even in our times, see there. See Ritva (Shabbat 21b, ד"ה ד'אי לא אדליק מדליק) and his words: 'If he did not light, he lights outside until that time, but after that, he only lights inside, because even for them, if he cannot make a sign for the public, he is not exempt from making a sign for himself and his household, as it is said later that during times of danger, he lights on his table and that is sufficient'. See Rashba (there, ד"ה אמר ר' ירמיה) regarding the candle of his house and Chanukah candles. And see Gilyon Azmera Leshimcha (Gilyon 117).