I would like to host my own web server with a domain name I purchased but my public IP isn’t static.

  • Feliberto@programming.devEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    I use duckdns.org , but if you are trying to host a webpage I totally recommend using Cloudflare, Cloudflare tunnels and a reverse proxy like nginx.

    Setting it up may be a bit tricky, but it is a gamechanger. I followed Ibracorp’s guides and I had no problem.

  • SleepyBear@lemmy.myspamtrap.comEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    I run ddclient on a local machine and it updates my Cloudflare DNS records if my IP changes.

    OPNSense has it built in too, if you use it. So does PFSense, I think. Been a while, might be misremembering.

    • randy@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve also been on freedns.afraid.org for many years. Back when I switched from dyndns, it wasn’t possible to get Let’s Encrypt certificates on afraid.org’s domains, but that might have changed. I worked around it by taking a domain I already owned and using a CNAME to point it at my afraid.org domain.

  • hagerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I use a Cloudflare tunnel rather than a dynamic DNS provider. Some in the self hosting community are opposed to Cloudflare, but I appreciate the tools they provide (especially Zero Trust so I can put my self hosted apps behind Okta).

  • theghostoutside_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I use DuckDNS. There’s been only one outage for the ~2 years I’ve been using it and it’s free. I also use DuckDNS to acquire the SSL certificates for the reverse proxy.

      • axzxc1236@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        If you mean automatically update IP part, duckdns website has a very comprehensive guide.

        If you mean getting a free SSL certificate, you can use acme.sh (this is what I used) which has integrated support for duckddns (To use let’s encrypt you need to use --server letsencrypt in your command)

    • nieceandtows@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I used duckdns for my jellyfin server, but after a week or so I started getting malicious site warnings from Firefox, and had to ‘accept the risk and continue’ every time. Ended up going back to noip. It’s a pain to renew every month, but I haven’t had any other problems with it.

      • Josh@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I use noip as well, but because I only have an IP camera on that network, and the camera has built-in DDNS support for noip. But I hate it having to renew monthly.

    • uyuu@lemmy.4d2.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I also use duckdns, but in the last year it went down like twice or something. Its good but not really reliable.

    • bigBananas@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      2nd, but with just a bash script. Also, I’m forwarding http & https to different IPs and the best thing about cloudflare is that you can restrict those ports to only be open when coming from cloudflare’s proxy. I like the extra layer of security, and dislike that they can see all traffic…

  • lntl@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Does your domain provider have a DDNS service? I buy my domains from namecheap.com and use their DDNS service for exactly what you’re describing.

    • starkcommando@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have NameCheap as well. I found their Windows client after I made this post. I’m still curious is there are better services out there. It seems Cloudflare may have the best tools for security for a webserver, i.e. hiding the real IP address.

  • BetterNotBigger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    If you only need public access to things like HTTP or SSH you don’t necessarily need to run dynamic ip and just setup Cloudflare Tunnels. So far I haven’t needed to put anything public that doesn’t run on the provided tunnels.

    • starkcommando@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Where are the settings for these tunnels located in Cloudflare? I was looking around the website last night but didn’t have any luck.

    • valkyre09@vlemmy.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Cloudflare tunnels is the way to go for small self hosted content. You’re hiding behind their ddos protection and your IP / location remains hidden from end users.