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Which Dynamic DNS Service are you using? (self.selfhosted)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by starkcommando to c/selfhosted
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I would like to host my own web server with a domain name I purchased but my public IP isn't static.

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[–] theghostoutside_ 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How gave you set it up out of curiosity?

[–] axzxc1236 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] nieceandtows 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] Bork 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What do you mean renew every month?

[–] nieceandtows 1 points 2 years ago

You need to confirm each month that you’re still using that url if you’re in free tier. Otherwise it won’t be registered to you