Hi, started self hosting quite a few things and would like a domain to use for when I’m out and about instead of having to remember what my IP is currently. What are the newest providers of services that can accomplish this?
Depending on your budget I highly suggest controlling your own domain and pointing the DNS that way. I’ve ran into problems with every free DNS thing since the beginning of the web. There’s all sorts of fun TLDs and they often go on sale for cheap
If it’s just for personal use, Tailscale is dead simple. But it doesn’t use your domain; it assigns permanent Tailscale IPs to your nodes. And once you’re connected, it allows you to use your local IPs.
If you want a domain to point to your stuff, I found CloudFlare Tunnels to be very easy to set up. I use it for services that I want to share with others, like Overseerr.
The original project was archived so I added a bit to avoid pointless IP updates and then stole a Docker image build from another project and combined it in.
This is the way. ddclient can work with lots of DNS providers that have APIs https://ddclient.net/protocols.html, but Cloudflare has a lot of advantages.
Oh I know he does, the project has almost 3x times the money in donations/premium features than what is required to run it. however it was never about making profit nor he will sell out to a bigger company and suddenly shutdown all free services. Actually I hope he continuous to make a profit and increase it because he deserves it.
In addition to all of the suggestions here you can easily do this with almost all major DNS providers today like Cloudflare and AWS Route 53, there are many community containers and scripts to keep the record in sync depending on what else you are using on your network.
If you’re seeking a modern, popular solution these days, Tailscale stands out. It offers an all-encompassing solution for exposing endpoints and managing access control, eliminating the need for implementing numerous components yourself.
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Depending on your budget I highly suggest controlling your own domain and pointing the DNS that way. I’ve ran into problems with every free DNS thing since the beginning of the web. There’s all sorts of fun TLDs and they often go on sale for cheap
If it’s just for personal use, Tailscale is dead simple. But it doesn’t use your domain; it assigns permanent Tailscale IPs to your nodes. And once you’re connected, it allows you to use your local IPs.
If you want a domain to point to your stuff, I found CloudFlare Tunnels to be very easy to set up. I use it for services that I want to share with others, like Overseerr.
If you use Porkbun, there’s a project that I’ve personally forked and adjusted a bit for dynamic DNS updates: https://github.com/Dasnap/Porkbun-Dynamic-DNS
The original project was archived so I added a bit to avoid pointless IP updates and then stole a Docker image build from another project and combined it in.
You can simply use a DNS provider like Cloudflare DNS along with ddclient
This is the way. ddclient can work with lots of DNS providers that have APIs https://ddclient.net/protocols.html, but Cloudflare has a lot of advantages.
What kinds of advantages?
I use route53 APIs and just directly update the AAAA and A records. Set a low TTL and you don’t really have to worry about any middle men services.
All you need is a simple script.
The modern solution would be buying a domain and pointing the AAAA-record to your server’s ipv6 address.
… that may change at any time.
If your provider keeps changing your ipv6 prefix, then you still need dyndns.
With a static prefix, you don’t.
Cloudflare has dynamic DNS as well as a client to run on your server that will update automatically for you.
https://freedns.afraid.org/ free, reliable and isn’t run for profit.
What makes you think he doesn’t make a profit on the paid for plans?
Oh I know he does, the project has almost 3x times the money in donations/premium features than what is required to run it. however it was never about making profit nor he will sell out to a bigger company and suddenly shutdown all free services. Actually I hope he continuous to make a profit and increase it because he deserves it.
Isn’t it funny: I want to selfhost, and therefore I need a service provider…
Well, unfortunately we can’t escape our ISP and a DNS provider.
I don’t need it. Realistically I just just memorize my IP and wouldn’t have to worry about it. I was just checking for convenience sake.
In addition to all of the suggestions here you can easily do this with almost all major DNS providers today like Cloudflare and AWS Route 53, there are many community containers and scripts to keep the record in sync depending on what else you are using on your network.
Buy a domain from Cloudflare and use your firewall (pfSense, OPNsense, etc) to do the dynamic DNS updates for you.
If you’re seeking a modern, popular solution these days, Tailscale stands out. It offers an all-encompassing solution for exposing endpoints and managing access control, eliminating the need for implementing numerous components yourself.