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Is it possible to have a usable domain without a VPS or a static IP address? (pawb.social)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I've been thinking about finally getting myself a proper domain for my server, but a friend told me that to get one I either need a VPS with a public ip (which just takes all the fun out of selfhosting) or purchase a static ip, which is beyond what I'm willing to spend for a hobby. Do I have any good options or should I just let it go?

Also, if this isn't the correct community for this, I'd appreciate being pointed to the right one, thank you

Update: after reading the comments the two main options I'm considering now are either a cheap VPS to use as proxy for my network via wireguard, or DynamicDNS. I'll see if I can figure out the rest from here, thank you!

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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I believe cloudflare has some sort of tunneling option but I've never really looked into it, it might get around that.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It does, yeah. If you aren't averse to cloudflare then it's a great option.

    From memory I think it's limited to http/https traffic, but that's normally not an issue, just have all your services behind a reverse proxy.

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