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What can you do with your own domain name in regards to self hosting? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Own_Career_7388@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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One perk that someone told me about is that you can use your domain to get around not having a static IP (because the DNS will compensate).

If I were to get a Cloudflare domain name then what would be some other pros and cons?

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[–] Simon-RedditAccount@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (14 children)
  • good-looking domains instead of IPs
  • tons of subdomains instead of ports
  • universally recognized TLS certs via Let's Encrypt. DNS challenges are the way to go - you don't even have to expose your HTTP server
  • dynamic DNS, again available via API
  • inbox@yourdomain.com (better not to self-host, but to use an email provider)
[–] trumpet7347@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wanted to expand on your custom domain for an email since this is something I do to get a more professional email address to put on my resume. A lot of DNS services like Cloudflare or NameCheap will actually let you create email addresses off of your custom domain that will just forward to a different email of your choosing, and generally free or very very cheap as well. If you want to be able to actually send emails from your custom domain, you can setup a Google Workspace account with a single seat for $5 a month and have a fully hosted email solution that uses your custom domain name.

[–] FanClubof5@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Proton mail will let you do wildcard email and it's only $3-4 a month. If you need smtp support then you can just setup a hydroxide container.

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