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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)
[–] eckadagan@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

I use DNS challenges for mine as well, but I have been manually renewing my cert every time. Is there a way to automate letsencrypt/cerbot renewal when you use DNS challenges?

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

can recommend acme.sh if on Linux

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