Just pay the few dollars per year and have a stable and reputable domain.
Certainly for fediverse i'd want a stable domain, these are usually hard to migrate.
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Assuming that you mean that you are using the domain name to point to services which are at a residential, dynamic IP address, you will need to set up a Dynamic DNS service.
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If a product is free, you're the product.
While I normally agree on #2, it doesnt really apply to Tailscale. Tailscale isn't completely free, they have a free tier to generate business but it's limited to 3 users per tailnet. Also its cryptographically impossible for them to snoop on your traffic.
I was referring to OP's use of IPQuick. This isn't a service I'm familiar with and it doesn't seem to be affiliated with any organization that I'm familiar with either.
- I would assume you'd need to keep updating the DNS record to match the IP you have.
- I'm not. Nothing like that is completely free. I wonder how they pay for the DNS...
Did not got what ur saying in 1
In a normal domain/DNS scenario, you need to make sure your domain points to the correct IP. Most registrars have websites where you can manage which domain points to which domain in the DNS records.
What is difference in domain name and DDND
I think you can get a free subdomain and dynamic DNS service at https://desec.io, with this you should be able to keep the domain updated with your IP and point it at your home server. But you need to have a public IP from your ISP and not to be behind NAT.
Anither option is to use a Tailscale Funnel. You will have to use a .ts.net subdomain with them and they terminate TLS and re-encrypt for you. On the other hand it's completely free, you get NAT traversal, an encrypted tunnel, and you don't have to maintain the IP even if it's dynamic.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| CF | CloudFlare |
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| HTTPS | HTTP over SSL |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
10 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.
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- Check out afraid.org and learn how to set up DDNS.
- I've been using afraid.org for a long time with no issues. I don't know IPQuick.
- Real domains can be REALLY cheap if you don't need something fancy. Just go to https://tld-list.com/ and sort for "cheapest renewal".
You can also get a free domain at eu.org
True, I forgot about that.
Okay that's interesting.
afraid.org +1
Will I be able to host Email (I have server).
Btw I a 11th class student from Middle Class Indian family.So cheap should be equal to free 😅😆
Not an expert, but AFAICT email self hosting is not considered a good idea, as the maintenance of an email server requires a lot of work. An alternative could be using Cloudflare for the DNS and set up email routing (for free).
Okay not hosting mail bt I wanna host friendica.
Don't do this, this is a seriously bad idea on multiple fronts. Buy a domain that's reasonably priced and you will be much better off. (gen.xyz is cheap)
What I have in my setup is a VPS that routes traffic into a separate network that has all my services in it. This way I don't need to expose my home to the public Internet
Why not just pay $2/yr for a domain on Name Cheap? They have a dynamic DNS solution.
Because I am school student (16yr) from INDIA. Here u have to give record of each penny to parents and If say them that I just want a domain for self hosting my personal stuff I will not be able to say something else.
I was where you are too and 2$/month or even per year seemed crazy to me if I could get it for free
If you're at home and want to point to your home IP, but it constantly changes, the easiest is Dynamic DNS.
You can find more.
If you have a stable IP, there also free top level domains .TK / .ML / .GA / .CF / .GQ over at https://www.freenom.com/ . Their frontend is down sometimes, but once you have a domain and are point it to an IP, you should be dandy.
Good luck :)
Thnx, Btw I use a Cellular data (and sometimes wifi of neighbors.) How to know My IP remains same or keep changing?
Check https://whatismyipaddress.com/ to see your IP address once you're connected to either network, but with a high likelihood, it's almost certainly different IPs. In that case, Dynamic DNS is probably best.
But if you're using your neighbor's wifi, I doubt there's a way for you to host stuff unless you have access to their routers, can open ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), and forward them to your server. It's best to use hardware you control (including the router).
https://freedomain.directory You can use some free subdomain services I think. Also I can feel you bud because I am also a student(11th)
India?
Yep