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I use duckdns.org , but if you are trying to host a webpage I totally recommend using Cloudflare, Cloudflare tunnels and a reverse proxy like nginx.
Setting it up may be a bit tricky, but it is a gamechanger. I followed Ibracorp's guides and I had no problem.
I run ddclient on a local machine and it updates my Cloudflare DNS records if my IP changes.
OPNSense has it built in too, if you use it. So does PFSense, I think. Been a while, might be misremembering.
I do this too. I proxy my DNS which means my home IP isn't exposed
I host my own ddns server in a debian container https://wiki.debian.org/DDNS
Here we go down another rabbit hole... 😆
Right!!!! Lmao 😂 same boat as ya lol
I've been using freedns.afraid.org for about a year now.
I've also been on freedns.afraid.org for many years. Back when I switched from dyndns, it wasn't possible to get Let's Encrypt certificates on afraid.org's domains, but that might have changed. I worked around it by taking a domain I already owned and using a CNAME to point it at my afraid.org domain.
I use Let's Encrypt on my domains, but they're domains that my afraid.org subdomains point to.
I use a Cloudflare tunnel rather than a dynamic DNS provider. Some in the self hosting community are opposed to Cloudflare, but I appreciate the tools they provide (especially Zero Trust so I can put my self hosted apps behind Okta).
DNS managed by Cloudflare, and cf-ddns
2nd, but with just a bash script. Also, I'm forwarding http & https to different IPs and the best thing about cloudflare is that you can restrict those ports to only be open when coming from cloudflare's proxy. I like the extra layer of security, and dislike that they can see all traffic..
I use DuckDNS. There's been only one outage for the ~2 years I've been using it and it's free. I also use DuckDNS to acquire the SSL certificates for the reverse proxy.
How gave you set it up out of curiosity?
If you mean automatically update IP part, duckdns website has a very comprehensive guide.
If you mean getting a free SSL certificate, you can use acme.sh (this is what I used) which has integrated support for duckddns (To use let's encrypt you need to use --server letsencrypt in your command)
I used duckdns for my jellyfin server, but after a week or so I started getting malicious site warnings from Firefox, and had to ‘accept the risk and continue’ every time. Ended up going back to noip. It’s a pain to renew every month, but I haven’t had any other problems with it.
I use noip as well, but because I only have an IP camera on that network, and the camera has built-in DDNS support for noip. But I hate it having to renew monthly.
I also use duckdns, but in the last year it went down like twice or something. Its good but not really reliable.
The easiest thing to do is to use https://www.duckdns.org/ and then point your domain as a CNAME to this duckdns subdomain.
Does your domain provider have a DDNS service? I buy my domains from namecheap.com and use their DDNS service for exactly what you're describing.
I have NameCheap as well. I found their Windows client after I made this post. I'm still curious is there are better services out there. It seems Cloudflare may have the best tools for security for a webserver, i.e. hiding the real IP address.
I use namecheap and dd client. Happy to share my config file if you need if.
If you only need public access to things like HTTP or SSH you don’t necessarily need to run dynamic ip and just setup Cloudflare Tunnels. So far I haven’t needed to put anything public that doesn’t run on the provided tunnels.
Cloudflare tunnels is the way to go for small self hosted content. You’re hiding behind their ddos protection and your IP / location remains hidden from end users.
Where are the settings for these tunnels located in Cloudflare? I was looking around the website last night but didn't have any luck.
It's confusing. I think they are under zero trust now
If you're using godaddy, you can use a script to do your own dynamic DNS:
https://www.instructables.com/Quick-and-Dirty-Dynamic-DNS-Using-GoDaddy/
I use cloudflare and have a dyndns client running on my synology nas
dedyn.io
Afraid.org is what I've been using ever since dyndns started charging big prices for what used to be free.
My IP isn’t technically static but it hasn’t changed in the 3 years I’ve been with this ISP.
This. But I use namecheap and the built in tool on pfsense to keep an A record up to date if it ever changed.
I should automate something like that too. I just have one A record pointing to my IP and all my subdomains CNAME’d to that so that if it ever changes, I just have to update that one record.
I have NameCheap as well. I was trying to set this up with the ddclient on OPNSense but the logs suggested it couldn't connect to NameCheap. What do you need to authenticate other than the DDNS passcode supplied by NameCheap?
DNS-O-Matic (recommended by CloudFlare, among others) combined with SWAG and Authelia will handle dynamic DNS, reverse proxying, SSL certificates, and MFA. SWAG (nginx, Let's Encrypt and Certbot) and Authelia (MFA) run nicely in a 2 container Docker stack.
Mine have been running for ~18 months on my NAS, though I have a fixed IP so no longer use a DDNS provider.
I use this container, favonia/cloudflare-ddns, for Cloudflare and my domain.
Aside from a brief scare a couple of months ago, when the owner/operator was unreachable and the configuration interface and some automatic update paths were not working, I have been using afraid.org, and it has proven to be a stellar service, and free for basic needs.
@starkcommando@lemmy.world dyndns worked fine. Duckdns is a preferred among self hosters. Also your domain name provider might also offer dynamic dns sometimes
I've been using https://dnsomatic.com/ for a long while now. It updates Cloudflare which manages my DNS. It updates DNS at other providers too which is useful.
My router is able to send DDNS updates to it.
I just have a cron script running on a machine that does something like this every 10 seconds
C_IP=`dig +short my.domain`
IP=`curl https://api.ipify.org`
if(C_IP != IP) {
updateRoute53(IP)
}
This is just for my main home server. Gets the job done because if it's out of date for a few seconds nothing matters.
Before, I used to use duckdns. Completely free and super simple
Nowadays I just have a docker container that updates my A records on my domain directly through namesilo's API. Took like 5 mins to set up the config
~~AdGuard! They even have installable profiles for Apple devices, so I get ad blocking even on mobile!~~
mb, DDNS. nvm
OP is asking about DDNS instead of DNS. They want a fixed address to their ever changing IP address.
I pay an extra £1 a month to my ISP to get a static address. Figured it's well worth having no hassle.