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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

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

VPS with a public ip (which just takes all the fun out of selfhosting)

Why do you say this? My VPS only runs a reverse proxy and WireGuard, with all services hosted on my computers at home.

[–] Inkstainthebat@pawb.social 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I'll be honest, despite already having a reverse proxy on my home setup I did not think of doing something like that. That sounds like a great idea

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago

Cool, I recommend it!

I have my public facing reverse proxy point to my public services, and I also have it set up as a "roadwarrior" VPN to my home. So, I can connect my phone via WireGuard to my VPS, and a local DNS resolves my private services to the private IP addresses in my home network (so, I also run a reverse proxy on my server, for internal services).

I also have an off-site backup using this


just a raspberry pi and an HDD at family's, that rsyncs+snapshots over the WireGuard network.

I'm sure I'm not following all the best practices here, but so far so good.

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