Im sure this has been asked before i juat can’t find where it has been - Maybe need to work on how to search Lemmy better. But…

Id like to eventually self host some sevices that require external access. While I have IpV6 addresses my IPV4 is dynamic.

Whats the best free way to be able to point some domains/ subdomains I have to my external dynamic IP and keep it updated. Im running OpenWrt on my router. - So possibly should be posting there.

Free Dyndns services seem to be a bit crap. Do I need to pay for a VPS? (seems to defeat the point of self hosting)

  • abeorch@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    Yes I use no-ip but have to confirm the domain name every month or so and cant use my own domain on the free tier. (Maybe im just being cheap) - Also I haven’t been able to figure out how I would use / get SSL certificates.

    • loudwhisper@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yes, I have used it in the past and it was annoying…

      You can get SSL certs with letsencrypt, but you need to use the http verification method.

      • lorentzEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Not anymore, it supports txt records now