Comment on which softwares can I self host without public IP?

just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• kionite231@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  actually I was thinking about hosting my own fediverse service to own my data but I can’t do that without a static public IP and domain name.

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As long as you’re not behind CGNAT, you can use a dynamic DNS provider (like duckdns.org) and its web API to keep a record pointed at your IP. If you’re behind CGNAT, Tailscale also has a service (Tailscale Funnel) that can expose an internal service to the internet.

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    • kionite231@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I am behind CGNAT so I guess I have to use either Tailscale or wireguard as other users also suggested.

      Thank you for the reply!

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      • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Just to chip in, cloudflare tunnels are a thing and also transverse CGNAT. Or you could use LocalXPosed, and other sevices like that.

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    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I tried using DuckDNS for a while for DDNS, but noticed it seemed to have frequent periods of a few minutes each when it just wouldn’t resolve. Also was unable to get a matrix/synapse setup working behind it. It’s handy as a free service and nice if you just need basic DDNS, but it’s not the most reliable for hosting stuff from my experience.

      I eventually settled on buying my own domain. Was much cheaper and easier to figure out DNS management than I was expecting, and my hosted services run so smoothly now.

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  • sk@hub.utsukta.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    @whoareu cloudflare tunnel can easily help you do that. the only limitation is your domain will need to be from cloudflare. It works well, I am hosting an instance without any public IP and without exposing any ports.

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    • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Your domain need to be tied to cloudflare you don’t need to buy one from them. I just moved mine to them didn’t pay them a dime

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  • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You actually want a cloudfare tunnel if youre going to do that. It protects your real IP. Hosting a fediverse instance will draw attention to your real IP eventually otherwise.

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