Comment

Comment on How to use a domain I own to self-host services?

littleomid@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Three steps:

point the FQDN to your network (Dynamic DNS).
set up reverse proxy (Nginx, etc.)
set up certificates (Certbot, etc.) Optional step 4: harden with fail2ban and a firewall.

source

Sort:hotnew top

bruce965@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I would say this would be the proper way to do it (at least as a sysadmin), but since it’s OP’s first time I would simplify it to:

Install CloudFlare ZeroTrust daemon on your local server;

Set up reverse proxy such as Nginx (optional, the alternative is to use a different subdomain for each service, which might be easier);

Point the FQDN to CloudFlare. Let CloudFlare handle the certificates, DDoS protection, etc…
source
- ag10n@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Cloudflare isn’t very self-host, unless you want/need to trust a third party I wouldn’t recommend this.
  
  source
  - bruce965@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    They provide decent defaults for all the not-so-straightforward configurations, and they provide a web UI to configure the rest. That’s the sole reason I would recommend it to get one’s feet wet without having to work too much.
    
    If one is committed to do things “the right way” they could switch to Nginx and “proper” self-hosting later.
    
    source
- brian@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  How would you go about using a different subdomain without something like a reverse proxy? Heck, in my head that’s almost the only reason I use a reverse proxy
  
  source
  - bruce965@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, I’m afraid you have to use a reverse proxy to host multiple subdomains. The CloudFlare daemon is the reverse proxy.
    
    source
  - SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Most web servers already use the Host header.
    
    source