Quick, but sadly incorrect
Comment on Self-hosted blog - do I need a static IP address?
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I could make this quick: Is your internet access behind a NAT? If yes: you’re gonna need a static IP.
iii@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Care to explain what I got wrong?
iii@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Static IP is helpfull but not necessary. Even with NAT and a changeing IP there’s options, such as:
- dynamic dns.
- Public reverse proxy or tunnel.
- Onion routing.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
- How do you open the https port behind a nas?
- That public tunnel needs at least a public IP address again.
- Ok, forgot that one. But then you’re only accessible through Tor, isn’t it?
Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
My router says it has NAT enabled (in the WAN settings section - for the internet connection)
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
It’s not about your router. But rather if your ISP connects several households with the same IP.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 month ago
Not necessarily, Cloudflare tunnels, headscale/tailscale will sort that issue out amongst several other ways
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
But how will a tailnet help for a blog? At some point, the https port needs to be open.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 month ago
tailscale will tunnel through and you can set it to pass through https. Lots of different ways to achieve this, as long as you have control over the dns and are able to set https up it will work. This is why for me I still use cloudflare, you can even setup a subdomain through their tunnels and they act as a cdn. For example, I run a linkstack instance, send instance and much more
linkstack.relayeasy.com/@3dcadmin
herrvogel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tailscale funnel is made for this.
Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I was going to use Cloudflare to sort this, but I’m uncomfortable how big they are getting / lack of competition in that part of the market. So we looked at Pangolin as an alternative, but it’s a faff to self host.
Hence why we’re back at exposing it straight out the back of Nginx Proxy Manager.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 month ago
I get that… fo me though as I have been using Cloudflare for many years I can’t see any reason to change yet. That of course may change