Comment on Self-hosted blog - do I need a static IP address?

Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not necessarily, Cloudflare tunnels, headscale/tailscale will sort that issue out amongst several other ways

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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But how will a tailnet help for a blog? At some point, the https port needs to be open.

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    • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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    • herrvogel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Tailscale funnel is made for this.

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  • Paddy66@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• iii@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Quick, but sadly incorrect

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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Care to explain what I got wrong?

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    • iii@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Static IP is helpfull but not necessary. Even with NAT and a changeing IP there’s options, such as:

      1. dynamic dns.
      2. Public reverse proxy or tunnel.
      3. Onion routing.

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      • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        1. How do you open the https port behind a nas?
        2. That public tunnel needs at least a public IP address again.
        3. Ok, forgot that one. But then you’re only accessible through Tor, isn’t it?

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• Paddy66@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My router says it has NAT enabled (in the WAN settings section - for the internet connection)

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  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not about your router. But rather if your ISP connects several households with the same IP.

    Check this answer for more info

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