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

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Paddy66@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hi, I’m using Docker - one container for Ghost and one for Nginx Proxy Manager.

  I’ve decided to go with DDNS but am having trouble choosing a reliable free provider. I’ve seen Dynu.com recommended but that is not available in the dropdown list of servers in my router’s section on DDNS. Is that relevant?

  Or would I just ignore the router settings and set it up some other way?

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cloudflare is a good choice. I used DNSExit for a while, and also NS1, but settled on Cloudflare. You don’t have to use their proxying, just DNS.

    Here’s a Docker Compose for you that will set myhost.mydomain.com to point to your public IP of wherever it is run:

    dyndns-cloudflare:
        image: oznu/cloudflare-ddns
        container_name: dyndns-cloudflare
        environment:
          - API_KEY=<key>
          - ZONE=mydomain.com
          - SUBDOMAIN=myhost
          - PROXIED=false
        restart: unless-stopped
    

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  • RecitalMatchbox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m having a good experience with cloudflare, using ddclient on a cron job

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    • Paddy66@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If I install ddclient on my mini-pc is that what you mean by having a server with ddclient?

      My Asus router is not shown in their docs as supported - does that matter?

      Also - can I just keep using my current domain name registrar, and not use Cloudflare?

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      • RecitalMatchbox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yeah, you just need to set your DNS using Cloudflare. Your router doesn’t matter. Ddclient will get your external IP address, usually by querying an external server like ifconfig.me (this is all configurable), and then use the configured provider (e.g. cloudflare) to point the DNS records to your external IP. You need to configure your DNS registrar to use the Cloudflare nameservers for your domain. Then just regularly (daily) run ddclient, e.g. using a cronjob

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