Greetings,

my current ISP refuses to provide me a static IP and they also blocks incoming connection to my ipv6 so I can’t host services on just ipv6 too. I will be changing my ISP when the plan expires.

without public IP I can host my own IRC bouncer but I would like to know what else can I self host? Thanks in advance!

  • whoareuOPEnglish
    7·
    14 hours 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.

    • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      8 minutes 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.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      14 hours 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.

      You could also pay for a small VPS with a static IP, and set up a Wireguard tunnel to your home server and an HTTPS proxy to forward traffic through the tunnel.

      Also, just in general, use Tailscale. It’s serious black magic fuckery on the firewall.

      • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        6 hours 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.

      • whoareuOPEnglish
        4·
        13 hours 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!

    • SK@hub.utsukta.org
      52·
      14 hours 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.

      • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours 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