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Is it possible to have a usable domain without a VPS or a static IP address? (pawb.social)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Inkstainthebat@pawb.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been thinking about finally getting myself a proper domain for my server, but a friend told me that to get one I either need a VPS with a public ip (which just takes all the fun out of selfhosting) or purchase a static ip, which is beyond what I'm willing to spend for a hobby. Do I have any good options or should I just let it go?

Also, if this isn't the correct community for this, I'd appreciate being pointed to the right one, thank you

Update: after reading the comments the two main options I'm considering now are either a cheap VPS to use as proxy for my network via wireguard, or DynamicDNS. I'll see if I can figure out the rest from here, thank you!

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[–] Sunnydmess@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use this, Cloudflare zero trust. I run a connector (tunnel) named cloudflared on a raspberry pi which connects to cloudflare. The zerotrust tunnel configuration (in CF dashboard) lets me route http traffic into my local network by domain. The Application access policy in zero trust lets me secure it.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I realize there is a lot of back and forth among selfhosters about Cloudflare's usage, but I am thoroughly pleased with the set up. The only thing I chuckle about is their promotional emails.

Your site saw more threats last month than the average site on Cloudflare. Here’s what that means:
The good news is that these threats were mitigated by Cloudflare with the basic web application firewall (WAF) and bot protection you have on the Free plan.
The bad news is that more complex and sophisticated cyber attacks may not be stopped by your current web application security posture.

...however they promise if I spend some money, that will all go away, and it might, but it's good now so don't wake the sleeping dog.

[–] TrippinMallard@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can use Netbird reverse proxy to connect your domain to any device on your mesh. Netbird cloud supports the reverseproxy too now if you don't want to self host netbird on a VPS.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Well, that's nice to know. I'm somewhat familiar with NetBird.