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!

  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    7 days 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.

    Edit RE: downvotes: fuck me for sharing my experience? Kinda thought that was the point of this community…

    • Quokka@mastodon.au
      2·
      13 hours ago

      @Confused_Emus @rtxn Figuring out DNS is always fun.
      And never ever ever make any, even small, DNS change on a Friday. Unless you don’t like weekends.
      Is it time to break out the DNS haiku and pray to the name gods?

      ![It’s the DNS haiku. Not my work. Is very widely circulated on the internet and I’ve no idea who to attribute the original to. Anyway, it’s a watercolour(?) painting of a branch with pink blossom flowers. Show in the top left corner is the following calligraphic text:

      It’s not DNS There’s no way it’s DNS It was DNS

      It appears to be isned “SSBroski”

      Anyway, as someone who’s had days taken off their life by broken DNS I like this image.](https://o.mastodon.au/media_attachments/files/114/107/965/106/956/466/original/d05aeed43a3c9b71.webp)