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Self-hosted blog - do I need a static IP address? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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hi everyone,

I was just about to self-host a Ghost blog but then was warned that my ISP might change my external IP address at any time, so I would need to pay for a static IP address.

Is that true?

(I'd not seen much about that in stuff I've looked up so far about self hosting)

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[–] RecitalMatchbox@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

To clarify: it doesn't matter much what your router supports if you have a server with ddclient (possibly in Docker container). Then you can choose whatever provider you'd like, and there are tons of resources on ddclient.

[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] RecitalMatchbox@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months 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