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What can you do with your own domain name in regards to self hosting? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One perk that someone told me about is that you can use your domain to get around not having a static IP (because the DNS will compensate).

If I were to get a Cloudflare domain name then what would be some other pros and cons?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (13 children)

good-looking domains instead of IPs
tons of subdomains instead of ports
universally recognized TLS certs via Let's Encrypt. DNS challenges are the way to go - you don't even have to expose your HTTP server
dynamic DNS, again available via API
[email protected] (better not to self-host, but to use an email provider)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Wanted to expand on your custom domain for an email since this is something I do to get a more professional email address to put on my resume. A lot of DNS services like Cloudflare or NameCheap will actually let you create email addresses off of your custom domain that will just forward to a different email of your choosing, and generally free or very very cheap as well. If you want to be able to actually send emails from your custom domain, you can setup a Google Workspace account with a single seat for $5 a month and have a fully hosted email solution that uses your custom domain name.