Hi everyone

Thanks for all the advice on buying a domain. Its a big week for me. Getting on grapheneos, buying a domain, and I also recently started self hosting my contacts and calendar. I love this way of life.

My original plan was to one of the xyz 1.1111b domains for $1 a year but most of the feedback I got said just go with cloudflare. Its a lot more money than I had planned but all the security features are baked in and I feel that’s worth the extra money.

Here are my questions. I use the latest version of truenas community

  1. How do I connect my domain to my server apps? I’ve got a series of apps I’d love to he able to access without tailscale and solely use the domain.
  2. I have heard the term DNS a million times but don’t really understand it. What do.I need to know about DNS to keep security up and stay protected
  3. I’d like to let family access my media server, are there any considerations I need to make?
  4. How can I use one domain to access multiple services on my server? Do I need to pay extra for subdomains?

Thank you for any advice

  • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    I absolutely agree, to the point where I thought you were agreeing with a different post I made. This is the way!

    There are lots of free or nearly free ways to host a static site with your domain, and basically walk away from it for years at a time just fine. I wouldn’t use Cloudflare just on principal for just static site hosting, but its fine I guess. All the software forges host pages for free, and a bunch of smaller outfits like Neocities. Even a static site on a VPS is nearly zero maintenance. When was the last time there was a CVE for remote code execution that would effect a Linux VPS hosting only a static webpage via Caddy or Ngnix and key-based SSH? (I don’t actually think there has been one).

    Absolutely, I use a VPN for self hosted services I can’t be bothered to secure properly and don’t need exposed to all that mess. Wireguard is amazing. I used OpenVPN for years and it was such a pain in the ass mobile. I remember when it first came out, I set it up and made a SIP VoIP call with my phone. I could toggle between WiFi and cellular networks without the audio even glitching, let alone a call dropping. That was honestly like black magic back then.