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Recommendations for domain name registration and server hosting? (hexbear.net)

submitted 14 hours ago by naom3@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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I kind of want to set up my own domain for personal stuff and learning purposes. I was thinking of using it for a vpn for ssh-ing into my local devices and for hosting git repos and stuff. Maybe a phorge instance or something. It wouldn’t really be for public use so I don’t think I need to worry about high traffic.

I know when hexbear switched domain name services during the recent debacle that people seemed to really like the new one but I forget what it was called. As for server hosting, I guess aws is the obvious choice, but that and azure are the only choices I’m even aware of, so I don’t know if there’s something else out there that’d be better suited to my needs. Actually, do I even need server hosting at all? My friend mentioned that I could configure my router to forward requests on a certain port to one of my devices, so could I set up my own server that way? Wouldn’t that cause issues if the router restarts and I get a new ip address?

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[–] trinicorn@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago

porkbun is the one yeah. There are other options but they all kinda suck and so far I haven't seen anything bad with porkbun

don't use the big 3 cloud providers (aws, google, azure), they're ridiculously overpriced for what you need.

There are ways you could do it from your home internet connection, but it makes it slightly more complex especially if you want to be at all anonymous. Cloudflare, if you're cool with using them, does offer this capability I believe. But of course you'll be limited by the quality of your internet connection, stability of your power, and keeping your computer on at all times. But there's advantages too (you could have full disk encryption, cost is lower, you'll likely have a more powerful PC at home than the server you would rent, etc)