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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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[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

There are some good server hosting options that allow Tor nodes here (also good for other uses): https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/good-bad-isps/

I found https://1984.hosting/ and https://bitfolk.com/ to be pretty reasonably priced.

I was considering using one of these to use as a WireGuard VPN to hide my IP at home when I self host at some point.