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)

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    How are you hosting? And do you have a domain? Lot’s of good advice here, but knowing if you’re running on a Pi, in Docker, etc, would help others give you the easiest/best method.

    In short, you do not need a static IP.

    • Paddy66@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Hi, I’m using Docker - one container for Ghost and one for Nginx Proxy Manager.

      I’ve decided to go with DDNS but am having trouble choosing a reliable free provider. I’ve seen Dynu.com recommended but that is not available in the dropdown list of servers in my router’s section on DDNS. Is that relevant?

      Or would I just ignore the router settings and set it up some other way?

      • RecitalMatchbox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        53 minutes ago

        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.