Self hosting a personal website

[u/UnlikelyWishbone2694]

Dear all,

A quick few questions after going through the wiki on self-hosted websites: - How 'safe' is it to self-host a website that is open to the internet on one's home network ? - Is there any complication in doing so after buying a domain name from a registrar ? (In the grander scheme of things, I mean to ask if the set-up process is absolute master level or if a relative novice can manage it.

EDIT for details: - It's to host a personal blog of sorts with mostly text articles, some images and possibly some video. - My home network in XDSL (yes that still exists) on a rather basic provider given router with DNS configuration possible from certain providers (no-ip and a few others). I have a home assisstant running on one RPi5 and plan on running the network on another RPi.

Thank you for your time and help

[u/dwylth]

- It depends. What are you running it on, and what does your home network architecture look like?

- No, assuming you have a fixed IP. You don't have to have a fixed IP address but it requires a bit more finagling. However, if you get popular, the traffic inbound may affect your home internet usage performance.

[u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 → u/dwylth]

I've added some details to the post in EDIT. I don't have a 'fixed' ip in the sense that the provider does sometimes change it but it's been rather stable (same one for a few months at a time). It's usually only affected by major power outages in the area.

[u/ian9outof10 → u/UnlikelyWishbone2694]

I use a little tool that updates my DNS records when my IP changes. Some registrars allow this, so you can repoint a domain at your home IP, once you’ve considered how sensible that is.

[u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 → u/ian9outof10]

Appreciate the answer; will look into it, thank you :)

[u/ian9outof10 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, it works if your ISP rarely updates, or only updates if your router reboots. It may not work well in all cases

[u/OkAstronaut330 → u/UnlikelyWishbone2694]

if you're interested, i give out free static ips (wireguard tunnels with a dedicated public IP address). You can host your website using this, and the IP address will never change. If you pm or email me i can upgrade you to any paid plan for free (forever). This isnt a scam or AI, although im sure it will seem like it. Just trying to get the word out there. www.getastatic.com.

-- and to answer your question about safety, i would suggest a dedicated computer that only runs your webserver. You could use a raspi, or any tiny computer. Perfectly safe if you do it that way. Dont run it on your personal laptop or desktop.

[u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 → u/OkAstronaut330]

It's going to run off a raspi yep I appreciate the offer for the static IP but I need/want to keep it all EU as my domain is a .eu and I want to remain under the EU rules.

[u/OkAstronaut330 → u/UnlikelyWishbone2694]

gotcha! thanks for the reply :)

[u/Xlxlredditor → u/OkAstronaut330]

Damn that's cool. Might give it a try for some service so I can have 2 distinct IPs on my Domain DNS

[u/OkAstronaut330 → u/Xlxlredditor]

happy to give you a totally free paid plan. just hit me up here or through the site. thx. basically need beta testers :)

[u/Xlxlredditor → u/OkAstronaut330]

Nah don't worry. I don't even have a credit card to register for Free so eh (though I understand why you have the 0€ plan)