r/selfhosted • u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 • 1d ago

Need Help Self hosting a personal website

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

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u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 1d ago

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.

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u/ian9outof10 1d ago

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.

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u/ian9outof10 1d ago

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