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What to do after getting a domain name? (programming.dev)

submitted 14 hours ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I recently found out that you can get up to 3 free .eu.cc domain from GNAME, which also claims that you can renew for free when its within 90 days of expiring. So I got one to check it out.

Obviously, the next step is making one of my local machines act as the target destination for any queries to the address, so it becomes accessible for the wider web. I'm not entirely sure, however, what to configure on GNAME (there's the option to setup A and AAAA records, which I suppose I should just point to my IP, but there's also CNAME, TXT, NS, SRV and what configurations/programs my local server (rPi 3) needs to have running besides a webserver (Apache2 or Nginx)

My intent is to have it run a single-user fediverse server, possibly friendica, as it seems to have the best support for seeing all sorts of APub posts. If that proves too heavy for my old pi, I'll try one of the lightweight APub alternatives

I know I'll also need to do some configurations on my router, so I'd appreciate help on this, too.

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[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

point the AAAA/A records to your corresponding ips and allow incoming traffic on port 443, 80 on your Firewall. You may also need to set up a dyndns client if your isp changes your ipv4 frequently.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'll need to set that dyndns, my IP4 isn't fixed. Haven't checked the IP6 tho, might try it later today - leaving the router turned off for some 10 minutes, then turning it back on will give me the answer

[–] kossa@feddit.org 1 points 29 minutes ago

Normally you could directly use the IPv6 of the corresponding server. They're unique and made to enable connections directly to machines instead of routers. The router has to allow tme passage, though.