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submitted 5 months ago by RareBird15@caneandable.social to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone! How are you all doing tonight? I just had a frustrating experience trying to set up a free #domain or #subdomain for my #SelfHosted services. Unfortunately, I can't use my laniecarmelo.tech domain because its current configuration doesn't allow me to add subdomains.
I discovered EU.org, which offers free domains, and decided to give it a try. However, they require you to have authoritative #DNS #nameservers before requesting a domain. I tried using #Cloudflare, but it wasn't authoritative. Then I looked into Hostry.com, Hurricane Electric DNS, and FreeDNS.
Hostry requires you to add DNS records for your domain before using their service—but how can I do that when my domain doesn’t exist yet? 🤦‍♀️ As for FreeDNS and Hurricane Electric, both have inaccessible #CAPTCHAs on their registration forms with no audio alternatives! 😡
At this point, I'm so frustrated that I've decided to take a break from figuring this out. If anyone has tips for setting up a free domain or knows of accessible DNS services, I’d really appreciate your advice! 🙏
#Accessibility #TechFrustration #WebHosting #BlindTech #blind #DisabilityInTech #tech #Technology #SelfHosting
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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 5 months ago (10 children)

This seems overly complicated. Why not just get a domain on cloud flare for $10? Are free domains even a thing outside github pages

[–] RareBird15@caneandable.social 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

@ocean Honestly, I didn't know cloudflare domains were that cheap. Also, yes, there's eu.org and a couple other ways to get free domains.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’ve only hosted public sites for a year or so but cloudflare, cloudflare proxy, pointing at my servers is very easy :)

.coms are the cheapest at 10.44 I think

[–] AndySquires@caneandable.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@ocean so one can self host with Cloudflare? I already have a domain withwith another registrar but am interested in self hosting a small web site but was not sure how to get past the issue of getting a static IP address from my ISP.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 5 months ago

You can import or manage them through cloudflare. Does your IP change a lot? If so then you should use duckdns. I think a cloudflare tunnel may also fix this. Personally mine hasn’t changed in months so I haven’t had to deal with it.

Of course it will now change any moment now

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