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I got a homelab, at the moment I am only running some local stuff and tailscale to reach my stuff remotely.

I can use tailscales ddns, but I would like a real domain. Is there a domain registrator that works with dynamic ips? Or do I need to use a CNAME instead of A record?

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[-] terribleplan@lemmy.nrd.li 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

There are many ways to update dns automatically, I have used this container in the past. You could probably even write a bash script/cron job that checks your IP and updates it with curl depending on your DNS provider.

If you are already running tailscale you may be interested in using a funnel, which lets you accept and route internet traffic to your tailnet. I don't use tailscale so can't comment on how good/bad/useful this is.

You could also run some sort of service like frp from some remote box (like a VPS in DO/Linode/etc). This or the funnel lets you not expose/advertise your home IP address if that is a consideration.

[-] erre@feddit.win 1 points 3 years ago

Oooh thanks for the tip about frp. Interesting.

[-] terribleplan@lemmy.nrd.li 1 points 3 years ago

I actually just migrated things to a setup that is pretty neat using FRP: I run frps on 2 Linodes in the same datacenter and have set up IP sharing for failover between them (which is a neat feature Linode, Vultr and probably a few others offer), and then I run 4 frpc's, two for each frps in case one of them breaks somehow. Lots of redundancy without all that much effort.

[-] erre@feddit.win 1 points 3 years ago

It sounds pretty awesome. Just wondering if adding additional complexity to the setup is worth it to obfuscate my home IP. Easily setting up redundancy is a good feature in that regard though.

[-] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 1 points 3 years ago

I usually use autossh to establish a persistent port tunneling but sometimes got frustrated with the performance of the encrypted tunnel for some use case. Sometimes I don't need encryption, but need to saturate my nic. frp seems to fit this use case.

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