Hello folks,

I got my static IP and I am very happy now, I have been hosting a lot of services since I got the static IP, however I still have to host a fediverse service however it’s not that easy to host any fediverse service, I tried to host GoToSocial but the devs said they don’t support Podman and my server is podman only ( I tried installing docker but it was failing for some reason so I gave up and used podman instead of docker).

these are the services I am currently hosting ( basically all the easy services which you can host with just “docker compose up -d” :p ):

feel free to suggest some other cool services which I can host :D

    • Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      Most ISPs (especially smaller ones it seems) just run a basic DHCP server with leases expiring at a set interval. As long as your stuff is on and working when the lease renews, you’ll pull the same IP forever.

    • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      My local fiber provider doesn’t advertise static IPs but they haven’t changed my IP ever. I’ve been using them for going on 5 years

    • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Same, buts been several years now. Att fiber. Don’t use their modem either (except post power outage to establish coms back then I remove it.) I do use a ddyns service just in case. But it’s been the same ip for years

  • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    24·
    9 months ago

    I pray your ISP is more competent than mine!

    Sometimes I’ll lose the static IP I pay them for and they say it’s not their fault. Why am I paying you for it, then!?

      • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        If I set a static on my side, it’ll work until they fuck up again.

        The excuse I got last time was that, due to a power outage where I live, they lost the configs in the splitter box near me. That didn’t fill me with confidence and you’re probably very correct that whatever they’re doing is very dumb and or incompetent.

        • SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          That’s a good thinker. I imagine their backup of the configs got fucked by whatever caused the issue. IIRC most competent ISPs will have the configs saved in multiple locations,the question is usually if they were updated ever. 😂

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    I’d personally recommend that you instead get a VPS and then route traffic over Wireguard.

    You already appear to have a plan but it is something to keep in mind.

    • cryptix@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Wouldn’t that increase latency. Additionally speed could be limited by isp’s single connection speed to VPS.

    • dogs0n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Hosting on your own hardware is much more fun though! In most cases it’s safer too, you don’t really need to worry about much as long as you dont portforward your ssh port & don’t run programs as root.

      I would say it’s cheaper as well, but that depends on how expensive the static ip lease is per month.

  • hamsda@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    9 months ago

    I use syncthing for some of my “can-never-lose-these” files. syncthing synchronizes files between different devices. This is not an online-file-hosting thing like Google Drive or OneDrive. These files are physically present on all synchronized devices.

    My server is the “main” (you can make everyone equal) syncthing every other syncthing connects to. With an established connection, files will be synchronized on participating devices. AFAIK, syncthing is compatible with Windows, Android and Linux.

    This way, my important files are on my server, my smartphone, my PC and my laptop and every single one of these devices must simultaniously explode for me to lose my data. Also, it’s on docker hub

    pi-hole is another great one. Local adblocker for the whole network, just set it as your DNS server or let the DHCP server propagate this DNS server to your clients. This too is on docker hub

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    To be honest, I used to have an ISP with dynamic addresses and it wasn’t a huge deal. The address only changed every month or two. I used afraid.org’s dynamic DNS service to get a dynamic address that followed the changes and created CNAME records for my real domain pointing at that. The actual connection was fucking awful but the dynamic IPs never caused any problems.

    As for services: Nextcloud is well worth looking into for file sync and photo backup, especially if you’ve already got a file server running.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    GoToSocial works without problems on Podman, they probably just meant that they can’t give technical support for it.

    👍 for hosting a xmpp server. Next step is to get a real domain name!

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    That’s cool OP. I have a business internet package with a static IP. I do a lot of large file transfers between clients and it does come in handy. I’ve yet to serve any public facing services tho. I’ve tried on numerous occasions to get invidious running consistently. It just seemed like I was having to tinker with it weekly just to keep the wheel spinning. I’m not sure what the issues were except maybe YT blocking IPs.

    Have fun OP, and be safe and secure with your new found powers.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I have tons of great suggestions depending on your hardware and what kinds of things you’d like to be hosting.

    However, for starters, if you’re not doing so already, make sure you are binding your qBittorrent container to a privacy VPN network interface. Test it to ensure it’s working. There are sites out there that you can use to check how your torrent IP presents. No matter what you’re torrenting, keep your IP hidden. The last thing you want is your ISP to terminate your fancy new service.

    • BagOfHeavyStones@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Handy but only for three domains. They massively jacked their prices a couple of years ago. Moved most of my devices to Wireguard on a VPS instead.