Hello, This is my first website and I want some feedback from you guys. It’s very basic and I haven’t added much. just wanted to host something so I threw invidious and whoogle instance there. My ISP doesn’t provide a static IP so I had to host it on tor :( what else do you think I should host there? server spec: 15 year old computer with i3 first gen cpu.

  • Mydayyy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    For the IP issue: You can look into some service which automatically updates your domains DNS. It’s been a while but back then one of those was DynDNS, not sure if they still exist, but others surely do.

    • whoareu@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I forgot to mention that I am also behind CGNAT. I bought a VPS for a while but couldn’t keep with the cost. Right now the cheapest way of hosting a website for me is through tor.

      • fraydabson@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        What about using cloudflare? You can setup a tunnel on the hosted server so cloudflare dns knows where to find you without your IP

          • fraydabson@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            They have a free plan that’s all I use. Go to cloudflare.com and register a free account. Point your dns/name servers to cloudflare. Then on your dashboard in cloudflare is a section for tunnels. It will walk you through how to install the tunnel. Then you should be good.

      • mvee@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Have you factored in your power costs? I never do :P buuut with older machines you get closer and closer to burning enough power to justify a hosting bill.