hi everyone,

I was just about to self-host a Ghost blog but then was warned that my ISP might change my external IP address at any time, so I would need to pay for a static IP address.

Is that true?

(I’d not seen much about that in stuff I’ve looked up so far about self hosting)

  • K3CANEnglish
    7•16 days ago

    I selfhost my blog without a static IP. You just need Dynamic DNS.

    Keep in mind that your outbound bandwidth might be different from your inbound. I get 300mbps in, but only 5mbps out. It’s not noticeable during normal Internet use, but as you start sharing content publicly, limited bandwidth becomes really noticeable.

    • @Dultas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -1•16 days ago

      Don’t even need dynamic DNS. Just use ddclient to update your DNS record if your IP changes.

      • K3CANEnglish
        1•15 days ago

        That’s called dynamic DNS (it’s the dd in ddclient).

        • @Dultas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1•15 days ago

          Yes, but there used to be specific dynamic DNS providers or ones that advertised as that but you don’t specify need those now.