If I install ddclient on my mini-pc is that what you mean by having a server with ddclient?

My Asus router is not shown in their docs as supported - does that matter?

Also - can I just keep using my current domain name registrar, and not use Cloudflare?

Big tech lobbying is behind all this

That doesn’t seem to be appropriate for a specific domain. Unless I’m reading it wrong.

We need to expose the Ghost blog on a specific subdomain of the domain we own ( blog.ourdomain.org )

doesn’t Tailscale Funnel assign a funky domain name rather than let you use your own?

Hi, I’m using Docker - one container for Ghost and one for Nginx Proxy Manager.

I’ve decided to go with DDNS but am having trouble choosing a reliable free provider. I’ve seen Dynu.com recommended but that is not available in the dropdown list of servers in my router’s section on DDNS. Is that relevant?

Or would I just ignore the router settings and set it up some other way?

Wouldn’t that be just for me - in my Tailnet - rather than to the general public?

You can use Tailscale to access your stuff from outside the house.

There’s also a self hosted open source alternative but I’ve forgotten what it’s called.

yeah fair play - I’ll go that route. Do you happen to know any content creators who explain stuff well in this area?

(Context - our self-hosting is part of a wider project to make self-hosting easier, on the cheap, for normies)

Does anyone know of a short course I could do/attend that teaches the basics of this networking stuff?

I was going to use Cloudflare to sort this, but I’m uncomfortable how big they are getting / lack of competition in that part of the market. So we looked at Pangolin as an alternative, but it’s a faff to self host.

Hence why we’re back at exposing it straight out the back of Nginx Proxy Manager.

My router says it has NAT enabled (in the WAN settings section - for the internet connection)

Thank you for your replies everyone!

I’m looking into DDNS. Before I go with a provider, I notice that my router has this functionality built in. Should I use that?

(It’s an Asus RT-AX86U Pro - so fairly chunky in terms of spec)

For reference, the set up is:

Docker containers for

1. Ghost
2. Nginx Proxy Manager

The UK moves are very worrying. We’re trying to help people to move away from big tech at our site https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

We recommend fediverse protocols wherever possible - so I’m interested in the comments here about how that is affected

Great list - thanks for sharing! I hadn’t heard of Inkscape - that’s a good find.

More alternatives here in the Alternatives menus of this site: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html

wow! that’s quite a serious undertaking… especially if you need to be able to interact with it e.g. create new tasks, change due dates, mark as done/not done.

you sure?

It could be a reducing interest in posting totally public stuff. Perhaps people want to just use group chats in Signal instead?

RSS. And very happy that it is!

As long as software is available in the Software Manager to be installed that way… I don’t care what format it’s in.

But don’t make normies go to the terminal. It’s inhumane, and really does not help the masses get away from big tech - which is a worthier goal than keeping your software terminal-only.

Would SSO every be possible with ActivityPub?

Like if you built a new app (network) on AP and allow people to sign in with their Mastodon handle?

oops. linked now…

They don’t have to be, as far as I understand it. I’ve installed a few websites as apps on my phone (because their app had trackers in it) and they can work really well. Examples are Bluesky and Flipboard.

An example where I agree with you is LinkedIn - installed as a web app due to trackers - but they know this, and the whole point of their app is to get you with Facebook and Microsoft trackers, so they make the web app experience miserable on purpose.

But (and correct me if I’m wrong) a PWA made by a non-surveillance capitalist could be just as good as a native app.