Hi guys!

I’m considering moving away from duckdns, as it’s becoming increasingly unreliable. I’d like to check some other free dynamic DNS alternatives (I’m open to suggestions!).

My idea would be to have the server run under two different domains, but both directing to the same services. Is this possible? What shoudl I change in nginx in order to answer to two different domains/names?

Thanks!

  • object [Object]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    I switched from duckdns about a year ago as it failed to resolve the addresses for my jellyfin server. I ended up buying a domain from cloudflare for 3 years for about $4, and I self-hosted ddns updater to automatically grab the dynamic ip, and set it to a subdomain.

    As for your nginx config, I’d imagine you could make 2 separate config files in sites-enabled that are nearly identical, but listen for different domains. Something like this:

    
#config file 1 
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example_a.com;

    location / {
        return 301 http://example_c.com$request_uri;
	#or use an ip instead of example_c.com
    }
}

#config file 2
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example_b.com;

    location / {
        return 301 http://example_c.com$request_uri;
	#or use an ip instead of example_c.com
    }
}


#Or use "proxy_pass http://example_c.com;" in the location tag instead of "return 301..." if you want to reverse proxy the traffic
    • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Thanks. I’m seriously considering also a paid domain, so it’s good to hear from your experience. I might go try some other free provider first though.

      • cheesemoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I switched to a paid domain in the last few months and regret not doing it sooner - it just works, and it’s nice knowing that I won’t have to reconfigure all my stuff to point at a different domain name again in the future. Price was maybe $15/year on porkbun - very much worth it imo.

        I’ve also used freedns in the past and had no complaints about them, except that I think wildcard subdomains are limited to paid supporters (very cheap though) and at the time my SWAG docker image maybe didn’t support them? It’s been a while. The service was great though. Never had problems like I did with duckdns.

  • Matt The Horwood@lemmy.horwood.cloudEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Would recommend OVH for both domain name and DNS, they have DNS APIs so you can get certificates from lets encrypt with ease. Also you could update your zone when your home IP changes

  • beerclue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    How is duckdns unreliable? I use it just to have wireguard access, been using it for years. Just curious about your issues…

    • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      It will fail to resolve randomly, and then your services goes down. And you expend quite a while figuring out whatever might have failed until the typical “when in doubt, it’s DNS” pops up. This also applies when you’re trying to add/renew subdomains.

      Just a sample…

      https://lemmy.world/post/13565617

  • tofuwabohu@slrpnk.netEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    This should be possible, in nginx you would just have near identical entries that deliver the same content. The service itself sometimes takes a domain to build internal links etc, and those usually only take one.