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I've got a domain but whats next? (self.web_hosting)

submitted 8 months ago by ExperimentalGuy to c/web_hosting

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I recently purchased a domain for myself as a why-the-fuck-not purchase and I need some ideas for what to put on there. Some ideas so far include: Small Blog Personal S/FTP server to sync back to Minecraft server

Does anyone have other ideas? Thanks :)

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[–] lysdexic 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Does anyone have other ideas?

Being this programming.dev, I feel compelled to suggest self-hosting a Lemmy instance.

The basics would be a simple personal webpage, which you can serve directly with a file server.

I like running syncthing as my personal alternative to Dropbox.

Some registrars like Namecheap offer services such as email rerouting, which gets you to use any custom email address in your domain through Gmail.

Don't pay attention to anyone mentioning CDNs or any nonsense of the sort. If your services aren't expected to serve a lot of traffic of have SLIs to meet, you do not need them. You only need a system with static IP address open to external traffic, and get your domain registrar to resolve a domain/subdomain to that IP address.

Just make sure everything you serve through that domain can be redeployed on a whim. A rarely discussed topic is how the internet is a wild jungle with dozens of vulnerability scanners running around the clock to find any unmaintained server they can exploit. Any server that's not managed by a professional team 24/7 fits that criteria.