Afraid.org is great, note that you don't necessarily need to install any software to use it - you're given a line to paste into your crontab and it's setup. It simply wget/curls an update URL every few minutes.
Any reason they chose "Afraid" as their name? A name is just a name, but it feels a bit offputting to use that in the address of my home server, tbh.
Re:Upgrading my home server
by insertnickname on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:25AM
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I don't know, but they have many different domains to choose from. I'm not sure if you can even get a subdomain of afraid.org.
Ddns used to be a fancy thing, but these days everyone worth anything has their own API for DNS management. Providers specialising in ddns may have their own agents which make it easier, but you can also use a 3-line script to do it on route53.
CNAME'ing your own domain to a "dynamic DNS" provider is also an option.
Re:Upgrading my home server
by predakanga on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:56AM
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Note that when using this approach, you shouldn't use the root domain; you can still use a subdomain with no issues though.
[0]: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/why-cant-a-domain-s-root-b... [1]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cname-flattening-rfc...
If you'd prefer a paid option that uses your own domain, then some providers like Digital Ocean expose DNS settings via API. Here's a google search to get you started: https://www.google.com/search?q=dynamic+dns+host+for+digital...