I kind of want to set up my own domain for personal stuff and learning purposes. I was thinking of using it for a vpn for ssh-ing into my local devices and for hosting git repos and stuff. Maybe a phorge instance or something. It wouldn’t really be for public use so I don’t think I need to worry about high traffic.

I know when hexbear switched domain name services during the recent debacle that people seemed to really like the new one but I forget what it was called. As for server hosting, I guess aws is the obvious choice, but that and azure are the only choices I’m even aware of, so I don’t know if there’s something else out there that’d be better suited to my needs. Actually, do I even need server hosting at all? My friend mentioned that I could configure my router to forward requests on a certain port to one of my devices, so could I set up my own server that way? Wouldn’t that cause issues if the router restarts and I get a new ip address?

  • Imnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    There are some good server hosting options that allow Tor nodes here (also good for other uses): https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/good-bad-isps/

    I found 1984.hosting and bitfolk.com to be pretty reasonably priced.

    I was considering using one of these to use as a WireGuard VPN to hide my IP at home when I self host at some point.

    Yeah I know, lib free speech websites

    However I heard good reviews about these hosting providers. They’re better than sites like Hetzner which ban users for bullshit reasons. According to the Tor resource, bitfolk.com are very knowledgable and understand Tor and its uses. They are hot on spam and abuse so advise changing the default exit (good idea in the UK anyhow). Any DMCA notices received were simply forwarded on without agro.

    The Tor resource above has a lot of providers that you may have not heard of and can provide good and affordable services.

    Some other resources for cheap hosting: