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Should I buy a domain for Nextcloud self hosting?
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this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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Not required, but I have found it easy to do and easier to access your server from outside you home network. I use a domain along with a dynamic IP service. Plus I can use sub-domains for other self-hosted applications that I want to access outside my home network. Recently I added nginx proxy manager to manage all the inbound traffic to the various servers and sub-domains.
Even if I buy a domain, will I need a static or dynamic ip?
Depends on your ISP and what country you are in. My guess a dynamic IP service is cheaper than the price of a static IP from your ISP. I think I pay roughly $10 a year for dynamic IP service.
Don't need a static IP. You can have a service running that updates your domain to point to your new IP automatically when/if it changes
Ok. Thank you.