Self website hosting

[macrules34]

I have a few questions regarding hosting your own web sites:

#1: what’s the best internet provider to host your own websites off your own servers?

#2: say they give you 5 static public IPs, would you use those IPs to create DNS servers that point to your websites?

 

[BlueFox]

1. No such thing. If you are talking about doing this at home and you live in a place where there isn't a monopoly, you can independently research your options since it's going to be very regional. If colocation, also going to be datacenter specific based on who they offer peering with.
2. There is no reason for you to create any DNS servers for this. Set A/AAAA records with your registrar (plus whatever other types you want).

You're probably better off with a VPS for under $5 a month honestly.

 

[macrules34]

1. Where I live you can get a 1gb internet service with 5 static IPs for $200.

2. I’m confused on your anwser, what is A/AAA?

 

[BlueFox]

1. VPS is still all of $5 and I'm sure far less than the difference for a plan that does not involve a /29 of IPs. Gigabit symmetric service is commonly $50 within the US without a static allocation.
2. Those are two types of DNS records. If this is your first time seeing them, I would strongly advise against running anything at home like this and going the VPS route.

 

[sko]

2. I’m confused on your anwser, what is A/AAA?

you should not host any server

 

[alaricljs]

To give you an analogy on why you shouldn't host any server: your level of demonstrated knowledge in IT and what you are looking to achieve is akin to a teenager who has never seen more water than a bathtub wanting to swim across the English Channel on day 1.

 

[louie1961]

#1: what’s the best internet provider to host your own websites off your own servers?

There are many decent ones. Hostinger is not bad. It is what my wife will move her Wordpress site to, if I ever stop self hosting. I use Wix for my business website, mainly because my niece is my website designer and she was most familiar with it.

#2: say they give you 5 static public IPs, would you use those IPs to create DNS servers that point to your websites?

If you use a managed service like Hostinger or Wix, they handle all the DNS for you. If you move to a VPS, then you have to worry about DNS. But honestly why bother? You can do managed hosting for Wordpress for $4.49/month with a 12 month subscription. Wix was a bit more (I want to say like $39/month IIRC?) but it came with a lot of extras like the full google suite for me and my administrative assistant.

 

[bdstim]

123-reg, Freeola, IONOS
They are all much of a muchness

 

[macrules34]

@BlueFox A/AAAA is making sense know, I just never saw it represented that way.

 

[tdsth]

Your needs lack detail.
You want a website host, OK, but for what kind of website ?
A small static site (only HTML/CSS) or a larger, dynamic site with a database?
Which parts do you want to manage yourself? Up to the OS? Or just the layout and content?
Do you want a payment feature?

I don't know how internet service providers work where you live, but if it's just for learning or for a small static site that can handle a little downtime, get a Raspberry Pi or something like that and keep it at home. It will cost you less after a few months.
Otherwise, there are GitHub Pages.

 

[inkey]

I'm assuming that "self-hosting" you mean a "homeserver" (hosting it in your house).

#1: what’s the best internet provider to host your own websites off your own servers?

That depends on what you have available. My recommendation is to get two connections (one from ISP A and another from ISP B). Note the contractual "minimum"/"average" speed, not just the maximum.

#2: say they give you 5 static public IPs, would you use those IPs to create DNS servers that point to your websites?

What is the point of self-hosting a DNS server? I think it is easier and cheaper to use Cloudflare. Cloudflare is good for two reasons:
a) You can use IPv6, and Cloudflare handles IPv4 clients. Instead of paying more for “5x IPv4”, you get a free /56 IPv6. Each HTTP server, each “website”, can have its own IPv6.
b) You can use “cloudflared” tunneling. That software "exposes" your local-network connecting to Cloudflare’s servers. Your IP does not need to be publicly accessible and does not need to be a fixed IP. You can set your HTTP server for “yoursite.com” to “192.168.1.2”. So, basically: client -> Cloudflare -> cloudflared -> your server.

 

[macrules34]

@inkey what if my isp doesn't assign a static but a dynamic ip, will cloudflare still work?

 

[alaricljs]

That's what dynamic DNS is for..... and mine is hosted on Cloudflare.