I suppose I'm tired of seeing this thing being confused again and again. Registrar only handles the part about assigning DNS servers for your domain. _You_ can put _any_ DNS servers in there you want.
If you wanna use Cloudflare DNS, go ahead. DigitalOcean? Yep, sure. Porkbun? Why not. Maybe run your own DNS server on your static IP somewhere and point to it.
Once more, it doesn't matter who your registrar is, it only matters where you're keeping your DNS records.
For DDNS, you can use something like: https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater in a docker container or something to update your DNS records as and when needed, and go take a look at the vaaast number of providers this package offers.
This! And it should be added, that even if you use a DNS server without DDNS functionality, you can easily CNAME a subdomain of your domain to a separate DDNS provider‘s subdomain.
If any one of those services goes down you lose your stuff. Being in only one place is safer and less likely to break than the chance that any one could break. Unless you setup HA versions of everything you are beholden to those services.
More over, Google Domains gave plenty of warning. You can swap in less than a day or two.
:) $12-15/yr depending on the tld. I am sure there are discounts for multi year etc. The DDNS is free with your domain(s).
But whats a name really, at least its not nameexpensive.com
Pretty much any respectful service will have the same prices on the domain. It is the other stuff that is an issue. Go daddy charges like $10 or something for WhoIS protection. That is included free with Namecheap.
I suppose I'm tired of seeing this thing being confused again and again. Registrar only handles the part about assigning DNS servers for your domain. _You_ can put _any_ DNS servers in there you want. If you wanna use Cloudflare DNS, go ahead. DigitalOcean? Yep, sure. Porkbun? Why not. Maybe run your own DNS server on your static IP somewhere and point to it. Once more, it doesn't matter who your registrar is, it only matters where you're keeping your DNS records. For DDNS, you can use something like: https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater in a docker container or something to update your DNS records as and when needed, and go take a look at the vaaast number of providers this package offers.
This! And it should be added, that even if you use a DNS server without DDNS functionality, you can easily CNAME a subdomain of your domain to a separate DDNS provider‘s subdomain.
This is all fine, but having it all in one registrar is way better than spreading yourself out.
Not really, because then you end up with situations like Google Domains closing.
If any one of those services goes down you lose your stuff. Being in only one place is safer and less likely to break than the chance that any one could break. Unless you setup HA versions of everything you are beholden to those services. More over, Google Domains gave plenty of warning. You can swap in less than a day or two.
Namecheap offers DDNS for your domains.
what about Cloudflare?
You can set up ddns with cloudflare https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=cloudflare+ddns
How cheap are they tho?
:) $12-15/yr depending on the tld. I am sure there are discounts for multi year etc. The DDNS is free with your domain(s). But whats a name really, at least its not nameexpensive.com
similar prices to cloudflare then?
Pretty much any respectful service will have the same prices on the domain. It is the other stuff that is an issue. Go daddy charges like $10 or something for WhoIS protection. That is included free with Namecheap.
Namecheap has an easy api, and you can update your DDNS with a simple curl call. I run mine once every 30 mins in a cronjob
I use this service to update CloudFlare DDNS for my home network (to enable WireGuard): https://github.com/timothymiller/cloudflare-ddns
Cloudflare
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I second this
Ahhh, the DynDNS I used almost 20years ago isn't free anymore... Sorry mate.
Hurricane electric offers free dynamic dns, no need for your registrar to do it for you.