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Should I buy a domain for Nextcloud self hosting? (iusearchlinux.fyi)
submitted 1 year ago by sandayle@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/nextcloud@lemmy.ml
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I want to set up a server on an old laptop at home to synchronize my Obsidian notes and some pdfs. I'll install Nextcloud AIO but I have a question about domain.

Do I need to buy a domain name for the sync to work properly? I created a dynamic dns account on Noip but I don't know if this is a temporary solution or permanent?

If the domain is necessary, is it enough to just buy a domain or do I need to buy a hosting package or something?

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[โ€“] phanto@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a dyn account and it works for me. No hosting at all. That said, its price has gone up a lot since I first got it. My ISP rarely changes my IP on me, so I could probably get away with no hosting at all and just use my IP address as the nextcloud, but I didn't know that back when I started using it.