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How do I set up DNS records for home hosting? Question
I've been hosting my website on shared hosting, but I'm tired of paying their monthly fee. I want to move my website to my home computer.
How do I need to configure my DNS records to make that happen? Currently my NS records at my registrar point to the DNS servers for my web host and they handle the records that point to their web server.
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Some web hosts bundle DNS (pointing domain towards an IP) and hosting (serving the site at some IP) together. Those might have some specialty tools to tie the two together. The usage of those will depend on the host.
A more practical way is to purchase the domain separately. You mention NS records so probably this is what you have. You should get a control panel from the registrar where you edit which IP it points to. You put in your home IP on there.
You will have some challenges here, not because of the DNS per se but because you are trying to host at home. I posted a different answer for these so I don't have to clutter up this one: https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/288479
Besides that, your ISP will probably dynamically assign your IP so you will have to keep updating the DNS record everytime your home IP changes. If you use a good registrar, they will provide some programmatic interface and you can set up a script to automate it. More on this here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dynamic_DNS
Of course, if you can get a real host with a static IP, it's a lot easier - you just have to update your DNS record once, and that's all.
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