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Incubator Q&A How do I set up DNS records for home hosting?

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 ...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar matthewsnyder‭ · 2023-06-16T20:24:20Z (over 1 year ago)
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.