Can you explain me how to open my homelab to the internet? Stuck at
Cloudflare's nameservers
reddit / selfhosted

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Deses · 2023-09-26 15:21

Hello, first of all I'm aware that this has been asked / explained
hundreds if not thousands of times, but I haven't been able to figure
this out.

I registered with DuckDNS for a subdomained DDNS (example.duckdns.org)
and Cloudflare to get SSL and all that good stuff.

My problem is that when I add my URL (example.duckdns.org) to
Cloudflare it's asking me to `Replace with Cloudflare's nameservers`
but I can't do that with DuckDNS.

My setup is an Unraid machine with dockerized Nginx Proxy Manager.

I'd love to get some pointers, or an updated guide to what I need to
do to get up and running, thank you very much.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
AnnualOasis · 2023-09-26 15:30

You need a personal domain, not a DDNS service.

You can also set up DDNS on the personal domain, in fact I would argue
this is best practice, but to use cloudflare you must use a domain you
own.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Deses · 2023-09-26 15:49

Alright. I was afraid that was the case. Thanks.

Then what is the best practice if I don't want to use a personal
domain?

In some of the guides I've read they mention to open my ports 80 and
443, and let NPM do the SSL for me, but that seems too easy/simple.
Is that secure enough?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
AnnualOasis · 2023-09-26 15:57

You can do that but remember that you can access only one service per
subdomain.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Deses · 2023-09-26 16:24

Yes, that wouldn't be a problem and I'm already doing this locally.

qbt.unraid.local
heimdall.unraid.local
Immich.unraid.local

And so on. It would be amazing if I could use paths but I'll live with
it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
AnnualOasis · 2023-09-26 16:27

You listed 3 services. You can only have one of them linked to
example.duckdns.org.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
FroSSTII · 2023-09-26 16:58

If you are looking to use duckdns for your ssl needs. I would suggest
taking a look at SWG from Linuxserver.io

 https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/swag the guide has really good
information about reverse proxies ssl certs as well as step by step on
how to get an ssl cert using duckdns.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Plane_Resolution7133 · 2023-09-26 21:42

I’m sure you’re aware, but your homelab is accessible without a
‘proper’ DNS name.
Just open your firewall, and you’re good.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, I’d suggest using a service like
Tailscale or similar.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
oAhT_iAs · 2023-09-26 23:27

I would check out
[IBRACORP](https://www.youtube.com/@IBRACORP/)videos. They do a well
explained videos on this. Here is a [playlist](https://www.youtube.com
/playlist?list=PLOgmFrM3hTGeBivkGFkYYu7KQdDzz8U2z) you can watch to
better understand.