Is anyone using uptime-kuma or a similar tool to monitor
DuckDNS.org/sub-domains? I've observed sporadic periods of
unavailability with my DuckDNS sub-domains. Am I the only one?
reddit / selfhosted

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-12-12 13:56

Or is there something wrong with my setup?

    using docker-duckdns container to update the IP address
    and Caddy for the reverse proxy

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thekrautboy · 2023-12-12 14:08

Based on mentions in this sub it seems DuckDNS isnt the most reliable
service and every now and then has issues. But its free.

If youre looking for a good alternative give https://desec.io a try,
they are a non-profit offering free subdomains in the form of
`example.dedyn.io` and there are no premium accounts, no nag emails,
based in germany. They also offer DNS management if you own a domain
already and you can control it through their interface. Tools like
ddclient for automatic updates and many Lets Encrypt clients are
compatible with it.

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-12-12 14:30

>Based on mentions in this sub it seems DuckDNS isnt the most reliable
service and every now and then has issues. But its free.

Yeah can't really complain about a free service, although I was hoping
it would be somewhat reliable.
I wonder what the long term percentage uptime is or what should I
expect?


>If youre looking for a good alternative give https://desec.io a try,
they are a non-profit offering free subdomains in the form of
example.dedyn.io

Are these reliable enough??

It's probably time to get a domain... recommendations welcome!

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thekrautboy · 2023-12-12 14:36

> Are these reliable enough??

Thats very relative. Plenty of people will say they have no issues
with DuckDNS too. And i have no issues with DeSEC. But all of that is
just anecdotal.

> It's probably time to get a domain... recommendations welcome!

Recommendations for... what?

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-12-12 14:44

Paid Domain Name providers

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thekrautboy · 2023-12-12 15:05

Plenty of discussions in this sub about that, use the search.

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-12-12 15:11

👍

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lilolalu · 2023-12-12 22:23

https://freedns.afraid.org/

Works fine as well.

Depending on where you are hosting your Uptime Kuma and on what type
of uplink, you also should consider nightly connection reset on DSL
lines / dynamic IP renewal among other things for temporary
unreachable domains.

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thekrautboy · 2023-12-12 22:34

Yep afraid still exists, used it for years with few but not zero
issues.

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lilolalu · 2023-12-12 22:42

I think a lot (if not most?) of the domain providers offer a dyndns
like API nowadays, so you can just point your domain or subdomain to a
dynamic IP...

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VinylNostalgia · 2023-12-12 23:46

cloudflare is honestly one of the best companies I dealt with