Hi i just wanted to know if it is possible to host instance completely without renting anything.

if you have a video on it can you please share it here?

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    I recall seeing talk about how Lemmy instances require a domain name. If that’s true, you’d at least have to have a static IP if not pay for an actual domain name. I haven’t tried to start one up myself though. Mostly because if that is truly a requirement, I wouldn’t be able to.

    • i_am_not_a_robotEnglish
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      4 months ago

      You don’t need a static IP to have a domain name, and you don’t always need to pay for a domain name either.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
        11·
        4 months ago

        You don’t need a static IP to have a domain name

        That’s why I said or. You need a static address of some kind for Lemmy; be it just an IP or a domain name. I haven’t seen domain names given away for free since I was in high school; where would you get one now?

        • acid_falcon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Cloudflare has a free tier for domains, although they’re a little sketch. But they also support DDNS, so which updates the IP that your domain points to when it changes