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Self hosted DNS solution (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Maryannus@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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So I have 100+ websites I manage for various clients, and it is a pain for me to login to their hosting or domain registrar accounts to manage their DNS.

Is there a simple solution, where I can turn on my own server that manages DNS? So for every domain I manage, I simply set a DNS once as ns1..com, and from thereon I can just manage their DNS configurations?

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[–] Qxt78@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you do self host dns make sure you have at least 2 vm's on different subnets (not the same ip ranges) and if you really go smart about it have them hosted in separate cloud providers to mitigate the risk a bit. Then make sure you are aware of how hackers use dns servers for example dns amplification attacks with dns to prevent yours from being used. There is documentation and CIS guides on this. But overall it is not scary. Just a bit of initial admin to get going. As other have mention there is bind, powerdns and that other one that was mentioned Technitium or something (never heard of it before). But as others have mentioned before, Cloudfare really is a good option to selfhost without the infrastructure requirements.

[–] Maryannus@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the detailed post. I will keep these in mind.

[–] joost00719@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cloud flare offers an api which allows you to manage it yourself without much hassle.

[–] Maryannus@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, but I have had issues with clients with Cloudflare in the past. They tend to ban/block websites or traffic on subjective grounds. I am happy to spin off 5 VMs if needed.

The reason I like to self host is because I am kind of sick of these large companies acting like they own us.

[–] SillyLilBear@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

this is a better solution