Steffo Mar 28, 2025

Can somebody recommend a good dynamic DNS service that I can use to access some stuff of my Synology nas? Preferably self hosted, but if it's free and safe, I can also just use a different service.

I primarily want to use my own domain (e.g. so I can use my yubikey for authentication).

#synology #dyndns #selfhostingadvice

Show threadHACK13Mar 28, 2025
@SteffoSpieler Are you sure you shouldn't use like a wireguard vpn to a cheap VPS to then expose the synology nas? this way you are not directly exposing your home network to the internet? That is what I do.
Show threadSteffo Mar 28, 2025
@hack13 hm... I have a wire guard running on my root server. Though I don't know much about setting that stuff up :/
Show threadSteffo Mar 28, 2025

@hack13 I mean, I actually only want to expose some things, like maybe photos, dsm and my jellyfin. All with their own subdomains.

I just don't know how to set this up in the synology at all. I mean, I don't even understand the reverse proxy that is there. (Somehow it doesn't really work for me.)

But I really want to not have to use quickconnect anymore, because it takes ages to connect - and often enough I still have to re-login every. time.

Show threadHACK13Mar 28, 2025
@SteffoSpieler I mean what I do is I have wireguard setup on my VPS and my synology. Then I use caddy on the VPS to reverse proxy traffic to the ports of the services on my home network. So like https://photos.hack13.cloud and https://drive.hack13.cloud for the drive and photos interfaces.
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Show threadSteffo 

@hack13 yeah. To be fair, you're actually somewhat my inspiration regarding this. xD

Might want to help me set this up at some point? 😅 Like.. I'm still quite a noob regarding stuff with Synology.

Mar 28, 2025 at 11:40amWeb
Show threadHACK13Mar 28, 2025
@SteffoSpieler I mean sure, I don't mind. I am happy to help.