Hey everyone. This is probably a super noob question, but I’m very much just an amateur when it comes to self-hosting.
I host several services that I access locally through 192.whatever:####, and when I occasionally need remote access, I use Tailscale and access through 100.whatever: ####. The duplicate bookmarks is mildly annoying though.
Can I just buy a personal domain, and have all my services be coolname.com:#### for both local and Tailscale access? Is that as simple a process as I want it to be?
Edit: I appreciate all the comments and I’ll probably just use Tailacale’s MagicDNS for simplicity, but one or my (unwritten, my bad) goals was to have one URL that works locally and remotely, regardless of Tailscale. I don’t leave Tailscale constantly connected because it overheats my phone (which already has terrible battery life).
That’s a complicated question to answer, because when its said self-hosted practically means that you have the code stored in your servers. So you can buy the domain but depends what services you are running you’ll probably need a server for those services.
I might be about to proclaim my own ignorance, but I’m not entirely sure what you mean. I’m self-hosting on my own hardware in my living room. I’m just not good at it lol. I’d just rather pay a few dollars a year to not have you remember my Tailscale IP addresses.
I am not fully sure if it is clear. If not please send me a DM and I can explain better.