Recommendations for a good .ca domain host?
from Pxtl@lemmy.ca to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 13:57
https://lemmy.ca/post/24250585

So lemmiverse, my pxtl.ca domain has officially been booted off of Google Domains (welcome to the Google graveyard, Google Domains) and now has been moved into Squarespace, which is expensive.

Anybody recommend a good cheap .ca TLD domain host? One with a decent API for dynamic DNS so I can keep my home subdomain? I have a couple of pi4 servers in the house that could be tasked with pinging an API endpoint to notify the domain host of my IP.

thanks in advance.

#selfhosted

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wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jul 14:08 next collapse

First off you should realize that the registrar’s and domain name servers don’t have to be the same. Feel free to use any registrar (ex: namecheap, gandi, etc) and host the domain name server anywhere else.

Secondly, if you want a good API for dynamic updates, I’d recommend looking for something that supports nsupdate, which is bind’s built-in update mechanism. It’s supported almost everywhere, including by let’s encrypt clients like Lego.

Toes@ani.social on 02 Jul 14:10 next collapse

I’d suggest using OVH. help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-ie-dns-dynhost?id=kb_art…

Depending on your country you may need to use ovh canada

thayer@lemmy.ca on 02 Jul 15:42 next collapse

I’ve been happy with whc.ca for hosting…been using their pro account for years. I generally use canspace.ca for domain registration, and have done so for more than 10 years without issue.

ShortN0te@lemmy.ml on 02 Jul 15:56 next collapse

Some (probably most) domain registrars allow to use different nameservers. So for example i use namecheap, since its cheap as domain registrar but cloudflare for DNS, since the API is free and widly supported.

jdeath@lemm.ee on 02 Jul 19:19 next collapse

Cloudflare is by far the cheapest registrar & host I’ve used. I’m on their free plan, which can handle almost any load (thousands of requests a week for me personally). The domains are sold at cost, so around $10 for my dot-coms. So $10/yr covers it.

liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jul 06:22 collapse

Unfortunately Cloudflare does not do .ca domains. I imagine this is because there are restrictions on who can own one, so it’s probably not worth the trouble for them.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 03 Jul 09:18 next collapse

Back to webnames for you.

charles@lemmy.ca on 03 Jul 12:17 next collapse

As others have pointed out, CloudFlare doesn’t sell .ca domain names due to the ownership restrictions applied by CIRA. I’ve personally used Web Hosting Canada (WHC.ca) for many years, including their hosting for a while. I also have a couple of domains with Register.ca.

I then use DuckDNS for dynamic updates and the free tier of CloudFlare for security certificates and some simple access rules.

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 15:41 collapse

Hover.com