Moving to DDNS

Hi chaps,
Due to other commitments, I no longer have the time or resources to fully host my DNS servers.
However, I still enjoy the freedom of unlimited email addresses for my domains and the ability to host and test web content.
Anyway, I have to give up my multiple IP addresses and return to an ISP dynamically assigned IPv6 address.
I know this may sound silly, but is there a tutorial showing how to do this?
I would like to retain the freedom ISP config 3 gives.

I understand that I have to give up my nameservers, but I'm unsure of how to set up the system using something like noip.com.

Any guidance or advice will be very much appreciated.

 

Ooo, wow. No, I never gave that a thought. Thank you. But is relay service a bad thing?
Also, do you have any guidance on doing such a thing? I mean both Cloud and relay to help me transition

 

Well, as I said in other threads, ISPConfig3 can run in any home lab / server with dynamic public IP just fine.

For dns service, you may want to separate each domain to one (email) account per domain if you are using free cloudflare dns service as it is limited per account basis. The process is quite simple actually.

For dynamic dns management, I would suggest dynu in addition to cloudflare.

For mail relay, there are a lot of discussions on this forum how to set it up, and it is quite simple and straight forward.

To note, however, if this is use with free services or even paid ones, it won't give you the same freedom and ability of running your own mail server. I think not even close.

 

Oh, that isn't very reassuring. What would be the limitations?

 

Now that is an interesting way to look at it.
I do have the hardware currently running, OK? It's only a simple Raspberry Pi set, but it works and works well, as it has for some time; I occasionally get a glitch here and there, but nothing too serious.

So, Till, how does this work with Cloudflare?
Do they provide an IP address, or do I just redirect from a dynamic host (NoIP)?
Or should I have a dynamic IP capture and update package running on my current web server? where I host my websites and ISPC3 sites, including my email server?

 

I think @till's suggestion is more on leasing a vm with fixed ip rather than running your own with dynamic ip, which is preferred cost wise.

Cloudflare only gives you its name servers IP and FQDN, so you have to setup dynamic dns for your home server / lab yourself either by using Cloudflare dynamic dns API or others, like dynu.

You cannot however host any ISPConfig mail server using them.

 

First, thanks for your suggestions; they are very much appreciated.
I appreciate your time, Till, and I totally understand this request is out of the scope of ISPC3 support, but thank you anyway.
Unfortunately, I still don't see an answer unless I've missed something, (I have been known to do from time to time).
Is it possible, and would it work, for the NoIP software to be run on my server and update the dynamic IP to the dynamic host?

If I understand this correctly, someone types my URL into their browser. This is picked up by the dynamic host redirect provider (NoIP), which links the typed URL to my server's current IP address. All this time, the NoIP package is constantly monitoring my server's IP address for any changes. If it does change, it updates the dynamic host servers, so that any traffic can find it. Do I have this understanding correct?

 

Yes.

Yes.

To clarify further, dynamic dns is merely a tool to update A record of your chosen FQDN in your dynamic dns server (like NoIP or DYNU) while that FQDN will always be the CNAME record in your dns server (like CloudFlare).

 

You, my good chaps, are outstanding... Thank you