[SOLVED] What best choice for domain name/ssl and why ?

Hi !

I am thinking about getting a domain name and ssl for my DietPi which is running Nextcloud. But I have some questions. From the softwares page on dietpi.com I can see about Certbot :

"Requirements:

  • A working Apache2 or Lighttpd webserver
    - A URL/domain (eg: mysite.com). NoIp is recommended for a URL/domain that points to your device. Free NoIp accounts do not work with Letsencrypt, you must own a domain name and use NoIp Premium features
  • Ports 80 and 443 (TCP) must be forwarded to your device, from your router."

And so my natural first question is why NoIP is recommended ? Why not GoDaddy or any other domain registrar ? Then what is exactly the “NoIP Premium features” ???

From the noip.com webpage I can find that regarding the term “premium” : SSL Certificates - Secure Your Website - No-IP where there is one called “Geotrust Premium” (sounds like bling bling it’s premium :sunglasses: !!) priced at 130$. Is that what the previously mentioned “…and use NoIp Premium features” is ??
Also from the NoIp website again I found “managed DNS Plus” which specify it supports SSL upgrades. Does it means if I want to go to ssl solution then I have to have this “Managed Plus” thing in addition to geotrust premium in addition to the domain name registration ?

Sorry it may be dumb questions but if I have already had a simple personal domain name in the past I never went into this type of details and it’s the first time I use noip. So I am globally unsure of what I am looking to. Would greatly appreciate your point of view and help on that :slight_smile:

P.S :
I am assuming once I have the domain name with what it needs to support ssl it’s just a matter of running “certbot” from Dietpi-software, typing the url and validating we want to use ssl on it. Right ? And then I am assuming I have nothing else “complicated” to do to make Nextcloud use the “https” right ?? :roll_eyes: yeah… I know… I assume a lot.

Ok, so you need 2 things (if you go for NoIp):

  • Domain name: doesn’t matter if you purchase it from Godaddy or uk2 etc
  • NoIP Plus Managed DNS: This package allows you to use the domain name you purchased above, with NoIp

Once you have those setup, all you need to do is:

Once thats setup, now you can run Cerbot/Letsencrypt to setup SSL.

I originally used this combo for the DietPi website a while back, which ran from a XU4 in my house.

Thanks a lot for the clear answer :slight_smile: