Using the same domain across multiple Cloudrons
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@girish @humptydumpty said in Using the same domain across multiple Cloudrons:
Can I use DigitalOcean DNS for free even if I don't have any active services with them?
Yes, it seems. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/does-using-digitalocean-domain-name-servers-cost-extra-money
One can also use the amazing Cloudflare service free tier too, it includes DNS and much, much more. One of the features is to get and transfer domain names as COST price. But basic CDN and stats are also included in the free plan.
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@micmc since someone on this forum pointed out once that CF is involved in censorship, I'd rather avoid them if given the chance. My main reason though is that I try to avoid using any services from big tech (google, fb, etc.). DO went public a while back which caused me to switch to another host but I'm looking to move from manual to automated DNS and DO is my only viable option atm.
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@humptydumpty I recommend Gandi
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@humptydumpty said in Using the same domain across multiple Cloudrons:
@micmc since someone on this forum pointed out once that CF is involved in censorship, I'd rather avoid them if given the chance. My main reason though is that I try to avoid using any services from big tech (google, fb, etc.). DO went public a while back which caused me to switch to another host but I'm looking to move from manual to automated DNS and DO is my only viable option atm.
I fully understand and agree, I did not know about CF and I'm using it forever (*&$(?(%. I guess it's going to be more and more difficult to avoid to avoid the bast...
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@humptydumpty they have changed their policies since from the one incident that I am aware of. Nothing wrong with their services, or their people, I've met quite a few of them too, including the CEO.
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@robi this is old, but is it out of date?
https://tech.tiq.cc/2016/01/why-you-shouldnt-use-cloudflare/
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@jdaviescoates yes, very.
While I won't go trough all the points, this person is obviously looking at it with the glass half empty.
Most of the things he talks about are benefits and some points are outright wrong.
I choose to think for myself.
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@jdaviescoates I have experienced CF powered sites throw the captcha at me each time I visit so that part is still accurate. To be fair though, I do use a VPN and have non-default/stricter privacy browser settings, and make use of uBlock and other privacy oriented plugins so I understand why the captcha's keep coming up. With that said, I don't want to punish my fellow privacy-oriented users so CF gets the boot.
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@humptydumpty yeah, and I think the vast majority of sites do not and will not get "slash dotted" or get DDoS attacked and anecdotally I've seen WAY more people (including on here) mentioning issues/ problems caused by Cloudflare than people saying "thank good I was using Cloudflare" (I don't think I've ever seen anyone say anything like that)
I think it's a bit like High Availability stuff. As @marcusquinn has I think mentioned elsewhere, most people just don't need it.
And whether or not all/ most of that article I posted is now outdated, it seems obvious to me that everyone using Cloudflare (who in the end are just another investor owned private profit seeking big corporate) contributes to the over centralisation of everything on the web.
Just for info, I also found these bits of their recent SEC return interesting:
We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
We have incurred net losses in all periods since we began operations and we may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future. We experienced net losses of $260.3 million, $119.4 million, and $105.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, and as of December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $680.8 million. Because the markets for our products are rapidly evolving, it is difficult for us to predict our future results of operations. We expect our operating expenses to increase over the next several years as we continue to hire additional personnel, expand our operations and infrastructure both domestically and internationally, and continue to develop our products. In addition to the expected costs to grow our business, we also are incurring significant additional legal, accounting, and other expenses as a public company, as described in greater detail in the risk factors below. If we fail to increase our revenue to offset the increases in our operating expenses, we may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
We have experienced rapid revenue growth, which may not be indicative of our future performance.
We have experienced rapid revenue growth in recent periods, with revenue of $656.4 million, $431.1 million, and $287.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. You should not consider our recent growth in revenue as indicative of our future performance. In particular, our revenue growth rates may slow or decline in the future and may not be sufficient to achieve and sustain profitability, as we also expect our costs to increase in future periods. We believe that historical comparisons of our revenue may not be meaningful and should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Accordingly, you should not rely on our revenue and other growth for any prior quarter or year as an indication of our future revenue or revenue growth. -
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I just finished setting up a CR home server to run Nextcloud so I can keep all my files "in-house". I have the primary domain (say, domain.com) added in a Cloudron hosted with Contabo. So for my home server, I went with gem.domain.com but I cannot add the parent domain (domain.com) into my home server without a second paid subscription plan. Shouldn't the parent domain be allowed on the free plan considering it's the same domain?
TLDR: cannot add primary domain to a secondary CR on the free plan.
@girish @nebulon Please mention this in the docs or if possible, allow us to add the primary domain on a child-CR (free plan).
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@humptydumpty Looks like some legacy logic from the past. I removed many of this just last week - https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/dashboard/-/commit/74aac4876ab22fa717a97c3d330614d3869bd307 . The domain max count is still 1, I will fix that as well.
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@humptydumpty Err, I forgot that I already removed those last week as well - https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/dashboard/-/commit/72ba61ad91d326c3f287a2f538809cc78afcfdc8 . So, this should be fixed in next release.
