If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a simple way to host a static web page somewhere. I think you can do that on Dropbox. You can certainly do it with Amazon S3 very cheaply; configuring it can be a bit challenging, but I’ve seen several videos on YT that explain how to do it. (On S3 you’re mainly charged for download bandwidth and a tiny bit for storage. A simple static web page with a few images would cost you less than one cup of coffee per year.)

Otherwise, you need Apache or something similar running somewhere that can respond to https requests sent to yourdomain.com:80 

Most registrars these days offer really cheap web hosting for $2-$3 per month paid on an annual basis that provide you with all of the basic services. For $25-$30 / year, I’d rather get a full suite of services on a reliable host that’s not likely to disappear because people are hosting all sorts of crap sites that attract DDOS attacks for spamming. This would include mail hosting. I’ve used NameSilo’s hosting and it’s pretty decent. 

Note that while I prefer cPanel, they charge a lot to hosting vendors, so that hosting is always going to be a little more expensive than something that uses a different control panel, but there are some really good alternatives these days that are designed to mimic cPanel fairly closely.

IMHO, you get what you pay for, and if your time is worth anything, then pay a few bucks for a reliable host.

-David Schwartz




On Jun 25, 2024, at 11:08 AM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

All,
I currently have my own domain and am using Proton mail as my mail provider using this domain. As such, my DNS MX records point to their mail servers, as well as several TXT records for domain validation (i.e. spf, dmarc, etc). I currently have a single page static website for the domain hosted at another provider and the DNS A record points to that server (Proton Mail is not a hosting provider). However, this server will be decommissioned in a few weeks and I would prefer not to have to pay for a separate hosting plan just host a simple static web site.

The main purpose of this domain is for email use, but it would be nice to have the domain resolve to an actual website, if someone were to go there with a browser. Does anyone have any ideas on where I can point my DNS A records to for a simple static website, ideally for free? I don't want to poke holes through my router and host it at home.

Thanks!
Peter
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