Setup a Custom Domain Name

In just minutes, you can have a personal or professional website hosted from your own home and a mini-PC, such as a standard Raspberry Pi.

Requirements

Navigate to https://www.noip.com/ and sign up for a free account.
Select the custom domain name you want to use. You can add up to 3 free domains per account.

Open Windows PowerShell (right click Windows icon in lower left) or a Linux terminal and enter the following command to connect to the Pi:
ssh pi@raspberry.local
Enter your password (the default password is raspberry).
Paste in each of the following commands, pressing enter after each line, to download and install the update client. You will be prompted for your password after the first step:
su -
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz
tar xzf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz
cd noip-2.1.9-1
make
make install
/usr/local/bin/noip2
In the same session, you can configure the client to run at startup by entering crontab -e [select 1 if prompted] and scrolling to the end of the file. Type “@reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2” (without quotes) on the last line, then enter Ctrl+X and Y to save.
If you face any issues, refer to the latest documentation from No-IP.

To make your website public and accessible to the world, forward port 80 in your router.
Access your router as you normally would. Find the section labelled port forwarding or virtual servers. Add a new rule to forward port 80 to the private IP address of your Pi. Check your router's manual for additional guidance.
Test your new website by navigating to your domain (ex. yourdomain.ddns.net) in any web browser.

Login to your Pi from anywhere by also forwarding port 22.
Connect to your Pi from outside your home by running:
ssh pi@yourdomain.ddns.net