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SuperSpruce Feb 26, 2024

Thinking of getting into self hosting but I'm a complete noob

Thinking of getting into self hosting but I'm a complete noob - Lemmy.zip

I think of myself as technically inclined. I have installed Linux multiple times and have basic command line knowledge, and I’ve programmed in many languages, with the most experience making a static website game using HTML/CSS/JS. Additionally, I own the superspruce.org [http://superspruce.org] domain (my registrar is Dynadot), but I don’t really know how to wield the power of owning a domain. I also have some spare computers to be used for hosting, a 2009 laptop running Lubuntu and a 3900X+32GB RAM desktop other running KDE Neon, but I’m also open to experimenting with cloud hosting too (I know, sacrilege here). However, I don’t know much about the TCP/IP protocol or other networking protocols. I’m happy to learn, but the curve would need to start gently. I would want to try hosting my websites, and also a personal non-federated Lemmy instance to serve as a archivable forum for my games. Even if it’s not very useful, it’s great experience.

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LunaCtld Feb 28, 2024

Seems people are already making great recommentations.

Personally I also use docker-compose, a WireGuard VPN and an Nginx-Server to proxy/ssl-terminate all my services to my VPN or the Internet.

Just host whatever you like/need. Something like Nextcloud is probably a solid start.

Btw, I have not seen it mentioned here, but awesome-Lists are a thing on github where people collect various gems for certain categories. Here is the one for self-hosting which I have used extensively and really like: github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

Also, when you start hosting more than 2-3 services, keeping them up-to-date might become a hassle which you can forget. For docker-based hosting I’d recommend you setup watchtower, which can keep your servives up-to-date for you.

GitHub - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted: A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

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tehbilly

I would caution against automatic updates! Notifications, yes absolutely. But automatically updating things is a great way to have things break suddenly when you’re not in a good place to troubleshoot.