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Best VPS for gramps (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by rambos@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello selfhosters,

I need recommendation for cheap VPS that I will use to host gramps only. Gramps is selfhosted app for building family tree.

I tested gramps in docker container on my home server and its awesome, check it out. My home server is not open to public (accessing it using wireguard only) and I would like to give access to some family members (3-4) for gramps. I thought its best to pay for cheap VPS and run gramps only to avoid any security issues on my home network.

I believe performance and storage requirements fit in any cheapest model, but not sure which VPS is the easiest to setup. I have my own domain from porkbun, but I have never set SSL certs properly before and I have never used VPS. I see this as a great opportunity to learn, but also to make some family members happy <3

I'm eying servercheap.com and it says in description "1 IPv4", but then it offers "Add'l Ipv4 Addresses" for 9$. I'm bit lost here and I'm not even sure do I need IPv4 address. Maybe I can run duckdns or ddclient to avoid additional cost?

How is your experience with servercheap? Is there anything better for similar price?

Also, any tips for building server like that are appreciated. I was thinking Debian 11 + gramps in docker container since I'm familiar with that setup.

Cheers

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[–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What makes it different from running official docker container? This demo login screen looks exactly the same, but doesnt work tho. Screenshot from the link looks the same as well

[–] controlphreak@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't understand what you mean by "official docker container" because Gramps is desktop software and doesn't have a container. The GrampsWeb / Gramps.js is the web interface for browsing it, that can run in a Docker container, but is developed separately.

[–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Grmps is completely new to me, didnt even know about desktop app before I deployed docker. Found it on awesome selfhosted. So i used this one thinking its what everyone is doing 🙃

[–] controlphreak@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No worries. Gramps (desktop) is where I do work on my main tree, and then personally I will do a one-way sync (so that it can't "corrupt" my tree) up to my GrampsWeb docker frontend so that the rest of my family can view the data.