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What are some text resources you'd recommend to brush up on basics? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Given the repeat questions you can find here on basics, it's kind of surprising there doesn't appear to be a commonly shared FAQ, website, or book going over some of the basics.

E.g. ways to safely connect to home servers over the internet while away, when it may be better to spin up services on a VPS instead, etc.

Have I been overlooking some shared text-based resource concerning the subject, or...?

Also fwiw I did look at the sidebar links, and the awesome-sysadmin link has links to sections for blogs/books, but as of writing this, they were empty sections.

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[–] lal309@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think for most people it becomes a trade off decision. Do you want to expose ports and potentially open your home to attacks but keep all traffic privately encrypted (if using SSL) and yours? Or do I keep my home unexposed but delegate trust and traffic flow to Cloudflare essentially and potentially allowing them to see my traffic?

For me it depends on the service. Nothing too sensitive or personal or already publicly available? Then Cloudflare tunnel coupled with Nginx Proxy Manager.

Highly sensitive and personal? Then do I really need to expose it to the internet? Most of the time it’s no or a VPN can be used to access those resources.

Something in between? I’d consider forwarding ports and use Nginx Proxy Manager for SSL.

For some people, exposing or forwarding ports isn’t even an option due to ISPs CGNATs, not allowed, etc. In those cases Cloudflare shines and it’s the most feasible solution.

My 0.02 cents

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hypothetically, let's say you've got a subscription to NordVPN for several months and don't want to cancel it because you're super cheap. Also, let's say (hypothetically) you're looking into self hosting ALL of your stuff for remote devices when you're out of town. How would you do it?

I was converting an old XP computer into a server, but have only done preliminary research.