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Starting to self host (jlai.lu)

submitted 1 year ago by chjherzog@jlai.lu to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Please bear with me as I don't know where else to ask.

I want to start to self host but do not know where to start. I would like to start small. Just something that might not be beneficial but to get my feet wet. It does not even have to be practical.

I am not tech illiterate and have my fair share of technology around me hut self hosting has always been a daunting task.

I am scared to start.

I am already using a PiHole at home but that was kind of plug and play and just worked.

I would be incredibly grateful if someone could guide me to some resource or tell me what an easy first step would be.

An FAQ or self hosting for dummies.

Most resources I found assumed some previous knowledge.

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[–] wer2@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of people recommend Docker, but I will go further and say to specifically use Docker compose.

That way all the configuration is in a file that you can backup/restore. Updating is really easy, and you will never forget one of the random flags you need to set.

PiHole - you can use the custom DNS to route domain names to you npm
npm (Nginx proxy manager) - allows easy access to all your services hosted on one box

[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree, but want to add Portainer. Compose in Portainer takes away the scary SLI/Terminal part.

At least for me, hosting stuff went from «I have no idea what I’m doing» to «This sort of makes sense».

[–] wer2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, another great solution.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly more scared of portainer than actually running compose from CLI 🤣