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Understand what a Reverse Proxy is, because you will not escape reading that phrase.
Host things with Docker for now. If you don't start hosting until you understand everything, you won't start for a long time and that is silly.
Use Cloudflare for now, because they handle a lot of security stuff for you that you definitely don't want to screw up. If you don't know what Cloudflare is, read up on CDNs and why they exist. Their Zero Trust Tunnel is the easiest and safest way to go, as long as you don't plan to do anarchy or sedition on it, just talk about your household plants and dogs and what not and you're fine.
This is mainly for OP, but you mentioned Cloudflare. OP, if you decide to go with Cloudflare Tunnels/Zero Trust, I have some notes that might help jump start that process. They've seemed to help a few people set up Cloudflare Tunnels/Zero Trust, and I'd be happy to share them with you.
I'll be doing others' suggestions of going from the basics, to be sure whether I'm missing or not any knowledge. This earlier parts shouldn't require internet, but I'll ask once I get to the DNS part. Thanks. 😊
They are correct in that a basic foundation is crucial. Once you get that down to a note, then you can work on maybe running some Docker containers. I would just start with one and learn it. How it interacts with the rest of the stack, what else is it doing behind the scenes. Small steps lead to great strides.