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Hey everyone, I'm looking to get into self-hosting as a bit of a hobby, host some websites and learn a bit more about sys-admin stuff.

I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations on or experiences with green/sustainable hosting services?

It's a bit far-fetched but I remember a website I found a while back that was fully hosted using solar energy (yes it went down at times).

Thanks for any help!

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[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

It's a bit far-fetched but I remember a website I found a while back that was fully hosted using solar energy (yes it went down at times).

Was it this one?

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/

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

I'm hosting al my services on an old Android mobile with termux. Power consumption is ridiculous, not 100% sustainable but it is very low power. You could add solar panels and you're done. In terms of performance, mainly for family use, I've never had an issue once I plugged it to an ethernet port.

[–] abominable_panda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Mind telling us more about this? What services are you running and how? Docker?

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/

I adore that website, and its sibling No Tech Magazine.

[–] Tywele@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here is a link to the website: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/

At least this is the only one I know of

[–] andrew@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

This is the one! Such a neat execution, thank you.