Nealiumj

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Why is starting with Self-hosting so daunting? in c/main@selfhosted.forum
[–] Nealiumj@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

As a computer science student you should know: just break it down into small chunks.

  1. Get service to run locally (IP / port)
  2. port forwarding, access remotely
  3. Set up a free DuckDNS domain, Lets Encrypt, use for a bit
  4. Buy a cloudflare domain, set up dynamic dns, Lets Encrypt (again), swap away from DuckDNS
  5. Set up Nginx reverse proxy, port forward to that instead, proxy to service’s internal IP + port
  6. Run more things!

That’s generally what I did.. I’ve been self hosting for about a year now and I’ve got 6 services going now.. once you get going, it’s quite easy!