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Best things to host on a raspberry pi (self.selfhosted)

submitted 2 years ago by zpoex to c/[email protected]

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Hey yall, I want to get into self-hosting. I want to start from hosting on a raspberry pi, and I am just wondering if yall have any recommendations (I've never hosted anything before, but have experience in linux and programming). Sorry if it's bit of a stupid question.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Generally nothing that requires capable hardware, but benefits from a standardized computer that I can just flash an SD card image from my computer to deploy.

MQTT broker. Usually this does not require even a fraction of the processing power available in a RasPi.

AutoSSH. Why? So it sets up an SSH tunnel to a cloud VPS. Then I use a reverse tunnel to get terminal access to the Pi from the Internet, ignoring all firewalls / ISP NAT etc. I install this (with permission) in a client office or at home so that I can maintain local network services without driving to their office. Then they can unplug it when I'm done. This also uses only a tiny fraction of the RasPi's processing power, but the standardized hardware makes it easier to deploy (SD card image) and maintain.

Oh also it can probably run a Deliantra (http://www.deliantra.net/) server. That's a fun little game to play with some friends.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some things that haven't been proposed here might be to use it as a nas. If you want to access your films and shows from outside it's easier to set up Plex instead of jellyfin for now. You can use it also as a steam machine streaming from the pc to the tv, or as Kodi/Libreelec mediacenter to make your tv smart

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

use it as a nas

If you do this, whatever you do make sure at the very least you get NAS-grade hard drives. But preferably, use some sort of RAID system as well.

I just lost years worth of data because I used a consumer external HDD as my NAS drive connected to my RPi, and I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to get it back.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have 2 rpis and I have had running many things. Pihole, Wireguard, deluge, etc... One problem that I had is that it corrupted all my SD cards after some time. So I have them now collecting dust, and move all my services to real machines. It could be that I'm unlucky and got shitty SD cards, but I wouldn't want to install something on it that I rely to be there in case you need to reimage the whole thing.

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