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What are some good getting started guides for self-hosted projects? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are some good guides to read up on? Your favorite comprehensive guides/recipes for SSH, OpenSSL, HTTPS, DNS, etc.? Any public APIs you'd recommend? Any spreadsheets with comparing the pricing between providers?

I'm not really asking for much, just a starting point, so a single article/piece of info would suffice.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've started my journey with SmartHomeBeginner articles. Basically:

I got a Intel NUC
Set up Ubuntu server on it
Looked up some cool apps that I can use on it. I think Pihole was the first one
Started with docker setups as that would make it easier to manage all of the apps
After I added more apps I decided to have them accessible from anywhere (traefik + Cloudflare)
Most recently I added security practices, like closing all unnecessary ports on the server, best docker practices, using RSA for SSH instead of password and CrowdecApp

All I've mentioned above you SHOULD be able to find on the website I linked. I also used DigitalOcean website for some things, and to understand how it all works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that site suggestion! It's about the right level I need.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for answering!

Intel NUC

Oh wow, I've never heard of these before. Looked em up online, and they seem affordable paired next to the Raspberry Pis listings.

Also, how cool/silent do they run? Do you think they can survive the tropical climate?

Started with docker setups

Were you able to get the swarm mode enabled? If yes, how many NUCs do you currently have up and running?

traefik

I've seen a couple of people recommending Nginx Proxy Manager - did you ever have the time to see if they work well together?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They're affordable, but you can't do much with them later, not really upgradable. But they're awesome to dip your toes without selling your kidney haha

My NUC is silent, even under full load. It's idling at 42 degrees in a 24 degree room. I might have to clean it actually haha

I don't know about swarm mode, I'm not that docker savvy and I only have one NUC, I'm still learning stuff :)

I'm not sure if they work together. Perhaps they do? There is a post about it but most google results are comparing the two so I don't know.

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

Rather long and probably a bit tricky if you're completely new to networking, VLANs, VMs, proxmox... BUT I learned alot from it !

Here you go !