@vkc My Synology NAS is starting to buckle under the weight of all these containers

@vkc I'm trying to self-host almost every service that allows self-hosting. It's not really hard, it just takes time to learn how to set up and maintain the servers (also, good hardware helps a lot with performance). I usually self-host with @nextcloud.

I'm thinking about hosting my own Mastodon instance now, but I need to upgrade my RAM because I already have a lot of servers running on my machine.

@vkc For the (probably sizable) portion of users who will never, ever self-host, for a variety of reasons, what are the best ways to organize around and support self-hosted content with others?

@yoshemitzu computer clubs can be amazing. There's almost certainly someone nearby who is not only self hosting, but wants to help others do the same (or share resources about it). Finding or starting a computer club/Linux club/etc is probably the best way to go.

@vkc
I used to run a Nextcloud on a VPS but couldn't come up with any good use for it, so I ended up scrapping it.

My Synology NAS at home, accessible over Wireguard, fulfills my needs perfectly as I have no need for publicly accessible services.
@Meznor

@vkc if PCs computing power are ment to be rented (you would not have an actual PC at home) i assume that yeu are talking about selfhosting and owning the hardware too. Interesting times ahead.

Edit: To add this https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/115899759634576914

@a @vkc @redliria
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing! I will try it at some point

@vkc I've got my own gitlab server running on my old PC. I want to put more services on it like a drive and mail. However that PC is running on an 8 core CPU(one of which is broken and doesn't work). I need to upgrade it.

@yunohost awww thank you for the great compliment ​ ️​ - delighted to hear you are recommending my guides.

And hello @Meznor ! I've been writing a blog series about how to self-host from the POV of a total newbie (that was me a year ago).

Part 1 is tech requirements: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

Part 2 is a step-by-step installation guide for the YunoHost system: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/

and part 3 - coming tomorrow! - will show how to install an app. I'll be showcasing #NextCloud.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions

@beaufils @vkc

@vkc been meaning to get further into:
https://coolify.io/

@Meznor @vkc
I consider myself a newb, went with unraid followed it has great channels on YouTube on how to implement many services. If you want to access your services remotely I would recommend to start with tailscale so you don't have to deal with port forwarding and security.

@vkc I thought about that, but I'd still consider hiding my public IP somehow when running my server from a PC in my home - maybe it's irrational fear of exposing the network though.

@daria @vkc I would recommend VPS to start. I used to run my own radio station locally and uptime and opening your local LAN to attack are the main issues.

I think having a lot of open source servers open to attack is a hackers playground and most people aren't needy enough to do the opsec stuff. I know I struggled with it so have VPSes now.

I mean you have to know SOME of it but there is a whole level above of extra firewalls and DMZs etc. I don't have my NAS with a Dyndns anymore cos hacking attempts went through the roof!

@daria there's some good tools for that, Pangolin comes to mind- I run one on a VPS so I can share a few things with folks for testing.

Of course, keeping it behind the firewall and just using a VPN is totally fine too.

@vkc My setup if it helps anyone: An RPi 5 (16GB) with a Pimoroni NVMe Duo with two, 1TB SSDs. (One SSD is reserved for my backup.) Runs Raspbian Lite. Hosts my PiHole, Jellyfin, print server with plenty of room to expand to other services. Only accessible within my home network. Total cost was ~$300.

@vkc running ingress/service swarm nodes through a cloudflare tunnel to a proxmox VM on an isolated VLAN, the way the Lord intended

@vkc Did this. Can confirm, it's awesome.

@vkc While it's occasionally frustrating, I overall love it. Use Immich and Emby and Syncthing and NextCloud every single day.

@vkc

Serious question: why do you say, so? Why now?