How in terms of “how did you do it” i.e. a guide a wiki etc. How to you maintain it? How do you provide security and how do you maintain it? Do you host on bare metal at home? Do you use a cloud service? If the former, how do you connect to it when you aren’t at home?
I realize that’s a lot to ask, but I have some down time and want to hear everyone’s full viewpoints
I started running my own NextCloud instance on a VPS years ago and it’s been really nice. I use it for my calendar, contacts, file storage/sync, and music streaming. It replaced pretty much everything I used google services for.
What:
- wiki on how to self host a wiki
- contact (cardDAV)
- calibre (eBook collection)
- custom app to handle my finance
- HomeAssistant to follow solar production
- PiHole so I don’t have to install adblock on all devices
How:
- mainly yunohost hosted on my internet box
- some dockers in a raspberry Pi 3
How to I secured it:
- I changed the default ssh port 😎
- Excepted some chineeses bots, no one except me connect to this server. I’m convinced that when you live alone in the wood, you don’t need to lock your door. So I think the basic auth system provided by yunohost is enough for me.
I’m anti enshittification & pro digital privacy. A few years back when Evernote started restricting their service & a password manager I’d paid for multiple users for fucked me over it dawned on me that “Big Tech” did not have my best interests at heart. Since that Eureka moment I formed an interest in FOSS & ive not looked back.
I’m not in IT, 100% self taught. Started with Nextcloud with NGINX. I expose as little as possible, the rest is local only though ive set up Wireguard for external access.
I self host mostly what everyone else does: Nextcloud, Joplin, Paperless, Immich etc etc. Special shoutout to Homebox which ive found extremely useful when boxing up & organising our roof space & garage. I like to use Docker containers.
Its become a bit of a hobby & the path led me to the Fediverse. The next step is likely switching fully to Linux
The next step is likely switching fully to Linux
Thought you were using it already
Edit: keyword “fully”, got it.
I host a Jellyfin server at home on an ODROID HC4 that I also use for some backups with rclone. I’ve got it set up with tailscale to connect when not at home.
I have another server that I use to host multiplayer games (Minecraft and Terraria, mainly) but I only have that running sometimes (it’s my old desktop PC from a decade or so ago, so it’s not terribly efficient to leave running).
Not necessarily self-host, but I actually have an Obsidian vault that’s local-only. That is a vault where I can do my content creation brainstorming, especially script writing for Cocules Reddit Readings, of which I happened to be the new narrator for.
Otherwise, I try to do everything local without having to use something like Syncthing or NextCloud.
Well, not bad; obsidian offers google-drive Alternative(through a 3rd party plugin), which to me sounds “local enough” with zero hustle, completely syncd with both my phone and laptop.
I will say this, it is good to get your hands dirty.
I’d rather self-host with rclone and NextCloud if necessary, as Google Drive is not for me. I won’t even be getting a Google account (though my producer does).
What: Photo server and media server How: followed the guides, docker mainly. I check for updates on a monthly basis or so Why: dont want my photos on Google or apple. And don’t want to pay for extra storage. Easy access to my media wherever (using tailscale)
I built an Unraid Box that has a number of docker containers for silly little servers.
Currently I do not connect when I’m not home because the little servers are too silly to merit that.
