I want to get into self-hosting. I’ve done a bit of self-hosting before using a Raspberry Pi (pi-hole and Discord bots) but I really want to start self-hosting almost everything I can like I’ve seen many people here doing.
However, I’m not sure what kind of machine I should build which would be suitable for these purposes. I’ve never even built a PC before though my fiancee has and he will be able to help me…
Here are some services I’m thinking of self-hosting to start with:
- AdGuard
- OpenMediaVault
- Bitwarden
- Mastodon
- Matrix
Eventually I would also like to host PeerTube, Kbin, Plex, and many other things…
What are the most important things I’ll need to consider with a self-hosting machine, and what I will need to upgrade over time as I self-host more services? Ideally I’d like a machine which is as energy efficient as possible too.
Also, is it a good idea to host so many services, both publically-accessible websites as well as services only available on my home network, from the same machine? What are the security considerations when self-hosting?
Any links/articles for me to read would be appreciated too!
Yes, it’s a great idea. And I also do it myself. In fact, I’m not only self host all my services. I also host them at my home.
https://server.melroy.org including all the sub domains are all hosted on the same server.
You can just use a good ryzen computer with enough ram (start with 32 gb or something). With enough storage. Redundancy via raid. I personally use Proxmox with an Ubuntu 22.04 VM. However bare metal may be also fine.
Have fun!
Do you not have issues with people attacking you? I find I have to block everything and then use a VPN to access them.
Use fail2ban. Here you have a good starting point: https://gitlab.melroy.org/-/snippets/612
Cheers boss man!
BUT WAIT. There is more: https://gitlab.melroy.org/dashboard/snippets
What application did you use for the server page?
While https://melroy.org is using Jekyll https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/melroy-site. And my blog https://blog.melroy.org is using Hugo https://gitlab.melroy.org/melroy/melroy-blog
I’ll look at those, do you suggest selfhosting webpages over something like GitHub?
I do. I love to self host everything I can. I like to have control over my own data. I host my own GitLab instance. I host my own Nextcloud instance. Running Mastodon, Kbin, Matrix, you name it… All my DNS records point to my server IP.
ps. I’m also a contributor to kbin.
How do you feel about Cloudflare Zero Trust?
You mean server.melroy.org? It’s called HTML :)
I know HTML, I’ve known basic HTML since the 90’s, I’ve just been looking for an application to make something that is above my low level skills.
server.melroy.org is purely written in static HTML and CSS. Just like the 80’s and 90’s.