Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that

Re:Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that by NorwegianDude on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:07PM (#34863310)

More people should try to self host things again. Seems that people are forgetting how things work and instead use services that does it for them at some cost.

Self hosting is rarely complicated. It's also easy to achieve better performance and lower cost in many situations.

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Re:Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that by artificialLimbs on Sunday February 19, 2023 @10:46PM (#34864716)

This. I have anywhere access to 5 machines, way more storage than I need, and 100% control of everything that goes on in the network.

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Re:Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that by Vayl on Monday February 20, 2023 @03:40AM (#34866290)

For someone who knows nothing about self-hosting, where should I start? I'm a self-taught junior dev but haven't had a chance to dabble with any aspect of deployment yet... willing to learn though.

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Re:Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that by nubinetwork on Monday February 20, 2023 @05:02AM (#34866728)

Set up a basic web server, then try something like WordPress/Drupal (with some database backing it)... then maybe SMTP/IMAP with spam/av filtering and a web frontend (roundcube/squirrelmail)... that will probably keep you busy for a few months :)

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Re:Self hosting in 2023 and why you should do that by soupbowl on Monday February 20, 2023 @05:15PM (#34873673)

You can check out some selfhosting communities for ideas, help or to lurk.

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/

Setting up your own DNS like pihole and a personal vpn to enable you into your home network when outside is usually a good starting point. Or even simpler and potentially useful setup your own gitea instance, it's easy just use the sqlite backend.

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