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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jaackf@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I'm already hosting pihole, but i know there's so much great stuff out there! I want to find some useful things that I can get my hands on. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks all! I've got a lil homelab setup going now with Pihole, Jellyfin, Paperless ngx, Yacht and YT-DL. Going to be looking into it more tomorrow, this is so much fun!

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[-] Nairb@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Whats a good way for me to take the dive into self hosting without getting myself in trouble security wise? I would love something that is basic to build off of as I experiment with it to teach myself the more advanced stuff.

[-] chrono@apollo.town 5 points 1 year ago

Stick to local stuff, no need to open ports at all. I got myself a Raspberry Pi and I just have it next to my router.

Once I felt like using it outside my network, instead of opening ports and doing complicated stuff that didn't work cuz I am behind a Nat, I just used Tailscale instead, it's a private VPN that is free for a limited amount of devices (like 10 or more I think so it's fine for you and family). It's the best easiest thing ever

[-] jaackf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I started with a raspberry pi and went from there! I found setting up pihole pretty easy as there's so many tutorials on YouTube!

[-] sijt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't do any port forwarding, and test your network's external exposure regularly. If you do that, you'll set yourself up in the right way.

If you need to access anything you're self-hosting from outside your network, do it through a VPN and open up one single port, the one the VPN users, rather than accessing services directly. And use a non-standard VPN.

This has other benefits too. For example, if you're running a pihole, you'll be able to use it when out and about on your phone if you're going through your own VPN.

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The first and simplest thing to start with is a pihole. From there I'd recommend learning about docker or podman, as you'll be able to host just about anything with them.

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