I saw this post today on Reddit and was curious to see if views are similar here as they are there.

  1. What are the best benefits of self-hosting?
  2. What do you wish you would have known as a beginner starting out?
  3. What resources do you know of to help a non-computer-scientist/engineer get started in self-hosting?
  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Benefits:

    • Cheap storage that I can use both locally and as a private cloud. Very convenient for piracy storing all my legally obtained files.

    • Network wide adblocking. Massive for mobile games/apps.

    • Pivate VPN. Really useful for using public networks and bypassing network restrictions.

    • Gives me an excuse to buy really cool, old server and networking hardware.

    As for things I wish I knew… Don’t use windows for servers. Just don’t.

    SMB sucks, try NFS.

    Use docker, managing 5 or 10 different apps without containers is a nightmare.

    Bold of you to assume I’m a computer scientist or engineer or that I have a degree lmao. I just hate ads, subscriptions and network restrictions, so I learned how to avoid those things. As for resources to get started… Look up TrueNAS scale. It basically does all of the work for you.

    • rekorse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      How’s the network wide ad blocking work, that would solve a big issue with my kids.

      • icedterminal@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        You either set the DNS settings per device to the system running PiHole / AdGuard Home, or if your router allows, set the DNS there. It’s ideal to set it on the router.

        Any time a device makes a DNS request to a domain, it’s checked against the list. If found, it’s stopped. If not found, it gets sent upstream to your choice of a public DNS configured during setup. I use Cloudflare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1).