Self-Hosting Shouldn't be Selfish

published 2024-09-23 19:18

updated 2024-09-23 19:18

= Why to Self Host (Together) =

• Autonomy
• Privacy
• Learning
• Comradery
• Scale lowers maintenance and financial cost

How to Self Host

• Picking a host

  • Uberspace
  • Coop Hosting
  • cyberia.club
  • big cloud

• Domain name(s)

  • Porkbun
  • Namecheap
  • he.net

• Terminal skills

  • git
  • bash
  • Linux
  • networking

• Installing software

  • By hand
  • Docker
  • k8s
  • Nix
  • PaaS things
    • Coolify
    • CloudRon
    • PikaPods
    • Unraid

• Maintaining Software

  • Updates
  • Backups (and Restores!)
  • Start on reboot
  • Metrics
  • Moderation (if public)

= How to Self Host, Together =

• Who's gonna pay
• Who's gonna work on it?
  • Are they going to be paid?
• How will access be distributed?
• How will technical decisions be made?
• How will social decisions be made?

What to Self Host

• Private vs Public applications

  • Moderation concerns

• socials

  • matrix
  • pds
  • fedi instance
  • (micro) blogs

• nextcloud

• bookmarks / read it later
• git servers

• misc groupware

• https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

• https://selfh.st/apps/

References

• https://knhash.in/gentle-guide-to-self-hosting/
• https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-23-why-selfhosting-is-important.html
• https://boringtech.net/blog/intro-to-self-hosting-how-to-get-started-hosting-your-applications/
• https://ente.io/blog/self-hosting-101/