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Do you selfhost your own blog/website? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey there!

I'm thinking about starting a blog about privacy guides, security, self-hosting, and other shenanigans, just for my own pleasure. I have my own server running Unraid and have been looking at self-hosting Ghost as the blog platform. However, I am wondering how "safe" it is to use one's own homelab for this. If you have any experience regarding this topic, I would gladly appreciate some tips.

I understand that it's relatively cheap to get a VPS, and that is always an option, but it is always more fun to self-host on one's own bare metal! :)

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[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been looking to get a vps. Where do you get one under $40/year?

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://greencloudvps.com/billing/store/budget-kvm-sale

https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/191501/real-deals-here-win-big-with-thousands-in-prizes-racknerds-new-year-offers-new-year-2024/ (New Year 2024 deals but I think they're still available)

Also, there are a LOT of sales during Black Friday. HostHatch usually have great Black Friday deals. Keep an eye on Lowendtalk.com forums.

I've got a few VPSes at GreenCloudVPS (in San Jose, California) and HostHatch (in Los Angeles, California) and they're both pretty good. I live near San Jose so I get <10ms ping to those VPSes :)

HostHatch is a bit better (their control panel is more powerful) but you'd have to wait for them have a sale, whereas GreenCloudVPS usually has good deals year-round.

I've used RackNerd in the past. They're good too, although I prefer GreenCloud and HostHatch.