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I've written a series of blog posts about a "hands-off" self-hosting setup intended for relative beginners. (cyclicircuit.prose.sh)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cyclicircuit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Recently, I've found myself walking several friends through what is essentially the same basic setup:

Install Ubuntu server
Install Docker
Configure Tailscale
Configure Dockge
Set up automatic updates on Ubuntu/Apt and Dockge/Docker
Self-host a few web apps, some publicly available, some on the Tailnet.

After realizing that this setup is generally pretty good for relative newcomers to self-hosting and is pretty stable (in the sense that it runs for a while and remains up-to-date without much human interference) I decided that I should write a few blog posts about how it works so that other people can set it up for themselves.

As of right now, there's:

Coming soon:

Immich
Backups with Syncthing
Jellyfin
Elementary monitoring with Homepage
Cloudflare Tunnels

Constructive feedback is always appreciated.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am planning a backups article

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it'll still cause downtime, and they'll probably have a hard time restoring from backup for the first few times it happens, if not for other reason then stress. especially when it updates the wrong moment, or wrong day.

they will leave vulnerable, un-updated containers exposed to the web

that's the point. Services shouldn't be exposed to the web, unless the person really knows what they are doing, took the precautions, and applies updates soon after release.

exposing it to the VPN and to tge LAN should be plenty for most. there's still a risk, but much lower

"backups with Syncthing"

Consider warning the reader that it will not be obvious if backups have stopped, or if a sync folder on the backup pc is in an inconsistent state because of it, as errors are only shown on the web interface or third party tools

[–] cyclicircuit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I agree with the warnings. One of the things I'm trying to ensure I get across accurately (which will be discussed later in the series) is how to do monitoring. Making sure backups are functioning properly would need to be a part of that.