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Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by lambdaba »

FpUser wrote: post #77
exhaze wrote: post #66

Three independent, but somewhat related thoughts on this topic: 1). On HOWTO articles about infra (1/2): I'd like to see more articles that lead with requirements, rather than setups that then justify the setup with requirements. Like, congrats, you managed to host a bunch of web applications via containers on a dedicated server. It's really nice for a super personal project and I'm sure it helped OP gain a lot of op…

There is a life beyond AWS. I host applications (including ones responsible for 10s of millions in revenue) on dedicated servers rented from Hetzner and OVH. Do not even do containers as my normal deployment is server per particular business (with standby) and the cost of renting a dedicated server comparatively to revenue is microscopic. CI/CD / setup from scratch / backup / restore is handled by a single bash scrip…

I like this. Out of curiosity, could you share your bash script?

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by throwaway77384 »

throwaway744678 wrote: post #5

I (my company) use a similar approach: a single dedicated server with docker containers, by using dokku [0], for an heroku-like self-hosted PaaS. Most of our applications are either: - app developped in-house (django/flask): Procfile + deploy with git push - standard app with a docker image available: deploy directly Dokku comes with useful "service" plugins for databases, auto https (letsencrypt), virtual hosts... O…

+1 for Dokku here. Been running 10 containers on the second-cheapest Hetzner instance available for years now. Never had any issues.

My only, tiny gripe would be excessive space consumption on the somewhat small 20gb SSDs you get with Hetzner VPSs.

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by cassianoleal »

adflux wrote: post #54
progx wrote: post #13

Easy setup with: - traefik (nginx proxy with auto letscencrypt) - portainer (docker container management) - fail2ban (basic security) - logwatch (server / security stats by mail) - munin (server stats) - restic (cloud backup) - unattended-upgrades (auto install security updates) - apticron (weekly info) - n8n (automatisation for e.g. quick info via telegram, if something not work) Run every app that you want in your…

Wow so easy, only 9 different services. Then there's the underlying OS, managing hardware & network setup. Also need to make sure your network provider actually allows you to host (commercially?) in your own home. And ensuring that you have a static ip address for your server. So easy :')

> need to make sure your network provider actually allows you to host (commercially?) in your own home

If you're hosting something commercially, you should get a commercial ISP plan. If you can get it at home, why would the provider not allow you to host your services that way?

That said, why would you do that? It would be very hard to scale this operation, so unless you're planning to be a tiny (and likely lossy) operation forever, get yourself a cheap VPS to start with, then migrate as needed.

This post is about self-hosting services for yourself, and perhaps to a few close relatives and friends. Many of us do that (have a look at r/selfhosted and check out the Self Hosted podcast), and OP's set up is one of the simplest around.

> ensuring that you have a static ip address

There are many ways to access your services without one. A mesh network, like Tailscale, ZeroTier, Nebula, is my favourite, but a regular VPN also works, and so does dynamic DNS.

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by throwaway984393 »

laydn wrote: post #84
progx wrote: post #13

Easy setup with: - traefik (nginx proxy with auto letscencrypt) - portainer (docker container management) - fail2ban (basic security) - logwatch (server / security stats by mail) - munin (server stats) - restic (cloud backup) - unattended-upgrades (auto install security updates) - apticron (weekly info) - n8n (automatisation for e.g. quick info via telegram, if something not work) Run every app that you want in your…

A few months ago, I made an offer of $100 in one of the freelancing websites, for someone to set-up something like your configuration on one of my Digital Ocean instances. I asked for a few more apps to be installed (git, svn, etc). There were no takers :-) I think a web site/service which lets you choose "apps" and spawns a VPS instance would be very useful and profitable (Think "ninite for VPS"). I started to work…

A lot of VPS providers have a catalog of apps to install for you and dump you in a web management console. Sometimes it's handy but usually the security is awful. Back in the day, Webmin was the go-to way to do that and configure your server in general from a web interface

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by mihcsab »

FpUser wrote: post #77
exhaze wrote: post #66

Three independent, but somewhat related thoughts on this topic: 1). On HOWTO articles about infra (1/2): I'd like to see more articles that lead with requirements, rather than setups that then justify the setup with requirements. Like, congrats, you managed to host a bunch of web applications via containers on a dedicated server. It's really nice for a super personal project and I'm sure it helped OP gain a lot of op…

There is a life beyond AWS. I host applications (including ones responsible for 10s of millions in revenue) on dedicated servers rented from Hetzner and OVH. Do not even do containers as my normal deployment is server per particular business (with standby) and the cost of renting a dedicated server comparatively to revenue is microscopic. CI/CD / setup from scratch / backup / restore is handled by a single bash scrip…

What do you use for backup?

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by sillycube »

laydn wrote: post #84
progx wrote: post #13

Easy setup with: - traefik (nginx proxy with auto letscencrypt) - portainer (docker container management) - fail2ban (basic security) - logwatch (server / security stats by mail) - munin (server stats) - restic (cloud backup) - unattended-upgrades (auto install security updates) - apticron (weekly info) - n8n (automatisation for e.g. quick info via telegram, if something not work) Run every app that you want in your…

A few months ago, I made an offer of $100 in one of the freelancing websites, for someone to set-up something like your configuration on one of my Digital Ocean instances. I asked for a few more apps to be installed (git, svn, etc). There were no takers :-) I think a web site/service which lets you choose "apps" and spawns a VPS instance would be very useful and profitable (Think "ninite for VPS"). I started to work…

You can choose apps and spawn a VPS on DO already.

Re: Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

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Post by osivertsson »

laydn wrote: post #84
progx wrote: post #13

Easy setup with: - traefik (nginx proxy with auto letscencrypt) - portainer (docker container management) - fail2ban (basic security) - logwatch (server / security stats by mail) - munin (server stats) - restic (cloud backup) - unattended-upgrades (auto install security updates) - apticron (weekly info) - n8n (automatisation for e.g. quick info via telegram, if something not work) Run every app that you want in your…

A few months ago, I made an offer of $100 in one of the freelancing websites, for someone to set-up something like your configuration on one of my Digital Ocean instances. I asked for a few more apps to be installed (git, svn, etc). There were no takers :-) I think a web site/service which lets you choose "apps" and spawns a VPS instance would be very useful and profitable (Think "ninite for VPS"). I started to work…

Seems like https://sandstorm.io/ could be what you are looking for.
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