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Re: Start Self Hosting

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Post by IggleSniggle »

lnxg33k1 wrote: post #292
prox wrote: post #282

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It is about expendable time. I mean it might take you a few hours or so do it, or even less. People working in other sectors, maybe with a family when they come home, do not have that skill or luxury. And speaking from experience, documentation is often greatly lacking. For example just today I had to thumb down a couple of google docs because it was riddled with inconsistencies and lacking crucial information. And t…

I don't agree with you, only for the fact that right now, in this age computers are everywhere, everything is digital, it is not luxury to learn how things work, it's survival, it's not expendable time, it's professional time

You could say the same thing about any number of fundamental disciplines: “chemistry is survival,” “roof making is survival” “SQL is survival.” The truth is, there’s only so much time, and we each must specialize. Software that decreases the need for broad reaching high-specialization is a public good, and software that increases the need for specialized knowledge across all economic activity is hurting productivity, whatever the bean counters may say.

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Post by karmakaze »

kodah wrote: post #98

Self-hosting is something that we should be constantly iterating on making easier; it's really the path forward for privacy centric folks. The main challenges are managing workload scheduling (SystemD is complicated for a layperson). Networking is another challenge; for instance, if you wanted all or part of these services to remain offline or on a Mesh VPN there's a lot of knowledge required. There's some projects t…

It's pretty easy to write a unit file for a service and install/use it. A layperson could easily follow a guide with just a few of the most common cases.

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Post by BonoboIO »

moonbas3 wrote: post #180
BonoboIO wrote: post #167

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YES! I think the single most important thing of any software is "how do i install this". Thats the first thing i search for on a github repo. And please no outdated tutorials, that sucks so bad ... that i give up and don't use it.

Most things offer a docker image, so maybe learn how to work with those.

Simple things are easy :D But running docker, with multiple images that should interact withanother and with the public and it now it gets complex.

"Just docker run" is not always the answer

Look at Radarr:

https://radarr.video/#downloads-v3-docker

It's nice that they give tipps about pitfalls, but there are more than this and a step by step tutorial would also be good.

Often times you have to google and search 10 reddit posts. Thinks like digitaloceans tutorial work best.

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Post by iN7h33nD »

sekou wrote: post #157

I'm not affiliated but I came across some software called Yunohost ( https://yunohost.org/ ) recently, a Debian-based OS that tries to be user-friendly for self-hosting applications. Not sure how much it's being maintained.

It's very active. I have been using it for years and they update often enough.

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Post by egberts1 »

rsync wrote: post #273
egberts1 wrote: post #203

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Does it do Suricata, Zeek, Snort, Transparent Squid (with valid signed CA cert), and a furtive SSH port in which to monitor and API to block ports?

A network slug does not have an IP address. You cannot connect to it over the network. I'm not sure you understand what the device is and what it does. Let me give you an example - I have a "port 22 slug" and what it does is block all traffic of all kinds except for TCP22. That's it. It does nothing else and it does it transparently without having an IP address of its own. If I wanted to reconfigure it, I would conne…

Yep. That’s why a lone but shadow port is taken from the high-end of ports … just for SSH (on the inside). Two interfaces. No bridge. Raw Netdev.

Almost like an overglorified but managed hub.

If you like your MAC, you get to keep your MAC.

Re: Start Self Hosting

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Post by joshuajill »

There are projects out there trying to make it easier for beginners, like Yunohost, FreedomBox, and FreedomBone.

YunoHost in particular has a nice community, they are worth supporting if you're into democratizing self hosting.

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Post by mholt »

olah_1 wrote: post #257
mholt wrote: post #132

This is why I'm building Timelinize [1]. It's a follow-up to my open source Timeliner project [2], which has the potential to download all your digital life onto your own computer locally, and projects it all onto a single timeline, across all data sources (text messages, social media sites, photos, location history, and more). It's a little different from "self hosting" but it does have a similar effect of bringing…

Have you considered using something like hypercore[1] for the timeline sharing? Or maybe you don't plan on making timelines shareable? [1]: https://twitter.com/HypercoreProto

It's a possibility! Haven't got there yet.

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Post by Aeolun »

ndiddy wrote: post #254
kodah wrote: post #160

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> Is it? It has clean and logical abstractions, and consistency. Services depending in each other isn‘t complex or difficult to understand. For a technologist or engineer, yes. For a layperson , no. The average consumer who desires privacy is probably neither a technologist or engineer, so the longterm target is something that just works . Laypeople also aren't going to entertain the kind of pedantry that is systemd…

Laypeople don't know that systemd exists. They will install a webserver or something and the package manager will automatically install and enable its unit file.

Hence I have never cared about the difference. As long as the package installs and the service is enabled.
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