I want to host a personal dashboard with weather forecast and upcoming appointments. I couldn’t find anything that fits my needs so now I‘m building my own.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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Cool! Home Assistant has it and I can imagine Nextcloud as well but those are overkill just for that.
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Maintenance day is when I log into my server once every 3 month because I forgot it (as everything is working fine).
But I just discovered OpenSuse microOS, while looking at the docs for my laptop Thumbleweed, and now I want to try it with no real reasons. Maybe it is just an excuse to buy a new Raspberry pi.
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Just found Redirecterr and set that up, but that’s just for me since no one else seems to use Overseerr.
Purchased a new to me EOL enterprise switch that will enable me to expand my network while replacing existing hardware that is limited. It also enables me to move to 10G networking woot!
Heya! I’m looking to get into self hosting. Any recommendations on good beginner tutorials or resources?
Don't have a good guide, but in addition on the thing you plan to selfhost yourself you need to decide where it's supposed to run. In a rented VM from a hoster? There are several ones where you can get a decent VM for a few bucks each month.
Nowadays, Docker (or containers in general) are very popular, as an alternative to directly installing services on the vm. They make many things easier, but it's another thing to learn about when you're just starting - fortunately, there's plenty of guides etc!
Find something that interests you, and look at the docs of how to get started. It literally is the easiest way to learn and get involved in self hosting
Here's a list of self-host/foss/Linux YouTubers. Check them out. I've learned SO much from them:
- Veronica Explains
- Network Chuck
- Jim's Garage
- Andrea Borman
- Awesome Open Source
- Techno Tim
I can add links to each but searching should find them easily
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what's maintenance? is that when an auto-update breaks everything and you spend an entire weeknight looking up tutorials because you forgot what you did to get this mess working in the first place?
Yes
I do love how little maintenance is needed until you have to re-learn everything you forgot
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