What should I know before starting
reddit / selfhosted

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jeebee_wtbd · 2023-12-22 14:03

Hello, I've been here for some weeks now and I find this topic very
attractive for reasons you might already know – owning my data,
freedom, etc –. I'm planning on actually starting this self-host thing
and, since I'm now in the research/note-taking phase, I would like to
ask you, more experienced fellas, for advice, tips, suggestions, or
anything you feel like it would be worth note taking before getting
into it.

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muvijw · 2023-12-22 14:45

Most important research topic is to think of your publishing strategy.
If you wanna just make it available in your home network or public
available from outside (ether with vpn, or public public). Therefore
make some research how you wanna achieve this goal. Everything else is
a choice of the tool you wanna work with. Enough posts to everything
is in this sub already.

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Eirikr70 · 2023-12-22 15:25

That, and if you decide to publish outside your home network, then
security must be one of your primary priorities.

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jeebee_wtbd · 2023-12-22 17:51

Is it hard to transition from one to another? I was planning on
starting with a home network only. Then, after I firmly grasp some
security fundamentals, make it available to access from afar.

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BCIT_Richard · 2023-12-22 20:22

No, not at all.

I use Cloudflare Tunnels for all of my external access, they handle
98% of all the workload.