Subj : Re: Advice on self-hosting a website?
To   : neoshock
From : dflorey
Date : Sat Apr 05 2025 11:26 pm

 ne> I am not expert, however I have been running a home server for quite
 ne> sometime. I would suggest not installing the webserver directly on the
 ne> hardware, but instead use something like proxmox, and create a container
 ne> for a webserver. You are never going to get perfect security, however
 ne> you can have daily backups of you services, and if anything critical
 ne> does happen, restoring a previous backup is one click away. This is also
 ne> useful not just for security, but if you simply goof up a configuration,
 ne> same idea. If I plan to make any changes to any of my services, I have
 ne> learned to take a quick snapshot, just to make sure I can restore back
 ne> to a working sate.

Yes, excellent advice here, definitely virtualise and use snapshots whenever
doing maintenance or updates!

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