Hello everyone!

First off, let me say I’ve been fantasizing about self-hosting SOMETHING because of how many things I see in this sub.

That being said, i have no clue where to start.

I am planning on revamping my local setup at home to accommodate a lot more things. Right now, it’s just a mac mini, a windows laptop, and a monitor. I have about 3 external drives to fulfill my ever-growing need of storage, and thought of starting off with a storage server setup, that I can access over the internet.

Anyways, what other things would you recommend to setup? I am in desperate need of a hobby project, and feel like this will be the perfect one that will help me learn a thing or two as well!

Thanks in advance 😁

  • Johanno@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What do you want to do with your server and how much budget do you have?

    I probably can’t help you, but others will need this information

  • shrugal@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Go through all the apps on your phone that have to talk to the cloud to do their job. Most of them can be replaced with privacy preserving self-hosted alternatives.

    A good starting point would probably be Nextcloud. And remember to also think about a backup strategy for important data.

  • thekrautboyBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Often for people who ask this kind of question things like /r/CosmosServer or CasaOS are ideal as first step.

    But you could simply search this sub because this exact post has been made countless times already.