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Tutorial series for self hosting beginners? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by anticonnor@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been dabbling with selfhosting for a bit now (home assistant and nextcloud), but it's clear that I lack a fundamental understanding of networking. For example:

I've got OpenWRT on my router, but no idea what I'm doing when it comes to firewall settings, DNS, DHCP, etc.
I've got a domain thru Porkbun, but no idea how to properly setup my DNS settings there to route to my local machine.
I've got NGINX running in a docker container in a VM and can get to the UI on my local network, but no idea what I'm doing wrong with my attempts at a reverse proxy.

Does anyone here have links to a good in-depth tutorial series for learning about securely selfhosting?

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[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, the primary reason people end up exposing things to the internet is because of friends and family. I can call my tech-illiterate “anything more difficult than logging into Facebook has her throwing up her hands in defeat, saying it is too hard, and tech is just too complicated these days” mother-in-law and walk her through setting up Plex… But that only works because Plex is exposed to the internet. If I had to walk her through setting up Tailscale on her living room TV before she could connect, it would be a non-starter.