104
Where do I even start? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I have a Pixel 8.... a PC with Linux Mint. How do I learn to "self host". Mainly for photo storage backup. Where do I start? I know nothing, absolutely nothing

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

How his looks like exactly what I needed! Thanks. Is this "self hosting"?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I'm surprised I had to go this far to find immich. I 100% recommend it, and yes it's selfhosting if you run it yourself. Still selfhosted even if you use a VPS as long as you control and administer it.

    For hardware, I actually recommend against raspberry pis these days. You can get a cheap mini PC that's much more performant and better supported for the same price as a pi plus the accessories (SD card, case, power supply, etc). Use Debian or Ubuntu as host and follow the guide on the github for installation.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    To be fair until very recently immich would have been a horrible recommendation for someone that is completely new to self hosting because almost every other update was a breaking change that required you to carefully read before updating.

    And even if you tried if your installation was old enough eventually your compose file would Drift Away from what main line was and you basically had to seek the help of the developers to fix it up.

    It only just recently released what is supposed to be the stable line that should hopefully no longer need these large breaking changes

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I set up the server following the introduction instructions, but what I don't get is I have to be connected to the same Wi-Fi or Internet I mean in order to connect to it. What is the point of that? How do I make it so things just upload from my phone to the server?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You need to open a port on your router for it to be accessible from the outside world (example your phone on LTE or a different wifi) , this is not a limitation of the software but a security feature of your router

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    @LordKitsuna @Toasted_Breakfast I wouldn't recommend this as a starting point. Rather I would go down the route of starting to learn about VPNs and DMZs - Open ports on networks can end badly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    DMZs on consumer hardware aren't a good idea either. Recently checked my DSL router out of curiosity after reading a post about it . Seems what consumer hardware often does in a DMZ is dropping the firewall to the outside completely for the affected devices while not isolating the rest of the network from them.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Think of self-hosting as - instead of depending on cloud services from other entities (google/apple/whoever), you host those services yourself by running them on your own pc or maybe your secondary pc running 24/7 (usually locally, in your own home).

    Some common services might be automatic photo backup and storage (like immich), or running an adblocker for your home network, or streaming movie/music from your hard drive to your phone/TV (like jellyfin).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent