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Tutorial series for self hosting beginners? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by 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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[–] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think NetworkChuck has a good set of tutorial videos about self hosting. For the most part you can search for what you want to find info on and he probably had a video on it. E.g. Nginx: https://m.youtube.com/@NetworkChuck/search?query=Nginx

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I’ll check him out, thanks!

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    When I was stumbling on some of his output it unfortunately felt very click-baity, always playing on your FOMO if you didn't set up/download/buy the next best thing until the other next best thing in the video after.

    In other words, I think he's cool to check out to get to know of a thing, but to get a deeper level of understanding how a thing works I would recommend written materials. There are good caddy/nginx tutorials out there, but a linux networking book will get your understanding further yet.

    If it has to be video, I would at least recommend a little more slowed down, long-form content like Learn Linux TV.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    @theit8514 @anticonnor I tried to watch one of his videos (it was 20 minutes ) after the first two minutes in before he actually provided any facts. I think it got a bit better. But in terms of starting out with selfhosting I'm not sure where I would start in his videos.

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