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I wrote a blog post on selfhostesd software to be more organized (blog.strawberrycloud.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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In this post I share some my personal journey with some selfhostesd open source apps and how they helped me. Maybey you will find some stuff in there that helps you as well.

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Could someone point me to total beginner (like only used windows) self hosting primer? Don't even know what kind of machine I would need.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago*

    Anything that runs windows can probably run Linux and work well enough for self-hosting. But you're getting ahead of yourself with worrying about hardware.

    Easiest way to start is to find something that you want to try selfhosting that is relatively simple and use WSL within windows to familiarize yourself with Linux/networking/docker.

    Once you're far enough along to know what your needs are, then you can start thinking about the hardware to meet those needs.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    You can start by experimenting on your current computer. Install docker, get some service that sounds interesting, and just access it on localhost. You'll miss out on anything the service does overnight or downtime, and you won't be able to access it from off-site, but it's a fine way to wet your toes and see how it goes.

    Docker: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/windows-install/

    Photo library: https://docs.immich.app/install/docker-compose/

    Some maintainers even provide handy windows installers

    Media library: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/windows

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