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Learning to set up a server help (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
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I'm looking to start my own server, and was going to dive into YouTube tutorials. Do you have any recommendations to offer?

Service wise, I wanted to start with a pi hole, and maybe a music server or something to store pictures from my phone. Maybe host my own ss14 server too!

Hardware wise, i was going to start with a raspberry pi (of some sort?)

Any tips, references, or suggestions are greatly appreciated ❤️

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

My recommendations is check out the Linux upskil challenge yo get your Linux skills to a OK point then start learning docker.

You can run a lot on a pi and starting with pihole is good. Check out !selfhosted@lemmy.world for what others are running.
With docker you can run other things on the same pi like a todo list using DoneTick, or retro games in the browser with RomM, need a PDF messed with? Fix it up with BentoPDF.

After a while you will need a portal like homepage so you can keep track of what is running.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I agree with your first half, but regarding the second half I'd argue that docker isn't a necessity, especially early on. You can host multiple things fine without docker.

    Docker is nice and all (or so I've been told), but I'd put that a lot further down on the list of things to learn. Understanding the basic services individually is more important than containerization.

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