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 ❤️

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    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.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      16 days 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.