I’ve been doing small hosting off and on for a while. Mainly for accessing files at home and the occasional Minecraft server. Not smart, as I’ve never used a specialized router. I used to use ddwrt, but now it’s impossible to flash most consumer grade routers.

id like to learn more stuff about cyber security, host other stuff, maybe host a website, but I’m just a guy who lives in an apartment. I’m stuck with 1 Internet service that claims it will terminate my service if they find me to be hosting anything. They must be semi-lax with that rule, because i haven’t gotten terminated for using ssh and cockpit.

Do you guys own a house, or are just fortunate enough to have access to an ISP that will let you host your own stuff?

  • world_hopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a salvaged desktop in a closet which I use for:

    • pihole (adblock and local dns)
    • unbound for upstream dns (no more 8.8.8.8 dns for me)
    • VPN to access my home network and for some security on public wifi
    • NAS (only via sshfs, want to try nextcloud) where data is stored on a software raid array
    • a couple SQL databases for a hobby project

    Since I have ports exposed (I know), I have it configured for no root login, some default ports are set to non default ports, and I have fail2ban installed.

    I’m pretty proud of my setup and it’s made my life and work flow pretty awesome and simplified, especially with the WFH/hybrid stuff.

    I want to try nextcloud so I can consolidate my calendar(s?), and get rid of trello as a service, in addition to serving my NAS files. But i want to test drive it first and I dont have a system to do that properly at the moment.

    • world_hopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also, you don’t need a crazy router to get started. Mine is a crappy $100 router. Most will have port forwarding if you need to expose ports, or ddns if you want a domain name. There are some things you’d want a slightly more powerful router for (like maybe a media server serving most of your house). But you can always upgrade your router.

    • cichy1173@szmer.infoEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I host Nextcloud and it is huge life saving tool. I use it for backuping photos, hosting calendars, tasks, contacts and RSS. I use Nextcloud Deck as Trello replacement. Nextcloud can also replace Google Docs.

      • world_hopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I originally thought it was overkill for me, who just needed to access files, until I read about deck, calendar, and chat. Now I’m ultra sold. I’m tired of slack, trello, email, calendar all being in different places.