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How to start off small with the intent to expand (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by President@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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A couple of weeks ago I spat the dummy with windows and shifted to Linux. I think I am now ready to drink the coolaid.

What I have available currently is an ISP router and a decade-old gaming PC with a failing hdd that used to host games. I also have some budget to spare so that I can set things up nicely or in a way that I can add on it in the future.

Here are my goals are in order:

Proper onsite and maybe offsite backups - my migration to Linux illustrated gaps and I expect in the future I will run VMs that should be backed up
Home security cameras (Which I don't own yet)
Replacing something like onedrive. I expect this will be NextCloud
Yarr. Sonarr/radarr/jellyfin
Hosting game servers
Block adverts and maintaining privacy
Improve the latency of my steam link to my TV via chromecast
Hosting webscraping and analysis of data off some local websites
Maybe set up some some smart home automation things
I'd like to get solar power and monitor how the whole setup is doing.
Self host my bit warden
I dunno, backup Wikipedia or something. Give me ideas

So where would you recommend I start off with hardware? Simply replace the old pc hdd or look to having a NAS? A better router to handle VLAN? Go all in with Ubiquiti products which I have heard mixed things about? About the only thing I know is that a UPS would be a waste for an aspiring enthusiast like myself.

Any advice or pointing me at wikis or other resources would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Don't buy anything yet! Except the HDD maybe. Use what you already have to tinker with things and try different setups.

A common OS people use is Proxmox, it's free and you can easily create VMs. You'll come across Docker/Containers sooner or later and you can easily test them in a VM.

Play around, figure out what you need and how you want to set it up, and only then get the necessary hardware.

[–] Hominine@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Plus one for ProxMox, I love that software so much. I am a container person though, and put my containers in containers. Containers all the way down until I am put in a container.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like you’re having trouble containing yourself.

[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hahah, yeah re-reading it I can see where you're coming from. I probably should have been clearer on only the first three being ones I want to get going first. Everything else can come later.

Edit: and the penny just dropped you were making a pun... 😅

[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

I've had some fun with portainer managing docker containers before, but Proxmox sounds like it takes it to the next level!

[–] mmmac@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Check out Proxmox helper scripts

[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the resource!

[–] President@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great advice!

I have decided to go with just the new hdd as you've suggested to get that pc up and going again. I've used portainer to manage docker containers in the past when running it as a game server, but always assumed Proxmox fulfilled the same niche. Now that I understand it better it sounds like a lot of fun to play around with!

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 8 months ago

You're in for a great time, have fun!