Having done self hosting and and coming back to it after a 10 year break.. much easier.
One example of not setting everyone from scratch..
IaaS/Paas: Install Proxmox from USB.. 10 minutes from boot to web interface to your own local linode/digital ocean. Redundancy, setup 2 and link them. Disaster recovery, put it off site. Backups, connect it to one of a few built in options.
Network/infrastructure: deploy docker images for VPN (algo), firewalls (pfsense), dns (pihole), proxy (traefik, etc). It can remain an appliance that can be configured to self update if needed.
Storage: make storage into an appliance that you set and forget with a nas.
Next spin up your services/packages. Things like turnkeylinux is a nice way to try out things.
There is a nice self hosting community on Reddit if you’re interested for folks who have setup homelabs.
One example of not setting everyone from scratch..
IaaS/Paas: Install Proxmox from USB.. 10 minutes from boot to web interface to your own local linode/digital ocean. Redundancy, setup 2 and link them. Disaster recovery, put it off site. Backups, connect it to one of a few built in options.
Network/infrastructure: deploy docker images for VPN (algo), firewalls (pfsense), dns (pihole), proxy (traefik, etc). It can remain an appliance that can be configured to self update if needed.
Storage: make storage into an appliance that you set and forget with a nas.
Next spin up your services/packages. Things like turnkeylinux is a nice way to try out things.
There is a nice self hosting community on Reddit if you’re interested for folks who have setup homelabs.