There are so many options to get started with self hosting that I feel myself stuck in the “paralysis of choice”. For a novice, does anyone have a good resource for the equivalent of good/better/best paths that cover the “basics” (In my mind this is hosting images, music, video, connected home controls, search and email)?
Thinking something like first try path A, if you feel comfortable and your HW can handle A, then try path B, etc. I guess a it of a tutorial mode feeling where you get exposed to key boxing blocks initially and then you are released into the large open world on your own.
I know the advantage of this movement is the choice and the well distributed variety, but just feels hard to start.
I have an old laptop, an SFF workstation and a NAS to play with.
Any suggestions?
Install docker.
Choose something you want to replace. Docs, image, chat, etc.
Research replacements for $Service
Bring up the docker Container and get it working.
Use it for a day/week as the replacement. If you don’t like it try a different replacement from the list above. Continue until happy.
Research a replacement for $OtherService
Bring it up on docker…
Check resources as you go. Maybe use Linux + docker on laptop and NFS from nas for storage. When the laptop isn’t powerful enough anymore look at adding another docker host. Just keep building from there.
Also backups. Maybe a wiki to document your journey.