Hey selfhosters.
I have a question about starting self hosting; I have run Jellyfin on an old MacBook for a bit and wanna dip more than a toe into the self host pool. Are there any guides out there you’d recommend for actual, complete beginners who knows nothing but wants to learn?
I’ve searched a lot but it feels like they’re pretty advanced for beginners. Is it just a really sharp learning curve to this, or am I not finding the good ones?
Edit: To clarify what level I’m really, truly at: I run the Jellyfin server on regular macOS and have an external 5TB drive connected via usb. That’s it.
An ultimate guide could be a few tomes long not because you need to know that much, but because there are so many options and solutions. I’d recommend learning basics: core utils (i.e. command line tools), docker, network security basics (vpn, firewall).
Then as you start adding more services, you can identify gaps in your knowledge and close them (e.g. what is a database, how to manage it, how to back it up and then restore if it fails).