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I've written a series of blog posts about a "hands-off" self-hosting setup intended for relative beginners. (cyclicircuit.prose.sh)
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Recently, I've found myself walking several friends through what is essentially the same basic setup:

  • Install Ubuntu server
  • Install Docker
  • Configure Tailscale
  • Configure Dockge
  • Set up automatic updates on Ubuntu/Apt and Dockge/Docker
  • Self-host a few web apps, some publicly available, some on the Tailnet.

After realizing that this setup is generally pretty good for relative newcomers to self-hosting and is pretty stable (in the sense that it runs for a while and remains up-to-date without much human interference) I decided that I should write a few blog posts about how it works so that other people can set it up for themselves.

As of right now, there's:

Coming soon:

  • Immich
  • Backups with Syncthing
  • Jellyfin
  • Elementary monitoring with Homepage
  • Cloudflare Tunnels

Constructive feedback is always appreciated.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am planning a backups article

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Set up automatic updates

Immich

You like to live dangerously, right?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Raid is a backup

[–] nis@feddit.dk 19 points 2 days ago

Here. You dropped this: /s

[–] cyclicircuit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah a little xD but FWIW this article series is based on what I personally run (and have set up for several friends) and its been doing pretty well for at least a year.

But I have backups which can be used to recover from the issues with breaking updates.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Photoprism > Immich

[–] curled@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

I haven't tried photoprism in a while, but when I tried it, it wasn't even close.

Photoprism seems more suited if you're a photographer to index your professional work where immich aims to be a google photos/icloud alternative.

Immich has native mobile apps to do the syncing and provide a (great) interface for search, it has much better multi-user support, including sharing albums, and much more features than I'm willing to type out here.

The only thing missing, for me at least, is better support for local files to eliminate the need for another gallery app/file picker.