/hsg/ - Home Server General
READ THE WIKI! & help by contributing:
Link
NAS Case Guide. Feel free to add to it:
Link
/hsg/ is about learning and expanding your horizons.
Know all about NAS?
Learn virtualization.
Spun up some VMs?
Learn about networking by standing up a OPNsense/PFsense box and configuring some VLANs.
There's always more to learn and chances to grow.
Think you’re god-tier already?
Setup OpenStack and report back.
What software should I run?
Install Gentoo. Or whatever flavor of *nix is best for the job or most comfy for you.
Jellyfin/Emby/Plex to replace Netflix,
Nextcloud to replace Googlel,
Ampache/Navidrome to replace Spotify,
the list goes on.
Look at the awesome self-hosted list and ask.
Why should I have a home server?
/hsg/ is about learning and expanding your horizons.
De-botnet your life.
Learn something new.
Serving applications to yourself, your family, and your frens feels good.
Put your tech skills to good use for yourself and those close to you.
Store their data with proper availability redundancy and backups and serve it back to them with a /comfy/ easy to use interface.
>Links & resources
Cool stuff to host: awesome selfhosted
RouterOS's: Home server
datahoarder
labgopher
homelab
FreedomBox
List of ARM-based SBCs: Link
Low-power x86 systems: Link
Cheap disks: shucks diskprices
Remember:
RAID protects you from DOWNTIME
BACKUPS protect you from DATA LOSS
Free beginner resources to get started with HTML, CSS and JS
Resources for backend languages
Links for Python and Go
Resources for miscellaneous areas
List of design resources
Usually the best guides for everything server related
Staying up to date
Several weekly newsletters for different subjects you can subscribe to
Need help? Create an example and post the link
if you need help with HTML/CSS/JS
if you need help with PHP/HackLang
if you need help with React/Angular/Vue