I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

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    1 year ago

    Please do! I have been trying to set up remote access to a server I have, and there seems to be so many solutions and all seem very complex.

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      1 year ago

      Have linked one :) For remote access, I wouldn’t necessarily use traefik at the edge. The safest solution would probably installing zerotier/tailscale on the remote server and accessing traefik through that. That way you don’t have to expose unnecessary parts or worry about robustness of authentication etc.

      If it is a single computer you can easily make a two computer network using the instructions from wireguard archwiki page and you’re all set :)

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        1 year ago

        Ooh. I signed up for tailscale, but havent gotten the configuration right I think. Also signed up for NextDNS. Got some work to do but no longer have the time.

        What I actually want to do is make it so I can give out accounts to services to my family and girlfriend so they can watch movies and whatever.

        Tailscale is one step to many. I think I will need to purchase a domain name or set up a VPN, which seems a little scary to me.