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Setting up VPS (finally) (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by d00phy@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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For awhile I've liked the idea of using a VPS for "critical" services. Currently looking at running:

Authentik
Komodo (with periphery agents on local boxes)
Uptime Kuma
NTFY
Panglolin (or Cosmos Cloud?)

So, first of all, to folks already using a VPS, do you think it's worth it? Do you think I'm missing anything? Happy to discuss/research alternatives, too. I've thought about TinyAyuth+PocketID in place of Authentik. While I think Authentik is probably more complex (and likely overkill), it's a single solution. That said, I haven't played with TinyAuth/PockedID.

Second, I was pretty interested in Pangolin until I saw Cosmos Cloud mentioned elsewhere. It seems like it actually ticks a lot of boxes:

Built-in authentication
Reverse Proxy
VPN (At least for local-to-VPS connection, but possibly also for external clients?)
Docker management(?): They have an "app store" that's all docker images, so there's some docker capability built-in. Not sure yet if it can handle multiple hosts like Komodo.
DNS (I would still keep at least 1 local pi-hole instance)

Looking at the doc for chaining proxies and hiding IP, here, it mentions creating an A record for services hosted on a different server. I'm curious to know if this means Cosmos will only manage DNS for services hosted on the same box. Honestly this seems kind of odd, unless I'm misunderstanding how proxy servers work.

Anyway, I know this was a bit of a meandering post. Curious to know thoughts on my original plan, but also if anyone has played with Cosmos, I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Lastly: This morning, I found this interesting write-up to manage container updates using Forgejo, Renovate, and Komodo. Another rabbit hole to explore!

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[–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 days ago

...yeah, I've never had any issues, personally. I run a Gotosocial instance, XMPP and a Synapse fork publicly.

Update, lock your shit down and use a firewall is all I can tell anyone. My SSH isn't even open to the web, I have to go in via wireguard to access any administration.