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Help setting up new server (piefed.zip)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Hezaethos@piefed.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello! I'm new to self hosting and networking stuff. I do use only Linux and have experience with Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and have settled with Fedora and Bazzite on KDE on the home computers/laptops.

I got a GMKtec NucBox G9 Mini PC Intel® Twin Lake N150 recently and wireless keyboard with touchpad, installed Fedora Kiinoite on it and have so far only added VacuumTube. I don't have much experience with the terminal and I'm not sure what step to do next or how.

What I want to do is set up an Arrstack, and I know I need to put Docker and maybe Portainer? I have no experience with Docker though. I also want to put some basic things I and others can access remotely like a shopping list program, photo backups, period tracker, and DnD software. But I'm very afraid of exposing the server to the internet and it being hacked or such. I know there's something called Tailscale but I'm not sure if that's what I need. And I don't know what order I'm supposed to put any of this.

I've tried searching the internet for guides but haven't really found anything except one that's for Yunohost and it's not really self hosting because they set it up on a cloud. All advice is appreciated. Thank you!

edit: I wanted to add I also want to use this as a htpc and it's connected to the TV, so that's why I want a GUI mostly - because it makes it easier to control from the couch

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[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I will suggest CasaOS. It installs easily, then essentially has an app store (you can add other store sources too). For me it was a gentle way of getting used to the ideas around Docker and how to work with containers. After a bit, you'll get to where you can set up containers for apps not in the store. Then you might create a whole stack for your Arrs suite. And then maybe you outgrow it entirely. It's just an app, unlike Yuno, which is a whole distro if I recall correctly.

For public exposure, I use Cloudflare tunnels. Pretty easy to set up (there is a CasaOS package for cloudflared), though the Cloudflare side can get confusing depending on what you want to do.

[–] Hezaethos@piefed.zip 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I tried Zima (because someone said that's the new Casa?) but I couldn't get certain things to work on it, and somehow even though I can see it's made to be easier to use, was harder for me to figure out what to do than even Dietpi. I might revisit it again though

[–] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I didn't need anything more than the Docker features, so I didn't bother with Zima. Like with Yuno, Zima is a whole distro on its own instead of an app that can be easily uninstalled.

Was it issues with installing apps or something else?

[–] Hezaethos@piefed.zip 1 points 6 months ago

So I've been looking more into it, as well as what others have said, and currently trying to learn how to use the podman desktop (because immutable distros apparently work different so can't just dnf docker).

As for Zima, the Arr stack wasn't really working for some reason, and I couldn't figure out why