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What else should I self-host? (sopuli.xyz)
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Today I set up my old laptop as a Debian server, hosting Immich (for photos), Nextcloud (for files), and Radicale (for calendar). It was surprisingly easy to do so after looking at the documentation and watching a couple videos online! Tomorrow I might try hosting something like Linkwarden or Karakeep.

What else should I self-host, aside from HA (I don’t have a smart home), Calibre (physical books are my jam), and Jellyfin (I don’t watch too many movies + don’t have a significant DVD/Blu-ray collection)?

I would like to keep my laptop confined to my local network since I don’t trust it to be secure enough against the internet.

edit: I forgot, I’m also hosting Tailscale so I can access my local network remotely!

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[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I'm absolutely loving immich. Definitely check it out. Via Docker compise is a breeze.

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m already hosting Immich, I feel it was the most painless to set up out of the three. There was a weird error with python modules with radicale and Nextcloud was a bit more complex to set up, but they were all relatively easy to get started with.

I particularly like Immich’s mobile app. I just clicked a few buttons and BOOM all my puotos are backed up (you can even change what albums to include and exclude, and duplicates are automatically removed e.g. if you have the same photo in multiple albums)

[-] cron@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

Just as a side node, make sure to backup your immich / nextcloud services too.

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

yep, will do that. That seems really important

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well, backups aren't important at all,until you need them. Like insurance - you're screwed if you don't have any when trouble strikes.

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