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If you had to redo your self hosting setup, what would you do differently this time around? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

I wouldn't change anything, I like fixing things as I go. Doing things right the first time is only nice when I know exactly what I'm doing!

That being said, in my current enviroment, I made a mistake when I discovered docker compose. I saw how wonderfully simply it made deployment and helped with version control and decided to dump every single service into one singular docker-compose.yaml. I would separate services next time into at least their relevant categories for ease of making changes later.

Better yet I would automate deployment with Ansible... But that's my next step in learning and I can fix both mistakes while I go next time!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I do the same. I use caddy reverse proxy, and find it useful to use the container name for url, and no ports exposed

    What is the benefit for making changes with separate files?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If you have relevant containers (e.g. the *arr stack) then you can bring all of them up with a single docker compose command (or pull fresh versions etc.). If everything is in a single file then you have to manually pull/start/stop each container or else you have to do it to everything at once.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    This. In addition, I've read that it's best practice to make adding and removing services less of a pain.

    You're not messing with stacks that benefit from extended uptime just to mess around with a few new projects. Considering my wife uses networks that the homelab influences, it would be a smarter choice for me long term to change things up.

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