Home server thread I don't want an edition edition
NAS is how most people get into this. It’s nice have a /comfy/ home for all your data. Streaming your movies/shows around the house and to friends is good feels. Repurpose an old desktop, buy a SBC, or go with cheap used enterprise gear. Lots of options and theres even a flowchart. Ask.
/hsg/ is about learning and expanding your horizons. Know all about NAS? Learn virtualization. Spun up some VMs? Learn about networking by standing up a pfsense box and configuring some vlans. Theres always more to learn and chances to grow. Think you’re godtier already? Setup openstack and report back.
>What software should I run? install gentoo. Or whatever flavor of *nix is best for the job or most comfy for you. Jellyfin to replace netflix, nextcloud to replace googlel, ampache to replace spotify, the list goes on and on. Look at the awesome selfhosted list and ask.
>Datahoarding ok here? YES - you are in good company. Shuck those easystores and flash IT mode on your H310. All datahoarding talk welcome.
>Do I need a rack and all that noisey enterprise gear? No. An old laptop or rpi can be a server if you want.
whats the sweet sopt for used enterprise mobos/CPUs/RAM these days? I kinda want my NAS to not be running a Q6600 anymore
Angel Taylor
Good fella Good thread Good luck
Landon Cooper
Noob question, can i run multiple services (xmpp, pleroma, NAS, ...) on 1 laptop?
Christian Nelson
you can run as much stuff as you have the RAM (and CPU cores, for more intensive things) to support. For personal stuff you can generally get away with pretty low-end specs.
Colton Edwards
Why the frick does Samba never work on my Ubuntu server uggghhh
I’ve started from scratch like 20 times. I just want one public share that everyone can access, and one private share per person on my network.
Jonathan Richardson
What does you homeserver do?
>plex >smb >Minecraft >openVPN >unifi > + a raspi with pi-hole
Easton Evans
Anyone know any good examples of capable wiki solutions?
Is there anything which allows me to pull in metadata from other pages and make a custom index? I have a lot of items with various properties to document...
I like Debian, though remember Buster is getting released early next month. You do generally want a slow-moving, stable distro so that once you have everything set up you can leave the machine in the corner and have it just werk with minimum hassle. That said, though, any distro you're comfortable with will work.
