Hello again!

Recently had made a post where y’all helped me out as a noob setting up a server. One comment in particular gave me an idea and now I’m wondering if this would work and would it perhaps be easier to do, since I’ve had trouble figuring out how to (safely) set up the remote connection stuff.

I installed Fedora Kiinoite on the server/htpc and was learning how to use Podman since I don’t want to go through the trouble of using Os-tree.

But it just occurred to - would it work if I used Gnome Boxes to run Cosmos Cloud and run all the services I want to remotely connect to from there? Or would there be an issue since it’s a VM? Cosmos Cloud seems to make it easy to securely remotely connect, and it uses containers too.

  • Thaurin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Why wouldn’t you recommend it? I’m running my VPS for many of those services just fine. It’s technically not selfhosted, because I’m not doing the infrastructure, but the end result is the same besides not owning the hardware and paying for the electricity bill.

    • Shimitar@downonthestreet.euEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Mostly because my files stay on my hardware, on my network. In case of internet down/broken/filtered I can still access all my data. That is one of the points of self hosting. Not the only one, granted, and maybe not even the most critical, but having the opportunity, better to host on your turf.

      Go ahead the self host on a cloud somewhere, nothing bad about that! Have fun, enjoy, learn and be digitally independent is the core of self hosting.

      • Thaurin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, I get it. I’d like to try a Raspberry Pi setup sometime. Maybe some home automation stuff. But I don’t require much and don’t want a server rack. I’m a developer, not a network engineer.

        • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          I have almost 50 containers running on a £75 used mini pc from Ebay, chucked in the bottom of a cupboard. Anyone that tells you you need a giant server rack to self host is a gatekeeping moron

          • Buck@jlai.luEnglish
            1·
            22 hours ago

            My NUC didn’t cost 75$ when I bought it new back then but can absolutely be found for less now. And it runs 40+ containers as well. I wouldn’t imagine a need for a big rack setup (for me). Potentially a newer NUC someday, but it’s hard to find a good excuse to switch.

          • Thaurin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            I do wonder about the electricity cost, though. I did some very rudimentary calculations once (so could have been way off) and found that my VPS at 7 euro a month with 500 GB SSD isn’t takt that expensive in comparison, could even be cheaper.