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Self-Hosting like it's 2025

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221 points finnlab | 2 comments | 4/1/2025, 10:11:00 AM | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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bauerd ◴[4/1/2025, 11:20:00 AM] No.43545430[source]▶

Last thing I need is Kubernetes at home

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seba_dos1 ◴[4/1/2025, 11:52:00 AM] No.43545656[source]▶

"apt-get install" tends to be enough once you stop chasing latest-and-greatest and start to appreciate things just running with low maintenance more.

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1. ryandrake ◴[4/1/2025, 4:17:00 PM] No.43548554[source]▶

Same here. I've had the same setup for decades: A "homelab" server on my LAN for internal hobby projects and a $5 VPS for anything that requires public access. On either of these, I just install the software I need through the OS's package manager. If I need a web server, I install it. If I need ssh, I install it. If I need nfs, I install it. I've never seen any reason to jump into containers or orchestration or any of that complex infrastructure. I know there are a lot of people very excited about adding all of that stuff into the mix, but I've never had a use case that prompted me to even consider it!

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2. brulard ◴[4/2/2025, 12:54:00 PM] No.43556121[source]▶

I have very similar setup, with homelab and separate cheap VPS. In similar manner I have all the services installed directly on the OS but I'm starting to run into issues where I started to consider using docker. I run nginx with multiple (~10) node apps running through PM2. While this works ok-ish, I'm not happy that if for example one of my apps needs some packages installed, I need to do it for the whole server (ffmpeg, imageMagick, etc.). Other problem is that I can easily run into compatibility problems if I upgraded node.js for example. And if there was some vulnerability in some of the node_packages any of the projects use, the whole server is compromised. I think docker can be quite an easy solution to most of these problems.