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anyone willing to walk a noob through getting some services running? (feddit.nl)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've tried to figure some of this stuff out but I really don't know what I'm doing. Most documentation is written with a vocabulary I don't understand. Tutorials assume a high-level understanding of coding, software, CLI and a bunch of other stuff.

So far I've got an old gaming PC with a R7 2700x + 2060 Super and I think maybe it's overkill. I've got TrueNAS running on it but that's about as far as I got...

Thinking maybe we can have an open Jitsi meeting and just anyone who needs help can get it (myself included πŸ™‚)?

Would anyone be interested in something like that?

E: some people have imagined up some things that I said so let me be clear about what I did not say:

At no time did I insist, beg, or demand that anyone help me.

I did NOT ask anyone to help with a specific issue, nor should I be required to.

I asked if anyone would be willing to help myself and possibly others to get some services running, and I asked to do it in a videoconference setting where we can have a discussion and where you can see what I'm doing as I'm doing it, out of respect for both of our time.

If you are not interested, you do not need to come in here and announce it, and you sure as shit do not need to speak for anyone else on whether they will want to. Just keep scrolling.

E2: special thanks to those who actually reached out and offered to help!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What services are you looking at? TrueNAS can be good for some situations but isn't always the best it terms of flexablity. It really depends on what you are trying to host

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I mean I want to run a lot of things. Some of which include

  • Home Assistant
  • Jellyfin
  • Own tracks
  • PeerTube
  • Frigate
  • BitWarden
  • Jitsi
  • Possibly hosting my own website(s).

Etc. None of these are things I explicitly need, I just want to mess around and learn.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are successful in this, perhaps a twitch channel walking through the basics running on a regular ish basis

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you mean? Like hosting a Livestream and asking the viewers for help?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I was imagining a "I just wiped my hard drive and flashed the current version of Debian. Let's get basic services up."

I wish there was a "hey watch me code/self host" channel that helped noobs see how to approach the problem of starting. Usually their is a "hey watch me code" YouTube that is old enough to have a critical breaking point (some library updated) so a noob finds it impossible.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't need to use the cert, but I've got a basic setup here that you could get running in docker, then play around with understanding it / adding to it:

https://homelab.express

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry can you explain what I'm looking at here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A quick docker setup to get you going with a reverse proxy (Traefik) and insights/management (Portainer).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I don't know what any of those things are :( is there a tutorial?

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