I want to self host some services for me and my first questions is: Any guide or book, or wtv, you recommend to understand self host world? I want to understand all things about it, but dont know where to start. And the guides for beginners i found on internet are very basic, just seems things like “do that, do this, and go” . I want to fully understand the world of self host. I want to understand firewalls, DyanmicDNS, MeshVPN; How to do self host; what not to do, what precautions, etc, etc. thx
I wouldn’t think so. At the barest level, it’s just running a service locally instead of out in the world for public consumption. Easiest place to start is finding some service you want to host locally, read the quick start docs, try and get it running, and then branch out from there once you’re familiar with the basics.
For the most part, “self-hosting” just means running something locally or on your local network, though some people do take further steps to harden a bit and expose it to the world. For the latter parts, read up on what you can find about the basics of security/netsec.