Can the vps provider not read everything on your server, unless it’s explicitly encrypted?
I’m asking because I’m interested in self-hosting mainly as a way to get privacy respecting services where good hosted ones don’t exist. I’m not sure I really want to deal with running my own hardware
you dont need to run a server. get a mini pc, set it up, iron out the issues and it will run perfectly fine if you dont fuck with it.
there are a few tasks like updating it, but it can be set up to do it by itself. it doesnt need stellar reliability, just regular backups.
Now the mini pc is a server!
Idk how to even attach it to a domain
yeah theres a learning process before you can set it and forget if you dont have prior experience.