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submitted 2 days ago by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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What tools and/or resources can I use to start such a project?

I've been putting some research into it but besides getting conflicting views, I always get the feeling the advices being offered feel exaggerated for what I have in mind.

My intention is to solely publish text.

I was thinking on getting a RPi, perhaps an older model, to use it as host. My idea is to have the public facing machine completely isolated from my daily use computer and network, so that in the event the site gets attacked I can simply re-upload everything and be done.

For the website creation itself I've been thinking about using Hugo to start but in the background learn some HTML and build a simple site by myself to replace the original.

What am I not considering or misjudging here?

Are there any other tools I should be looking into?

Any thoughts on this are welcome and apreciated.

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[–] Priyathium@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I run a portfolio and blog similar to your idea with Hugo on an old gaming PC with Proxmox and 25 other services, my family or I use daily.

For the use case, you talk about, a Rpi would be perfect, but if you have an old laptop you can repurpose that instead.

I argue that self hosting for the most part shouldn't cost a dollar unless you want to. A dynamic DNS like duck DNS and a residential ISP are more than enough.

A simple Nginx reverse proxy on pi or Debian laptop to host Hugo built HTML and CSS would work flawlessly.

To prevent attacks, basic fail2ban on Nginx is a good start. Crowdsec being the next step and keep advancing.

Once you get started, the possibilities are endless and then you may need the exaggerated services, but not for text.

Good Luck OP !