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A Beginners Guide To Selfhosting Part 1

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Selfhosting is the act of freeing yourself from your dependance on big corporations like Google, Meta, Apple, and the whims of their shareholders.

And while it may seem like a daunting task at first, I can guarantee you, that it is easier than you might think. Thanks to freely available open source software, anyone can spin up a server for less than 20$ a month, replacing Spotify, Netflix, Google Photos, Google Docs, Google Drive, and so much more.

In this series, I will teach you the following skills:

  • Setting up a VPS with Ubuntu Server
  • Setting up Docker for your services
  • Setting up Caddy as a reverse proxy
  • Creating sub-domains for each service
  • The services I use and how to set them up