Selfhosting

[Macaw]

What is the best way to self host a bunch of apps on https and then some non https things like a Minecraft server that meets the following:

 

free, excluding domain that I am already paying for

 

subdomains for each service 

 

some subdomains with zero trust, some without

 

i can somehow do this without port forwarding if possible but not required

 

 

[Kobathor]

Like, running on your own hardware? Or running on a cloud server? Running on your own hardware, you'd want to run some sort of server-oriented operating system and run your individual apps in VMs or in containers. I use Ubuntu Server, but Proxmox is a pretty popular OS for self-hosting these days.

 

Port forwarding is the much easier way to accomplish this.

 

Subdomains you'd just set up in your registrar's DNS entries, or use Cloudflare as your nameserver and use their DNS. Probably easier to use the former, but if you want Zero Trust, I'd go Cloudflare. Though, it's not something I've ever used.

[Macaw]

3 minutes ago, Kobathor said:

Like, running on your own hardware? Or running on a cloud server? Running on your own hardware, you'd want to run some sort of server-oriented operating system and run your individual apps in VMs or in containers. I use Ubuntu Server, but Proxmox is a pretty popular OS for self-hosting these days.

 

Port forwarding is the much easier way to accomplish this.

 

Subdomains you'd just set up in your registrar's DNS entries, or use Cloudflare as your nameserver and use their DNS. Probably easier to use the former, but if you want Zero Trust, I'd go Cloudflare. Though, it's not something I've ever used.

Ok, thank you. The reason I’m against port forwarding is mostly because my isp won’t let me port forward without jumping up a good amount in price

[Kobathor]

Understood. You can get away without port forwarding these days by using a service like Tailscale, but it requires people using your services to also use Tailscale.

[Dedayog]

55 minutes ago, Kobathor said:

Understood. You can get away without port forwarding these days by using a service like Tailscale, but it requires people using your services to also use Tailscale.

That and playit.gg or whatever.  No thanks, I'll just port forward since it's easy and Xfinity does it with a click in the app now to make it easier.

 

Though I get that some people may not have control over their router/internet to be able to (read:  kids).

 

 

[Eigenvektor]

4 hours ago, Macaw said:

i can somehow do this without port forwarding if possible but not required

If you want to host on your own hardware at home and you want to do it in a way that just works for your users, then port forwarding is the way to go. That and Let's Encrypt to get a proper SSL certificate.

 

But ideally, I'd rather rent a small VPS somewhere. This way it's on isolated hardware, run by people who know how to manage their network. Then you don't have to worry about someone intruding on your home network if there's a vulnerability in your web server or massive traffic lagging your own internet connection.

[spacepickle]

20 hours ago, Dedayog said:

That and playit.gg or whatever.  No thanks, I'll just port forward since it's easy and Xfinity does it with a click in the app now to make it easier.

 

Though I get that some people may not have control over their router/internet to be able to (read:  kids).

 

 

I use playit.gg because I live under a CG-NAT, I do live at home and there’s no way I’ll be able to convince my parents to pay more for a dedicated IP so I can play terraria lol