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Please bear with me as I don't know where else to ask.

I want to start to self host but do not know where to start. I would like to start small. Just something that might not be beneficial but to get my feet wet. It does not even have to be practical.

I am not tech illiterate and have my fair share of technology around me hut self hosting has always been a daunting task.

I am scared to start.

I am already using a PiHole at home but that was kind of plug and play and just worked.

I would be incredibly grateful if someone could guide me to some resource or tell me what an easy first step would be.

An FAQ or self hosting for dummies.

Most resources I found assumed some previous knowledge.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What hardware do you have already? Is pihole running on a rpi? Look into setting up wire guard or tail scale. Then you can have pihole on your phone while your not at home.

Go old school and setup some basic website with apache2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes the piHole is running on a rpi.

Never actually thought about having it on the go. Cool idea!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Pivpn is the package to get. Makes wire guard dead simple to setup. Just have to do a port forward on your router