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linux/self host newbies, now is a good time to get you a cheap server (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Lot of sales for 4th of july (and ongoing ones) where you can pay $10-$14 for a YEAR of a small cheap VPS. Usually only has 1GB of memory, but that's plenty to play around with and learn. If nothing else, a good cheap ipv4 you can use for some port forwarding. There are lots of options, but I've used racknerd and ethernetservers which have been fine.

I have my own server at home, but I bought two small ones to start learning Ansible with in a risk free way. Eventually plan to redo my main server with a complete Ansible setup, really want to hop on that "infrastructure as code" train.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

Another Pro tip:

If you really want to self host and have good internet speeds, then just use a dynamic dns service to point a domain at your home network :)

It’s free minus the power costs. Sure you won’t be able to guarantee availability but for most personal(and friends/family) use it’s more than good enough.

I say this because the reason a lot of people use VPS is because their ISP won’t give them a static IP. You don’t need a static IP.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Please get familiar with your ISP's TOS before doing that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I pay them nearly $100 a month for internet. They can get fucked if they want to dictate what legal things I do with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It doesn't matter how much you pay them. When you signed the contract you accepted their Terms of Service. Of course they can dictate what they want, you are free to go and choose another provider.

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