Should you use self hosted applications?

[@kimhbryan]

You’ve previously mentioned your videos are essentially just sharing the things you learn as you go along your privacy journey. Well, it seems you are just one step ahead in the journey than I am, as once I start to become interested in a topic, you upload a video on it! Your videos are of immense value. I cannot wait for this self-hosting series. Please consider demonstrating self-hosting Bitwarden. Keep it up!

[@sideofburritos]

Sounds like I have some impeccable timing then, haha. Glad to hear you're finding some value with them! Bitwarden is a good idea for self-hosted, I've been meaning to test that out and see how it is vs. 1Password.

[@SpookyLurker]

@@sideofburritos The history of recent password hosting services getting attacked, can make the thoughts on self-hosted.. intense. But, an attacker won't gain my much by just attacking a little guy. I have 1Password Pro from before they started a cloud service. I still to this day have yet to send my passwords to their cloud service. Security on this service, will make it very interesting.. and well worth it.

[@c-LAW]

Self-hosting is hard. Self-hosting on cloud service (or co-lo) doesn't shield against privacy for legal risks defeats the privacy benefits. Then there's backup and DR. Thwo Thumbs up to your video.

[@sideofburritos]

It is. I definitely don't think it's for everyone. It's a tough balance to find the right, possible solution.

[@anonazerty165]

What do you mean legal risks ?

[@c-LAW]

@@anonazerty165 Discovery, Subpoenas, or law enforcment "requests". Self-hosting has the potential to keep data permanently secret. Cloud services all say they'll hand it over.

[@c-LAW]

Raspberry PI boot from SSD is much more reliable than SD cards (they seem to corrupt easily).

[@sideofburritos]

I was doing some testing with heavy R/W and noticed that. I'll check out the USB boot option.

[@AlexApol]

You can currently buy a used PC tower at recycling locations for less money than a raspberry PI.

[@sideofburritos]

Can't beat the power consumption and footprint of a raspberry Pi

[@Fr_g]

I wish I could get my hands on a pi, I have been looking for ages but they're always out of stock or just insanely priced

[@sideofburritos]

It's annoying they've turned into an item scalpers buy and resell. rakwireless[.]com still has them in stock, but it's always hit or miss.

[@privatename6891]

I have been hosting my own for the last 25 years. I simply cannot understand why anyone would trust google.

[@user-ee4vd4mp9u]

really cool idea burritos 👌but what do you think about encrypting your files yourself (like cryptomator etc) before you uploading them to any popular cloud service? i feel it's hassle-free, easy route for ordinary non techy people Thanks!

[@ibdubbya2]

(Especially interested in the answer to this.)

[@sideofburritos]

100% I used cryptomator for years and it worked flawlessly. I'm a big fan of using public resources (in this case storage) in a way that your data is private/secure when stored there.

[@pudelz]

Honestly, at the moment, probably would be better for folks to pickup an old refurbished desktop (or even laptop) since more an more are appearing cheap. While Windows is abandoning them, Linux will run perfect and would be perfect for the self hosting. Only thing is they don't beat the PI's energy diet. Maybe some Odroid, pine64, or similar boards would also be good for folks.

[@sideofburritos]

That's not a bad idea, especially if you can find one for a deal. I also like the fanless aspect of the Pi. The main reason for the Pi is it's "generally" some of the lowest cost hardware you can get. Use laptops can be a one-off, so it's harder to offer a suggestion on what to get for someone who might be new to everything. Hopefully, the supply issues with them get better. Thanks for the suggestions on the other board options.

[@pudelz]

@@sideofburritos Yes, I'm a huge fan of the arm boards. Can get great performance with low energy usage and it's less than $100! I actually migrated most of my LAN services off a loud 1U server (wasn't loud if idling or light load but sometimes a rocketship would take off) to a couple of PIs right before the pandemic/shortage. I'm only suggesting old computers because the current stock levels/scalper's markup on PIs since you can get great machines for only a couple hundred and they're quiet. There are other great arm soc boards (ordroid/pine64) but unless someone is truly a tinkerer or is comfortable in Linux, they might find those communities lacking compared to Pi and the x86/64 communities.

[@SpookyLurker]

Jeff Geerling recently mentioned a board that kicked the Pi's arse, and at a decent price.

[@asoviou]

please make a tutorial how to selfhost using an old smartphone, like with termux and nextclod

[@skrongo]

Are you going to review both self hosted NextCloud and hosted? Any decent hosting providers to recommend in that case? Privacy is the main issue with a hosted solution.

[@sideofburritos]

Self-hosted NextCloud will be one of the items I'll cover. Hosted is tough. If you rent a VPS and install it yourself you can enable server-side encryption which will help protect your files in remote locations. If you use a NextCloud hosting provider, most of them don't enable server-side encryption from what I've seen.

[@phantazzor]

I think you should maybe talk about what the workflow would be then, how complicated, what will be the pros when we get use to it. It is a bit unclear of the use you want out of it, privacy ok but for what exactly. :)

[@sideofburritos]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm hoping the guide videos I publish will provide some insight into that. I'll make sure to touch on this topic in those.

[@brad6817]

I'm still trying to figure out how to effectively set up a file server. I have the hardware but every time I think I understand what I need to do a new problem comes up.

[@sideofburritos]

Storage is tough. Depending on the hardware you have, TrueNAS Scale works really well.

[@BSpears]

I personally use unRAID for my home server on an old PC.

[@sideofburritos]

I haven't personally used unRAID, but I heard good things about it. I've always liked TrueNAS.

[@BSpears]

@@sideofburritos unRAID is more versatile and easy to use imo, however, it does have a license cost. I highly recommend it.

[@SpookyLurker]

@@BSpears Except if you keep your drive count under four. Then it's free after trial period.

[@sideofburritos]

@@BSpears unRAID wins when it comes to flexibility, but I really like ZFS with TrueNAS

[@BSpears]

@@sideofburritos I believe you can run ZFS on unRAID now but TrueNAS is better for that as it's truly supported. Btw, thanks for the great content! also, I've just made the switch over to GrapheneOS within the last week using a P6a and I'm loving it. There's no going back to stock for me.

[@pudelz]

lowendbox also has some good deals on hosts. Love the deals from racknerd on there, cheap when you pay for the year! never hosted any "private" data on there but perfect for some game servers.

[@sideofburritos]

Nice, thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check them out for any future projects.