Hello peoples,

I am looking for tips on how to make my self-hosted setup as safe as possible.

Some background: I started self-hosting some services about a year ago, using an old lenovo thin client. It’s plenty powerful for what I’m asking it to do, and it’s not too loud. Hardware wise I am not expecting to change things up any time soon.

I am not expecting anyone to take the time to baby me through the process, I will be more than happy with some links to good articles and the like. My main problem is that there’s so much information out there, I just don’t know where to start or what to trust.

Anyways, thank you for reading.

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  • ElusiveClarity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    10 months ago

    I’m not expert but for the sake of getting some discussion going:

    Don’t open ports on your router to expose services to the open internet.

    Use a vpn when torrenting and make sure your torrent client is set to only use the vpn’s network adapter. This way, if your vpn drops out the torrent client can’t reach the internet.

    I keep everything local and use Tailscale to access things while I’m away from home.

    • genie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Couldn’t agree more! Tailscale also lets you use Mullvad (up to 5 devices per Mullvad account, across all clients) as an exit node.