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- It <strong>can</strong> be cheaper than using a VPS. This is only the case if you got the server for really cheap and your electricity is cheap.
+ It <strong>can</strong> be cheaper than using a VPS. This only is the case if you got the server for really cheap and your electricity is cheap.
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You can have a media server to consoom your content (for example with <code>Jellyfin</code>). You can technically do this on a VPS, but that will be more expensive than self hosting. If you have a media server, you can stream media from your server to more devices. (I recommend just downloading it on your device, but if you have multiple devices, this could be a good solution)
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<h3>What kind of hardware should you choose?</h3>
- <p>If you pay your own electricity bill, power consumption is a big factor. Most old laptop computers are ideal in the sense that they don't use a lot of power, and if the battery still works, you have a built-in UPS! The bad thing is, is that most old laptop computers aren't that powerful, and they lack in upgradability. (you shouldn't really be using anything older than 2006, and I recommend at least a power equivalant of a Core 2 CPU)
+ <p>If you pay your own electricity bill, power consumption is a big factor. Most old laptop computers are ideal in the sense that they don't use a lot of power, and if the battery still works, you have a built-in UPS! The bad thing is, most old laptop computers aren't that powerful, and they lack in upgradability. (you shouldn't really be using anything older than 2006, and I recommend at least a performance equivalant of a Core 2 CPU)
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- <p>If you can find an energy efficient desktop (under 100W), that is a great option. They are pretty upgradable and they don't use a lot of power. They can also be pretty cheap, but old laptops are usually cheaper. If you can afford new hardware, and are willing to build a PC, you can find really power effecient CPU/motherboard combos, and they can be cheap. For example the Celeron J3060. I recommend a low wattage power supply or an effecient one for these kinds of builds.</p>
+ <p>If you can find an energy efficient desktop (under 100W), that is a great option. They are pretty upgradable and they don't use a lot of power. They can also be pretty cheap, but old laptops are usually cheaper. If you can afford new hardware, and are willing to build a PC, you can find really power effecient CPU/motherboard combos, and they can be cheap, for example the Celeron J3060. I recommend a low wattage power supply or an effecient one for these kinds of builds. Pico PSUs are pretty tiny and efficient solutions in these builds.</p>
<p>Of course, if you don't pay your electricity bill or cost is not a problem for you, you can use just about any old desktop.</p>
<h3>Usecases</h3>
- <p>Of course, hardware choices depend on the usecase. The above recommendations I gave you work fine for e-mail server, webserver and fileserver types of applications, but they will struggle transcoding video if you are going to host a media server. You'll need a faster CPU, but also a faster GPU. As an example the Athlon 200GE or 3000G are good and efficient choices for these builds.
+ <p>Of course, hardware choices depend on the usecase. The above recommendations I gave you work fine for e-mail server, webserver and fileserver types of applications, but they will struggle transcoding video if you are going to host a media server. You'll need a faster CPU, but also a faster GPU. As an example the Athlon 200GE or 3000G are good and efficient choices for these builds.
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+ If you need a lot of storage, go for a case with a lot of mounts for hard drives, this way you can easily mount multiple hard drives. Pros of multiple hard drives are redundancy and speed. Cons could be that they create more heat and noise. You can't use a laptop if you want multiple drives, except if you use a hard drive caddy for the CD/DVD drive bay. Some business laptops even support RAID 1 (redundancy) and 0 (speed and more storage, but you lose your files if one hard drive breaks) this way.</p>
<h2>Getting started</h2>
<h3>Installing Debian</h3>
<p>Once you have the machine, you can install the OS. I recommend Debian, as all of the guides on this website are Debian specific. Debian just werks as a server OS.</p>
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<h3>Port forwaring</h3>
-<p>Every time you are going to use a port, you need to forward it. For example, HTTP is port 80, HTTPS is 443, etc. You need to set this up on your router's NAT settings (sometimes just port forwarding, differs per router). These steps differ for each router. Refer to your routers manual. A simple command to see what your IP address is, is <code>ifconfig</code>. This shows a lot of network info, but it will also show your local IP address needed for port forwarding.
+<p>Every time you are going to use a port, you need to forward it. For example, HTTP is port 80, HTTPS is 443, etc. You need to set this up on your router's NAT settings (sometimes just port forwarding, differs per router). These steps differ for each router. Refer to your routers manual. A simple command to see what your servers IP address is, is to run <code>ifconfig</code> on your server. This shows a lot of network info, but it will also show your local IP address needed for port forwarding.
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<p>Basic ports:</p>
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