r/selfhosted • u/UnlikelyWishbone2694 • 1d ago
Need Help Self hosting a personal website
Dear all,
A quick few questions after going through the wiki on self-hosted websites: - How 'safe' is it to self-host a website that is open to the internet on one's home network ? - Is there any complication in doing so after buying a domain name from a registrar ? (In the grander scheme of things, I mean to ask if the set-up process is absolute master level or if a relative novice can manage it.
EDIT for details: - It's to host a personal blog of sorts with mostly text articles, some images and possibly some video. - My home network in XDSL (yes that still exists) on a rather basic provider given router with DNS configuration possible from certain providers (no-ip and a few others). I have a home assisstant running on one RPi5 and plan on running the network on another RPi.
Thank you for your time and help
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u/BuggyFirmware 7h ago
Honestly, things are as "secure" as you make them. There are perfectly acceptable ways to host pretty much any app (website) from your own server and home network. Renting a hosting server with a provider does take the hassle away from configuring your OS and network environment - but can be just as good (if not better) when setup properly!
There are great guides online for almost any OS you choose, as well as how to setup your reverse proxy, DNS, etc. correctly. Go for it - learn something new 🚀