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Self-hosting is still way too hard. Running your own Plex server on an old laptop shouldn't be any more difficult or less secure than installing an app on your

Self-hosting is still way too hard. Running your own Plex server on an old laptop shouldn't be any more difficult or less secure than installing an app on your phone. Folks shouldn't have to understand DNS, TLS, HTTP, IP addresses, ports, NAT, CGNAT, port forwarding, etc in order to run a server application on their own hardware. I think we can build usable abstractions around most of it, while being secure by default. [0]: please consider open source Jellyfin instead

turtlebits 4y ago
Docker and Tailscale are all you need. I have all my services in single docker-compose yaml.
- jotm 4y ago
  Having to use third party repos and trust the uploaders kind of misses the point of self-hosting imo
- anderspitman 4y ago
  Docker and Tailscale are still an order of magnitude more complicated than installing an app on your phone.
- mafro 4y ago
  What's the value of Tailscale in a home network with self-hosted apps?
  - mackrevinack 4y ago
    being able to have a consistent name for your server instead of using an ip address such as "192.168.1.23:4567", which would change often if you didn't set up a static ip. once you bookmark "devicename:4567" or reference it in some other app, you won't have to change it again. and of course having outside access to your devices when you are away is a nice plus as well
    - number6 4y ago
      You could use DHCP for this. It can map your Servernames (their hostnames) to a local domain. eg. devicename.mackrevinack.homstead. But it can also map to just the hostname.
jotm 4y ago
I don't know... most people are too dumb/lazy to install a program using an installer or apk file. Notice how most of the software listed is free and open source - if the end user can't be arsed to learn a few things, why would the developers go out of their way to accommodate them? They're just not the intended market.
temp8964 4y ago
Plex server has Windows version. If you use Windows, it's just like installing an app on Windows. The only thing is you need to setup port forwarding for remote access.

turtlebits 4y ago

Docker and Tailscale are all you need. I have all my services in single docker-compose yaml.

jotm 4y ago
Having to use third party repos and trust the uploaders kind of misses the point of self-hosting imo
anderspitman 4y ago
Docker and Tailscale are still an order of magnitude more complicated than installing an app on your phone.
mafro 4y ago
What's the value of Tailscale in a home network with self-hosted apps?
- mackrevinack 4y ago
  being able to have a consistent name for your server instead of using an ip address such as "192.168.1.23:4567", which would change often if you didn't set up a static ip. once you bookmark "devicename:4567" or reference it in some other app, you won't have to change it again. and of course having outside access to your devices when you are away is a nice plus as well
  - number6 4y ago
    You could use DHCP for this. It can map your Servernames (their hostnames) to a local domain. eg. devicename.mackrevinack.homstead. But it can also map to just the hostname.

jotm 4y ago

I don't know... most people are too dumb/lazy to install a program using an installer or apk file. Notice how most of the software listed is free and open source - if the end user can't be arsed to learn a few things, why would the developers go out of their way to accommodate them? They're just not the intended market.

temp8964 4y ago

Plex server has Windows version. If you use Windows, it's just like installing an app on Windows. The only thing is you need to setup port forwarding for remote access.