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First: try running just about anything from https://awesome-selfhosted.net https://awesome-selfhosted.net . Pick something useful to you. I chose Nextcloud and Jellyfin when I started in 2020. Before then I was running a few random things like Syncthing and Samba mostly just for myself. In 2020 I decided to try and apply a more thoughtful, disciplined process. Good security, reliable backups, useful for my whole family, etc. Shameless self-promotion: https://selfhostbook.com https://selfhostbook.com . My book covers justification for self-hosting, fundamental skills, and homelab (or perhaps "homeprod") setup with Ubuntu, Ansible, Docker, and Traefik. I wrote it for folks with some light sysadmin/programming skills. It's a good general starting starting point for self-hosting.