Yeah this is probably my biggest.
Device which things can be hosted on a local server and which are best on a vps
Comment on Cost-cutting tips?
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 year ago
Running stuff on my bare metal servers is my go to cost saving measure. Why rent 2 VPSes if you can buy some old thin clients and turn them into linux servers, etc.
Rootiest@lemm.ee 1 year ago
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Two reasons, basically. First, I am behind CGNAT. Second, electricity in my area is somewhat cumbersome, I need some services to be always online.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 year ago
These days you can use various services to expose your devices from behind cgnat:
thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Something that I usually forgotten is that cgnats are only there for ipv4. Running your server in ipv6 is almost a safe bet to have good connectivity.
And you know, these days getting a real ipv4 is more expensive than running in ipv6
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
They rely on TLS-termination. I self-host for privacy, so I need TLS-passthrough. Cloudflare wants me to buy their enterprise plans for that.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 year ago
If you want TLS passthrough, then the most cost effective option is to keep one of your arm vps and run haproxy there. You can connect the vps and your home network using tailscale, zerotier, or plain old autossh tunnel.