I think entirely separate VMs in different VLANs might be a bit much for a beginner to setup correctly. The Isolation that Docker and it’s networking Provides might be enough to start, no?
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anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
- Yes.
- Separate VMs in separate VLANs for private and shared storage. Makes things a bit less convenient for you, but worth it imo.
- Somewhere between $1000-$2000 I imagine.
- RAID is great for minimizing downtime but is never a replacement for a backup. The 3-2-1 rule mentioned below is a good thing to follow.
- Never grant higher permissions than necessary, never open more ports than necessary. If your gaming server VMs have no need to communicate with your Nextcloud servers then setup deny rules in your router firewall to stop that traffic from being possible and so on.
- Get a proper physical firewall device that allows you full control. I usually use opnsense or pfsense as the software OS.
magicsaifa@feddit.de 9 months ago
anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I guess it depends on the person. I find starting with “real” VMs and VLANs makes it easier to get an understanding for what’s going on underneath the hood, even when you start using Docker containers and the like.
SaintWacko@midwest.social 9 months ago
Well now I’m concerned. I have plans to do something similar, but I’m only spending a few hundred on my setup. By the time it’s done it’ll be:
Is that not going to be enough for pretty much the same use case?
Thorry84@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Isn’t that motherboard alone a few hundred? 4 4TB Ironwolfs is also a few hundred.