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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/L0ngj0hns0n on 2025-03-12 15:03:40+00:00.
Hey everyone,
I’m hosting a 20-player LAN party, and I want to create the ultimate self-hosted server to handle everything from game hosting to network services. I’m running everything on a Dell R310 server with Proxmox, and my goal is to have all essential services in VMs and Docker containers.
Planned Setup & Services
- Network & Infrastructure
- pfSense as Firewall/DHCP
- Pi-hole for DNS caching & ad-blocking
- Performance Boosters
- LanCache for caching Steam/Epic/Origin game downloads
- Samba for a local game repository
- Game & Voice Servers
- Pterodactyl Panel for easy game server management
- Additional dedicated Game Server (Counterstrike 2, Team Fortress 2, Trackmania Nations Forever, Minecraft Battle Royale and more)
- TeamSpeak Server
- Media & Streaming
- MusicServer (Ubuntu) with Spotify for LAN-party music (including a shared queue & soundboard)
- Nginx with RTMP for local OBS streaming of Matches to a Projector
- Extras & Nice-to-Have Features
- Uptime Kuma for service status monitoring
- Grafana & Netdata for real-time network monitoring
Looking for More Ideas!
I’d love to hear from you:
- What’s missing? Any essential services that could improve the LAN experience?
- Fun extras? Cool self-hosted tools or fun LAN features I might not have considered?
Would love to get some feedback before I finalize the setup! Let me know what you think.