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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/zykooo on 2025-04-09 06:36:39+00:00.
I want to share my excitement about my latest self-hosting achievements with you.
Over the past few months, I’ve learned a lot about self-hosting. I figured out how to configure Frigate with my PoE cams, set up Ollama and Open WebUI, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, and more.
I managed to set up AdGuard Home with some DNS rewrites, bought a domain, configured NGINX Proxy Manager, and set up 20+ proxy hosts with SSL certificates. I even figured out how to auto-renew the certs using my domain provider’s API.
That part was tricky, but I learned a ton in the process.
Then I decided it was time to set up a VPN… oh boy.
It took me hours to realize my ISP (Starlink) uses CGNAT, so all the DDNS setup I had done was completely useless… :D
Well, not entirely — I learned a lot again.
After some research and with the help of my AI companion ChatGPT, I came up with a plan: I set up a Raspberry Pi with WireGuard as a relay and connected it to a WireGuard instance on a small VPS.
I actually got them talking to each other — and when I connected my first client, I finally understood why some people love Dark Souls. I felt like I had beaten the hardest boss.
Then I even installed WGDashboard, and it blew my mind.
Somewhere along the way I managed to completely lock myself (and all my devices) out due to some stupid mistakes… but hey — Dark Souls, right?
Self-hosting is awesome. I hate it. But it’s awesome.