Self-Hosting Guides

Self-Hosting Guides are for administrators. Engineering Notes explain why something works. These guides cover how to run it reliably on your own server: install, secure, deploy, monitor and recover.

Suggested order

New to self-hosting? Read Linux, then Docker. Next comes Networking & DNS to put a service on the internet safely. Finish with Deployments and Monitoring.

• Docker

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  Containers, Compose, volumes and image updates.

• Linux

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  Server setup, users, firewalls and upkeep.

• Deployments

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  Shipping changes safely, with a way back.

• Networking & DNS

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  DNS, TLS, reverse proxies and exposing services safely.

• Monitoring

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  Uptime checks, logs and alerts.