My hosting, storage, and software stack (what’s worked for me so far)

bikegremlin

It took some time and effort to put this all on paper. Sharing the info here in hope it will help more people, especially new members, to avoid some common pitfalls. Also posting it for selfish reasons: I suppose and hope the more experienced LESbians will correct any less-than-ideal choices with better ideas (I don't mind looking stupid in public if it lets me learn ).

Turns out I've been working (for pay) with computers for over 30 years now, and I've tried and learned a lot during that time (still learning, it's a dynamic field). Here's a short-list of what's worked for me so far (in an infrastructure-related order so to speak):

For those who know my style - the series is mostly technical, brief, and to-the-point. That's what it is: basically a list with brief explanations why. Not my usual long-windedness.

My Hosting stack
Infrastructure - domain registration, DNS, website and email hosting.

My (backups) Storage stack
Storage - physical and cloud.

My OS & System Software stack
Computer-running - OS, drivers, security, diagnostics, and utilities.

My Application Software stack
Computer-using - writing, editing, playing media, and troubleshooting.

Writing this series got me to revisit and rethink my stack (helping myself too), and took me on a few trips down memory lane (like first time seeing Total Commander on my late uncle's PC, while I was just learning and using DOS command prompt at the time and similar).

It was fun, and, as the modern managers and HR folks say: challenging. LOL

Relja

P.S.
I think this topic logically belongs in this section, but if it's a bad idea, moving is one-click away.

Amadex

Nice content sir

Hitori0221

High quality content as always!

smallpancakes

Thanks for sharing! Definitely a blog that I need to subscribe to (I do wonder how many people still use RSS nowadays :'( )

AuroraZero

Pidgeon servers?

somik

What's wrong with just LEMP (nginx+certbot, php, mysql) stack?

bikegremlin

@somik said:
What's wrong with just LEMP (nginx+certbot, php, mysql) stack?

NginX is for the poor!

somik

@bikegremlin said:

@somik said:
What's wrong with just LEMP (nginx+certbot, php, mysql) stack?

NginX is for the poor!

Me to bikegremlin

THIS IS LOWEND!!

vyas

@bikegremlin said:

@somik said:
What's wrong with just LEMP (nginx+certbot, php, mysql) stack?

NginX is for the poor !

Going into hiding as a recent Caddy user. Makes me BPL (below poverty line)

AuroraZero

@vyas said:

@bikegremlin said:

@somik said:
What's wrong with just LEMP (nginx+certbot, php, mysql) stack?

NginX is for the poor !

Going into hiding as a recent Caddy user. Makes me BPL (below poverty line)

Caddy is awesome for simple stuffs. I believe it tends to get murky on more complex things but, that is my opinion.

vyas

You’re saying… Caddy is the reliable yet trusty starter car, small with limited features, does a few things well, but miles away from a fully loaded Luxury Sedan my man ?

AuroraZero

@vyas said:
You’re saying… Caddy is the reliable yet trusty starter car, small with limited features, does a few things well, but miles away from a fully loaded Luxury Sedan my man ?

Yeah to me anyways and sometimes you just need something that works.