I'd like to have my own server at home sorta like a home AWS.

How to set up one and make it available to anyone over the Internet? What tech specs should I buy (RAM, CPU, # of cores, operating system, etc.)?

How much does it cost to keep one running all the time?

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

None of that is needed with cloudflare zero trust + tunneling. You simply install an agent on the machine and configure internal IP:port you want to access the outside in the cloudflare portal, pointing to a domain you own. You can even allow passwords to access internal IPs directly if you want.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Of course you can use a reverse proxy to expose your apps to the internet.

    Here's another similar solution that you can self host in a cheap cloud VM:

    https://github.com/fatedier/frp

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    That also requires you to manage updates and security on that device... If you want less work not more zero trust cloudflare is a great free solution. I used to use nginx proxy manager which is free as a reverse proxy but again one less machine to worry about. I literally just migrated days ago and I couldn't be happier.

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