This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. you are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.

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Cake day: June 30th, 2023
  • Hosting for yourself so you can access your content outside your home is usually the use-case, use WireGuard for that though (checkout headscale) along with virtualization, VLANs, etc.
    Hosting for a group of friends and/or family can usually be ok, assuming that is a well known and restrict group.

    Hosting for the general public from home is usually not recommended, use a VPS for that. Bear in mind you’ll likely be liable for what you host, one way or the other, depending on your jurisdiction.
    If you store content (files others may upload like movies and photos) you may be responsible for that (i.e. is that content legal in your jurisdiction?).
    There may be a legal distinction between the server’s geographic location and the entity responsible for it - but in your case it’s the same, so, again, beware.
    Just linking to content deemed illegal may get you into trouble.
    Putting the site behind a login-only page and vetting account creation could mitigate (or exponentiate) this.
    Anyway IANAL.

    What do you want to host and for whom?

  • That’s what companies care for, that cannot afford a full IT employee or even department.

    I doubt those companies can afford paid support from the likes of Cannonical and Red Hat - their licenses are solely for other at-scale companies to write off expenses and shift blame if something hits the fan.