I don't like CF tunnels, b/c I prefer to tunnel in w/ Tailscale-VPN, and Reverse proxy w/ Caddy; that way I will using my bandwidth alone, so I can stream unlimited locally saved/served media. CF tunnels are super non-specific about how much data they might consider too much. I just don't want to risk it, plus w/ TS I get a free TS-domain. My budget is tiny!
I've been putting off switching to a cable-modem I bought a few months back, because of Comcasts tech. support.
I've also been trying to self-host services with tailscale(VPN)-caddy(R.proxy)-Pi-hole, but have been having little success.
I don't want to directly expose the NT IP. like with DDNS. I also don't want to use CF tunnels, b/c they route through CF and could cut me off from my service if I stream too much of my media.
With the Comcast default router/gateway they don't let you set custom dhcp or dns or dynamically FWD dhcp or dns to other devices.
Is this why the Videos on-line explaining self-hosting always say do what is best for you; but I bought this PFsense or expensive Unify router for example??
Is self hosting with a default router even possible??
I have a DDWRT as my wifi router already, and a second one I can place behind a plain cable modem; which I get I will have to call customer support to get working. I plan to use the First DDWRT with wifi disabled as my DHCP server, and have DNS forwarded to a pi-hole.
Is this the best idea for getting my services working properly??
I second calibre-web. I installed it on an i3-cpu/8gb-ram thinkpad, and in the last couple of weeks give/take I've uploaded 180+gigs of books/articles/magazines I've collected over the last decade. Also if you want a simple solution for installation, then you might want to try freedombox; which is a Debian based NAS like solution that uses standard Debian packages. It has a ton of one button installs like: media-wiki, calibre-web, wordpress, syncthing, searx(pvt.search aggregator), mumble(audio-voice server), and more. Easiest way to setup calibre-web if you ask me. Also it should be pretty easy to dockerize it since it's simply Debian. https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox