Be honest: Are you doing SelfHosting just for the sake of it - or do you have apps, that really improve your daily life?
I went through a long phase of fiddling around. Trying out multiple hypervisors, operating systems, docker containers, etc.
I have settled on the following and only do software updates now. I found stuff I want, have it all set up, and now I want it all to just work. I have daily automated backups so if something gets borked, I just restore. Also use Debian and Debian based for everything. Least amount of headache (for me) and rock solid.
- Proxmox host and Proxmox Backup Server
- VM's - pfSense, Home Assistant and Debian 11 for docker containers
- Pi-hole, Cloudflared, Vaultwarden and Stirling PDF in LXC's
- Docker Containers - UniFi Controller, InvoiceNinja, PiGallery2, LinkAce and Jellyfin
- NAS - OpenMediaVault with Syncthing
- Cloudflare Tunnels and Tailscale to have access to everything when out
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What is the one thing every self-hosted household should have?
Pi-hole, Home Assistant and Jellyfin.
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