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Looking for advice on getting started with Self Hosting (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago by wil_yam_sai@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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Hi folks, looking for a bit of steer to get off the ground with self hosting. My goals to start with are pretty straight forward:

  • I want to set up Home Assistant to move my smart devices off the cloud and fully contained within the walls of my home.
  • I want to set up my own little Pixelfed server for my family's use, along with some other federated socials.

From what I was looking at, I think my easiest route to doing both of these things is with a Home Assistant Yellow (built-in Zigbee and Thread system) with a Raspberry Pi 4.

I've never done anything like this before but I'm interested in learning. If anyone more experienced has any insight or direction, I'd really appreciate it! Cheers!

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[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a solid plan.

Unless you already have a RPi available for use, I would consider basing around x86 hardware. Nothing wrong with the Raspberry Pi's, it's just if you need to buy hardware, there's much more powerful computers available for similar price points. Won't be as simple or straightforward nor as energy efficient, but if you start adding additional services, you'll be glad for the extra RAM and processor performance that is available.

[–] wil_yam_sai@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks so much for the reply! I think my go to on the Raspberry Pi was that there's literally place to slot one in on the Home Assistant Yellow, but I'm certainly not married to it! Based off the other response above what I'm thinking I could instead do would be to grab a Home Assistant Green instead of a yellow to handle the Smart home piece to start with at least, and grab a mini PC for the rest. If you have any opinions on what's decent from the Mini PC side of things, or where you'd trust to ask, I'm all ears as have never really looked into any before.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 21 hours ago

If you have any opinions on what’s decent from the Mini PC side of things, or where you’d trust to ask, I’m all ears as have never really looked into any before.

I couldn't say. I don't have much use for them. You can't cram enough storage in them for my needs. I can say that, until recently, I didn't often see them available used. There could be any number of reasons for that though. I have heard though that the Beelink NUCs are a bit hit or miss and often die from internal heat, but don't know personally.

Might want to ask in !minipcs@sh.itjust.works or !minipcs@lemmy.world . If you can't get a reply there, you could also try the Linux Unplugged or Self Hosted matrix channels here. They are generally pretty active during the (US) day.