young_broccoli

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[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Good to know, thanks.

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Will look into square space, thanks.

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed. But stability and reliability would be a priority for this so like emuspawn said "cost of doing business" :c

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Will look into it. Thanks!

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

That seems to be the consensus. Thanks!

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

So don't take this as rude I know this is literally not what you asked, but...

No no no, this is the exact reason I asked. I honestly thought selfhosting would be better and easier once its all set up. Thank you very much.

As far as I know the website is not an indispensable part of the business but its not a static page either. Its gonna be like a landing page to (hype up the business), some catalogue pages to show their products, and a page with contact info (maybe also an "about us" page. Its mainly to look more professional and to have a bit of an internet presence. What would you recommend for that? Either selfhosted or commercial solution.

Thanks again.

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks.

I dont think website uptime is a vital issue since it is basically just advertising, catalogue, and then links to their emails and phone numbers but it wont handle any type of sales or orders and I think its the only part that they can realistically self-host. Im aware of the static IP and bandwith issues, still, we have to look into the costs of that.

For the rest, Im looking into comercial options right now. Whats your opinion on proton for e-mail? (If you have any)

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks, I've looked into proton, seems like a good option for mail. Digitalocean I dont really understand it but it seems more oriented towards software developement. No?

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had thought about redundancy and backups but I wasnt aware of how much it would require. Thanks!

[–] young_broccoli@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks. Will look into those, they seem like a promising alternative.

 

Hi. Some friends of mine are starting a business and they want to setup a server to host a simple "contact" website, run an e-mail service (about 10 accounts for now but with possibilities of expanding it to support more) and to store and remote access documents.

Im a computer savvy person so they asked me for help, but dont know much about self-hosting so I come here asking you:

What kind of hardware do they need and would be best? What OS and other software is required and recomended?
How to set it up/configure it? Im partial to foss but if there are good propietary options they are acceptable too. And last: What do we have to watch out for or avoid.

Also, space is a bit of an issue, I was thinking they could use something small like an intel nuc but Im worried that hardware would be underpowered for their needs.

I have been googling for stuff myself but I get overwhelmed by the ammount of information and some contradicting opinions so I appreciate your recomendations and guidance. Im not asking you to give me a full tutorial, although I would appreciate it too, but just to be pointed in the right direction to avoid, as much as possible, spending money and time on things they might not really need or might not perform as well.

Thanks in advance.

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