Hey everyone, I’m planning on setting up my first home server this year. Going to use an old Dell Optiplex with a couple 4tb SSD’s.

I only need two services running. Jellyfin and immich. I’ve tested this out in a debian netinstall VM and it works.

Just looking for helpful hints or advice etc. I’m a long time Linux and BSD user and I’m tempted to try it out using Alpine Linux or even NetBSD (my daily driver os) but I thought I’d be sensible and go with Debian for… Stability?

Anyway, immich is run in a container whereas jellyfin has a binary install. Apparently you can run jellyfin in a container also, not sure I really need to tho?

Thank you for any hints or advice.

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I would suggest giving Proxmox a go and virtualise your VMs, as you can easily make snapshots and recover if something goes south.

    You can also check https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/ containing easy deployable scripts to make your life easier.

    I would also try to run everything out of Docker compose and create a repo containing all configuration files.

    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      6 days ago

      This. ProxMox will save you many times over while you are learning. It makes it so easy to backup and restore, try out new projects in a sandbox, and much much more.

      I credit ProxMox with making me bolder about what I wanted to accomplish and having the courage and time to take risks while knowing I could always restore from backup in an instant.

      • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

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