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Author: pyratebeard <root@pyratebeard.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 16:17:00 +0000
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-Do you self-host? Do you have your own physical servers that serve your sites, or do you use a Virtual Private Server (VPS) to host, and is the later really self-hosting?
+Do you self-host? Do you have your own physical servers serving your sites and data, or do you use a Virtual Private Server (VPS) to host; is the latter really self-hosting?
-There are arguments either way. I think that you can refer to running your website or blog on a VPS as self-hosting. If you have created the VPS, chosen the OS, are the only user with root access, and installed, configured and are managing everything yourself then I in my opinion you are self-hosting.
+There are arguments either way. In my opinion, you can refer to running your website or blog on a VPS as self-hosting. If you have created the VPS, chosen the OS, are the only user with root access, and installed, configured and are managing everything yourself then you are self-hosting.
-Maybe at say that because this is what I do. I don't host anything public on my own infrastructure. This blog and my various other online sites are running in "the cloud".
+Maybe I say that because it is what I do. I don't host anything public on my own infrastructure. This blog and my various other online sites are running in "the cloud".
-Some people do run their own servers, and it is something I am interested in. If you want to do that you have to consider not only the purchasing and running costs, but the physical space required. I met somebody years ago who had a rack in their garage which they were slowly filling with blades. The hardware geek in me got very giddy. Unfortunately I do not currently have the space to install an awesome rack and fill it with hardware.
+Some people do run their own servers, and it is something I am interested in. If you want to own the infrastructure you have to consider not only the purchasing and running costs, but the physical space required. I met somebody years ago who had a rack in their garage which they were slowly filling with blades. The hardware geek in me got quite giddy. Unfortunately I do not currently have the space to install an rack and fill it with hardware, but maybe one day...
-Running the few sites I have wouldn't actually have to require that much infrastructure. I could probably get a way with a few Raspberry Pis or maybe a tower server or two.
+Running the few sites I have wouldn't actually have to require much infrastructure. I could probably get a way with a few Raspberry Pis for the static HTML and maybe a tower server or two for anything requiring more resources.
-One reason I like using a cloud provider is the control over the network, specifically the floating IPs that you can purchase. This is not something I could have if I hosted the hardware myself, my current ISP doesn't provide that option. I have had an ISP in the past which would give you a static IP for a price, that was very useful.
+One reason I like using a cloud provider is the control over the network, specifically the floating IPs you can purchase. This is not something I could have if I hosted the hardware myself, my current ISP doesn't provide a static IP as an option. I have had an ISP in the past which would give you a static IP for a price, this was useful for things like my VPN.
-Do you self-host on your own hardware? I would love to hear about the hardware you use, how you find maintaining everything (especially IPs that potentially change at random), and even why you decided to go down that route.
+If you self-host on your own hardware I would love to hear about what you use, how you find maintaining everything (especially IPs potentially change at random), and even why you decided to go that route.
-Or do you host in the cloud? How complex have you built your cloud infrastructure, and do you have multiple cloud providers or stick with just one?
+If you host in the cloud it would be interesting to hear how complex you built the infrastructure, and do you have multiple cloud providers or stick with just one?
-You can find ways to contact me on my [homepage](https://pyratebeard.net) if you would to tell me your self-hosting journey.
+You can find ways to contact me on my [homepage](https://pyratebeard.net) if you would like to tell me your self-hosting journey.
