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Any guides on how to host at home? I'm always afraid that opening ports in my home router means taking the heavy risk of being hacked. Does using something like CloudFlare help? I am a complete beginner.

Edit: Thanks for all the great response! They are very helpful.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is very much a choose your own adventure that depends on a number of factors such as the services you're hosting, ease of access for other household members, your hosting setup, additional privacy concerns, ect.

Here a couple of resources for different methods:

Techno Tim's overview, reverse proxy through cloudflare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8yOmTJNYQ

Cloudflare proxy straight to the hosted service https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/

Create a peer to peer vpn sidestepping opening ports: https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/