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I don’t want to brag but I have a better uptime than most services that you use, and also a better security in my own private VPS.
The secret? Handle your own shit instead of letting the text-based slot machine slip its way through your code.
That works wonders for both performance, uptime and security.
@hbons What do you mean by miss, regarding uptime and security?
It all comes down to routing and properly updating your dependencies (especially in these times).
What needs to be reachable from outside and what needs to stay behind the reverse proxy, and always have your services patched and up yo date. Also, always authenticate with SSH to your VPS (never user and password, manage properly user groups, especially with git runners etc.) Too much to cover.
I would advice that, nowadays, serving as much static stuff as you can without relying on servers or third party APIs is the most secure thing.
But for me, if you know your way around basic sys-admin stuff and Linux you will be fine.
For patching, I rely on Renovate which updates my services whenever there’s a new stable patch.
@iscarlosmolero that’s very useful. thanks!
@iscarlosmolero what's something you think people miss when self hosting?