I am trying to capture costs for starting into homelab/selfhosting.

VPNs, search engines, absolutely everything and anything.

  • the@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    Just domain for $11 a year.

    The home server is running on old laptop so I guess slight electricity too. ISP doesn’t really count since I work from home and need to pay for that anyway.

    I have lifetime Windscribe VPN and Koofr 1TB, which are not subscriptions.

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Wonky Coffee

      Never heard of them, checked it out. That’s a noble cause. I think we Americans especially, waste so much food it’s downright embarrassing. Yet we make laws that say it is prohibited to feed the homeless. That’s unconscionable imho. I strongly feel, we as a society, have a moral obligation to our fellow man to help when help is needed, no matter who they are or how they came to be in need.

  • captcha_incorrect@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Aside from domain costs, I don’t pay for any extra services in regards to my homelab. I pay for email as well because I don’t want to manage that.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    VPNs, search engines, absolutely everything and anything.

    • Wireshark Wireguard (VPN): free
    • SearxNG (Search Engine): free
    • Equipment: widely varies

    The whole idea of selfhosting is to cut out corporate subscriptions and to retain your privacy, security, anonymity, and data.

    • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      If the VPN is for phoning home, of course there’s free client and server software.

      But if it’s for spoofing a different location, you either get found out, or you have to pay.

      I wanna live in a world where I do not pay for anything but there is stuff that you can only really get if you pay.

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        But if it’s for spoofing

        Yeah. I just thu that in there thinking that in as an example. Of course, you’re right, you’d get clinked.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I am very concerned about selfhosting and exposing my network to the internet. I thought people had VPS etc.

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        A VPS is a Virtual Private Server, such as one would rent from a provider like digitalocean.com com or similar. Most of the crew here run their homelab off of equipment located in their residence. If a VPS is the path you’d like to take, then that would be a subscription. If you have equipment in your physical possession, that is yet another path. Either way, security is of utmost importance.

          • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            Tailscale is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which is different than a VPS (Virtual Private Server).

            ETA: Oops. I see your question has been answered multiple times. It seems you are a beginner at selfhosting and trying to get a grip on what’s necessary to start and trying to wrap your brain around all the acronyms. There is absolutely no shame in being a beginner. Everyone in this community was a beginner at some point in their life. So, don’t be bashful about asking questions. I’ve found the folks here to be patient and helpful.

      • tjoa@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Selfhosting on a VPS can have its use cases (piracy). If you are worried about exposing it to the internet just don’t and ise company profiles on your devices to automatically connect your network using VPN

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Domain for $8 a year and 300Mbps fiber for $45 a month which snake ass AT&T keeps increasing in 5 dollar increments, so thank you for reminding me to call Spectrum for a quote so I can then call AT&T and harass them into giving me the correct price for another year.

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      call Spectrum for a quote so I can then call AT&T and harass them into giving me the correct price for another year.

      It’s a shitty business model. Over the years I’ve found that in order to get the most out of Spectrum it is necessary to be a royal asshole and live in their phones. Here in this locale, Spectrum contracted with the local schools to be their ISP, so Spectrum became a utility just like water, power, etc. We even have a complaint form on our official county’s website to facilitate being a royal asshole when necessary.

  • prenatal_confusion@feddit.orgEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Domain and vps about 20 per year.

    Spotify not because I am missing a navidrome server. But because I sometimes need the huge catalogue of it to browse.

    Edit: 70 for protonvpn. Need those Linux isos.

      • prenatal_confusion@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        It’s a vps from ionos and the 1€ per month was actually the 1gb ram version. I have since upgraded to a 3€ with 4gb I think so not entirely accurate. Domain is afaik 1 per month.