What OS to use for VPS Selfhost Server? (Nextcloud...)

NathanUp, 11 months ago

I use Yunohost, so you start with a Debian install and run their script. YNH makes self hosting very convenient.

leo, 11 months ago

If you can do everything with Docker/Docker Compose, you free yourself from worrying about the underlying system. Docker becomes what you need to learn, and the worst part of a Linux setup is just getting Docker installed and updated.

Ubuntu would be my Linux pick, though. Long support, paid support if necessary, and a very large community.

darkknight, 11 months ago

Specific to your proxy issue, I'd highly recommend nginx proxy manager, it's a gui for nginx and helped me with a lot of issues getting other proxies to work initially. I still use it a couple years in simply for the ease of use

KelsonV, 11 months ago

I like Alpine Linux for my VPS servers, but that's because it's very lightweight, not because of ease of use.

For user friendliness I've heard really good things about Yunohost, which runs on Debian and lets you manage a lot of different software, Nextcloud included

SirMaple_, 11 months ago

I go the Debian route as I find it much less bloated than Ubuntu, which I started out with when I moved to Linux. When I say bloated I mean extra packages I feel are not needed, not annoying or junk packages like that. Ubuntu is pretty good about reviewing packages before including them in the base install. I like installing just the packages required.

I run my Nextcloud instance in a Docker container on my file server.

cereal7802, 11 months ago

Another distro doesn't magically fix difficulty for a custom setup. You can checkout other distros and see if maybe you like how they are laid out and how their package managers work, but the general config portion of deploying your apps is going to be the same regardless. Something to consider is how are you getting help for your setup? Is it some content creator you follow who generally does their videos/guides on ubuntu so that is how you figured everything out? Do you have friends or family who use it? If your source of knowledge and help is familiar with ubuntu, it is best to stick with it so you continue to have that resource. I can fumble around most distros, but if you want specific help, you are much better off asking me about specific issues inside an RPM based distro. I imagine others are similar in that they have generally applicable knowledge and a huge amount of specific distro knowledge since that is generally what they use.