Your Personal Cloud
You can host your own cloud server at home using commodity hardware and open-source software.
Welcome
Anyone can make a home server and take back control of their data. Self-hosting can improve your...
Getting Started
Background info Before getting started, we should know what we're building. Running your own ...
What is the Cloud?
The first "modern" general-purpose computers, ENIAC and Colossus, were created in the early–mid 2...
Autonomy & Freedom
Digital self-determination https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_self-determination Digital s...
Background
As we come to rely more the Cloud, or digital services hosted on someone else's computer, we must...
Understanding The Requirements
When deciding on what hardware you need for your server, you need to know what you're going to us...
Ourselves
Do you already know that your existence—who and how you are—is in and of itself a contribution to...
Power
Wattage quantifies the rate of energy transfer and acts as the indicator for power usage when mea...
Internet
You will need internet access for your home server and the devices connecting to it. Your Interne...
Router
There are open hardware router options – such as Turris Omnia and the OpenWRT One – but they can ...
Computer
What you're planning on doing with your server will dictate the hardware you'll need to fulfill t...
Cables & Accessories
Aside from the primary hardware – such as our computer and a router to connect to the Internet – ...
Domain
You will need a domain name – such as example.com – to directly access your services from outside...
VPN Provider
Your Internet Service Provider has the power to see information about the websites and data servi...
Next Steps
Now that we have a better understanding of the project we're undertaking and the hardware that wi...