Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?
I dont really have the money to spend on the things i want epecially mounthly things and ive never had a job before and i still dont becasue im trying to get thru school and such. so is there something else that i can do and stay safe while doing so>
You might find this gem of a video from Jeff Geerling to be helpful/informative:
https://youtu.be/4VkY1vTpCJY
Really the only safe, cheap and sustainable way nowadays is to use docker + gluetun + mullvad VPN (or your preferred VPN.
VPNs are cheap and they’re worth it.
Haven’t used docker myself yet but keep seeing it talked about with servers, am I right in that if you have a working configuration if docker gluetun (with a vpn) you could share some sort of file that would let others setup theirs in the same way semiautomatically?
Yeah that’s correct. It’s called docker compose. Everything is declarative and it can be stood up and torn down with a single command.
When I was setting myself up I referenced this project quite a bit:
https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker
You can pick and choose the parts you want.
A good VPN is five bucks a month. Certainly cheaper than any legal method of acquiring media, except 480i library DVDs.