Setting up a self-hosted Server with Miniflux, start to finish

As I explained in [[Ditch Subscription Apps and Self Host]], I suggested that self-hosting is a great alternative to the rise of subscription-based apps. The biggest barrier to self hosting is the setup; however, once it is done, the opportunities are limitless. Here I will explain how I setup my server, connected it to a domain, configured nginx, and installed my first service (miniflux). I hope this gives you a starting point for your self-hosted journey.

How I set up my server

What will this server be used for? In order to determine the appropriate host and domain for my server, I needed to clearly define what I would use the server for. I knew, at minimum, I wanted to: Host a small blog Host an RSS reader (as many hosted RSS readers are rather pricey) But I also was thinking of hosting additional services in the future, such as: activitypub server / client a media server personal web projects To keep things simple and to avoid my common trend of “aiming too big” with projects, to the point where I never finish them, I decided to focus primarily on the blog and RSS reader projects as a driving force for the server.

A Complete Guide to Setting up Quartz

A Complete Guide to Setting up Quartz This is a guide on how I configured Quartz and Github Actions to automatically publish notes without ever leaving my note-taking software. This guide assumes a few things: You already have a server you will host Quartz on You are using nginx as a web server You are using Github to host the source code. You are using Obsidian to take notes This guide can probably be adapted to work with web servers other than ngnix and note taking apps other than Obsidian.