<ul><li>The author decided to set up a self-hosted environment using unused hard drives after working with Docker and Kubernetes.</li><li>The author spent a lot of time configuring the server and found tutorials helpful for getting started.</li><li>Docker was used to easily manage applications and dependencies in portable containers.</li><li>Traefik was used as a reverse proxy to efficiently route network traffic to self-hosted services.</li></ul>

Self-Hosting Journey: Setting Up My First Home Server — Part 1

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