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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/EngineerBirb on 2023-07-03 22:01:17+00:00.


Hi everyone,

I’m working on a passion project to make a basic video recording system for my house and I’d like to make it from scratch (as much as I can that is). The goal behind this approach is to learn as much as possible. I don’t have a strict deadline when I need to finish it and I’ll be updating things as I go.

While I have a couple of years in the software development field, but when it comes to setting up infrastructure and hosting I’m a total noob. With this post I’d like to ask the community how I could get started.

What I (think) I need:

  • Security setup
  • Some server to host my backend/frontend.
  • Some kind of database + video storage solution
  • Network setup possibly to be able to view my feeds from anywhere

How would you guys recommend I tackle these things, what are the best practices and potential traps noobies fall into (especially when it comes to security and networking)?

I look forward to your comments and suggestions!