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Hey everyone, I'm looking to get into self-hosting as a bit of a hobby, host some websites and learn a bit more about sys-admin stuff.

I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations on or experiences with green/sustainable hosting services?

It's a bit far-fetched but I remember a website I found a while back that was fully hosted using solar energy (yes it went down at times).

Thanks for any help!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't really tinkered with anything similar to be honest, but it should be doable. Figure out your software stack, find the lowest power consuming platform you can afford with enough performance to meet your needs, then power it with whatever green energy you can get. There are many commercial solutions for solar+battery combination.

My approach would be a raspberry pi, a power bank and a usb solar panel, I'm curious what kind of experience it would provide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am well and truly down the rabbit hole — why shouldn't I build a raspberry pi cluster and learn k3s? ☠