Ask HN: Recommendations on managing home server services?
I'm looking to install home servery stuff like shiori, plex, vpn server, syncthing, some homemade concoctions and am trying to decide between Portainer, Dokku, and Ansible.
Initially Portainer seemed to be the right tool for the job but with limited resources how many http and db services do I want to run concurrently on a 8GB RAM low power device? So the dokku concept of plugins appeals but I'd have to translate docker compose setups to a series of dokku steps. Ansible seems to be well supported as well and it can even manage portainer and dokku setups plus it makes the whole thing repeatable.
Also I might not have even mentioned your recommended tooling here. It's currently running ubuntu server and I've attached a 5TB disk for storage via USB.
Love to hear your thoughts!