My current setup is to rent a cheap $5/month VPS running nginx. I then reverse ssh from my home to the vps, with each app on a different port. It works great until my electric goes out and comes back on the apps become unavailable. I haven't gotten the restart script to work 100% of the time.
But, I'd love to hear thoughts on security of reverse SSH from those that know.
Nginx handles proxying and TLSing all HTTP traffic. It also enforces access rules: my services can only be reached from my home subnet or VPN subnet. Everywhere else gets a 403.
Because since my new provider only provides cg-nat, I've been using a cheap server, but actually having the server at home would be nice.
Right now my "servers" are Dell micro i5s. I've have used RPI 3 and 4 in the past. My initial foray into self-hosting were actual servers. Too hot, too noisy and too expensive to run continuously for my needs, but I did learn a lot. I still do even with the micros and pis.