Hi, welcome to my home server guide.

Intro

This guide is an in depth guide on a bare metal installation for a home server. This guide covers hosting a Minecraft server, streaming Jellyfin, backing up with Nextcloud, websites with NGINX, and more!

I've seperated the parts of the guide into sections below:

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  • Prerequisites
  • Configuring the OS
  • Minecraft Server
  • Jellyfin
  • Nextcloud
  • Tailscale
  • Port Forwarding
  • HTTPS Configuration
  • Recommended Tools
  • Comments & Feedback

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    Date created: August 7th, 2026

    Last modified: August 26th, 2026

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