Hello selfhosters,

I need recommendation for cheap VPS that I will use to host gramps only. Gramps is selfhosted app for building family tree.

I tested gramps in docker container on my home server and its awesome, check it out. My home server is not open to public (accessing it using wireguard only) and I would like to give access to some family members (3-4) for gramps. I thought its best to pay for cheap VPS and run gramps only to avoid any security issues on my home network.

I believe performance and storage requirements fit in any cheapest model, but not sure which VPS is the easiest to setup. I have my own domain from porkbun, but I have never set SSL certs properly before and I have never used VPS. I see this as a great opportunity to learn, but also to make some family members happy <3

I’m eying servercheap.com and it says in description “1 IPv4”, but then it offers “Add’l Ipv4 Addresses” for 9$. I’m bit lost here and I’m not even sure do I need IPv4 address. Maybe I can run duckdns or ddclient to avoid additional cost?

How is your experience with servercheap? Is there anything better for similar price?

Also, any tips for building server like that are appreciated. I was thinking Debian 11 + gramps in docker container since I’m familiar with that setup.

Cheers

  • thericcerEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    So, I’ve done exactly this with gramps. I used a NUC running proxmox at my home.

    I created a very simple https server with turnkey nginx running on the NUC proxmox instance. I host the gramps database exports there via a simple HTML page.

    Tied it to a domain name and sent the link to my family, with instructions to install gramps and import the database.

    EDIT: I used Let’s Encrypt for the SSL keys

    • rambos@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Thx for input. Do you not recommend running gramps as web service for some reason? Reading comments here it seems like desktop app is main way of using it and I wasn’t aware. Docker container is running fine, but looks like its missing some polish

      • thericcerEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        I actually wasn’t aware that it could be run as a web service. I’d say do that.