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!
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.
I am well and truly down the rabbit hole — why shouldn’t I build a raspberry pi cluster and learn k3s? ☠
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).
Was it this one?
Yeah a few people have linked through to it, such a neat idea! Thinking I might give it a go with a Raspberry 🥧
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/
Is likely the one you meant.
Most professional data-centers will claim some sort of eco lable or running on 100% renewable, at least in Europe, but that means little if they still use a lot of electricity and thus displace other consumers to fossil fuel power.
The most sustainable is to host on a low powered device from home. We have a community with a special focus on that here: https://slrpnk.net/c/selfhosting
Ah thanks for linking through to the other community — I’ll definitely check it out, currently I’m mentally preparing to undertake such a thing.
Here is a link to the website: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/
At least this is the only one I know of
This is the one! Such a neat execution, thank you.
