Self-hosted home server setup

Claude Code, installed on a Beelink mini PC over SSH, set up Docker, Caddy, and a set of self-hosted services at home.

Resultrc_6VW3M23M

The author runs 14 containers including Vaultwarden, Immich, Plex, and Readeck, with daily USB and weekly S3 Glacier backups costing about twenty cents per month.

ShownBlog · Jan 5 · Last checked Oct 13, 2026

Overview

How it was set up

Ubuntu Server 22.04 on a Beelink Mini N150, Tailscale for private access, SSH in, Claude Code installed on the server itself, services in Docker containers behind Caddy.

Worth knowing

Aimed at terminal-comfortable users. The author first misstated the hardware price, which is $379 plus a few hundred dollars for 8TB of SSD.

A prompt to start from

On this Linux server, set up Docker and a Compose file for [service], put it behind Caddy with automatic TLS, persist its data in [path], keep the image updated, and restart it on boot.

Written by Agentic Feats from the source. Not the author's exact prompt.

Sources 1

Originalfulghum.io/self-hosting

History

Source published: 2026-01-05
Added to Agentic Feats: 2026-10-13
Pick: No
Markdown copy: /c/self-hosted-home-server-setup-claude-code.md

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