I have this issue too. When I tried to set up self-hosting, I assumed that there are steps that requires me to expose it to the internet. Turn out that it already exposed and didn't (or barely) provided the information of how to close it off securely and keep it private network only. When I tried to find information about it, there was always guides that are not consistent with it. Some will say I have to go in php.ini to do this, then go to SQlite to do that, then go to other files do there, then adding 20 steps to keep it secured. I'm just wondering why there are not any centralized options to do this. I just want a option that I can tick in the software and left it off as that.
I understand those documentations are not for laypeople for me. However it is annoying when people out there kept pushing the self-hosting for beginners narrative without providing the necessary tools for laypeople to keep themselves secured and reliable.
>I understand those documentations are not for laypeople for me. However it is annoying when people out there kept pushing the self-hosting for beginners narrative without providing the necessary tools for laypeople to keep themselves secured and reliable.
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem.
A few clicks, a configuration form and integrated tools to set up external dependencies (i.e., LetsEncrypt certs), et voila! You're running a self-hosted application.
AFAICT, this is more about developers not creating the packaging/configuration/management tools necessary for effective use by non-technical users.
Sure, I can write a sql query to modify the schema of an applications' database, but my highly educated and intelligent physician brother would just throw up his hands in disgust.
Make self hosting easy and people will use it. And Docker-compose isn't "easy" for a lay person.
I understand those documentations are not for laypeople for me. However it is annoying when people out there kept pushing the self-hosting for beginners narrative without providing the necessary tools for laypeople to keep themselves secured and reliable.