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Maybe I missed it, but this just looks like a giant list of open source tools. Docker, Containers, virtualization, password management, etc.

Not knocking OP, but a "guide for getting started" seems like it would be a howto for self hosting. This seems like a giant list of tools.

I only note this as I work at a place that self-hosts everything as we already have an on-prem data center. For example, we use openstack for our users to spin up VMs. If I did a guide to self hosting, I would talk briefly about the design choices that led me to openstack, and then about how to prepare for and install openstack. It seems like this guide is more like "you can use openstack for cloud". Needs more "guide".



According to the Diataxis model of documentation [0], the linked project is a "reference", not a "guide".

It's a reference because it's information-oriented, and serves users who want to look up something based on category or keyword.

A "guide for getting started" would be a tutorial, serving the needs of the user who is at study. It should provide a successful learning experience.

The project would also benefit from how-to guides, to serve the needs of the user who have a certain task in mind that they want to accomplish.

[0] https://diataxis.fr/




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