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@esmstill really want to put together a guide about running a web server formatted like one of those console softmodding guide websites that have popped up in the past decade, those things do a very good job at conveying the process to even non-technical people and i really want to replicate that with something that i feel is growing in importance
@esm@wetdry.worldbiggest hurdle I can think of regarding this would be the port forwarding process, that's kind of a difficult thing to explain to newcomers (especially considering that every router/ISP does it differently) and sometimes it isn't even possible (CGNAT networks, ISPs blocking the needed ports, ISPs preventing port forwarding entirely)
could provide a guide about tunneling but that would just add complexity and somewhat defeat the idea of "you can do it yourself" imo
@esmthere are also quite a few details i'd need to decide on; since the goal is to make the guide easy, safe, and reliable, i'd have to choose things that would fit all 3 criteria
for example: would it use nginx or caddy, how would it explain the terminal (if it even requires the terminal), would it try and make everything run on all platforms or would it just tell the user to put ubuntu on a spare laptop or something
@esm combine the console modding guide with the web server guide by telling users to install nginx on their nintendo wii