# Start Here

[![ynhSetup.jpg](https://digitalcarnage.co.uk/wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/rzBEOQ2q5raI5JfY-ynhsetup.jpg)](https://digitalcarnage.co.uk/wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/rzBEOQ2q5raI5JfY-ynhsetup.jpg "Current physical setup")The server software used is the freely available [Yunohost](https://yunohost.org "https://yunohost.org") server software, which uses Debian Linux. Several applications, some public and some private, are hosted on this server. See [this page](https://digitalcarnage.co.uk/wiki/books/digitalcarnage/page/server-applications "Server Applications") for the full list of applications currently installed.

The hardware is a Dell small form factor ([SFF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor_(desktop_and_motherboard) "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor_(desktop_and_motherboard)")) [7020 desktop PC](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-OptiPlex-Desktop-Computer-Windows/dp/B09GPLGG7K "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-OptiPlex-Desktop-Computer-Windows/dp/B09GPLGG7K") with an i7 4770 processor, 16 gigs of RAM and a 2TB hard drive. (An old-fashioned spinner!). There is a nightly mail and data [backup](https://digitalcarnage.co.uk/wiki/books/digitalcarnage/page/backups-and-howto "Backups and howto") and a full backup at the weekend. The backup is a simple cronjob that performs a backup to an external 1 gig solid-state drive. A second 1 gig drive is used as a second backup using [Restic](https://restic.net "https://restic.net").

There are several domains hosted on the server that are registered through [iWantmyname](http://iwantmyname.com "http://iwantmyname.com"). See the full list of domains here in [this](https://digitalcarnage.co.uk/wiki/books/digitalcarnage/page/domains-hosted "Domains Hosted") chapter.

For details about installing yunohost and creating your own self-hosted server, you can just jump straight in [here](https://yunohost.org/en/install "https://yunohost.org/en/install") to get started.

**Digitalcarnage Base System**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-os-kernel-linux-name" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 25%;"></col><col style="width: 25%;"></col><col style="width: 25%;"></col><col style="width: 25%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center">**OS**  
</td><td class="align-center">**Kernel**  
</td><td class="align-center">**Linux Name**  
</td><td class="align-center">**Yunohost Version**  
</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center"> Debian 12.11  
</td><td class="align-center">6.1.0-34-amd64</td><td class="align-center">Bookworm</td><td class="align-center"><span data-v-3805b078="">12.0.17</span> (stable)  
</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Digitalcarnage current server status can be [found here](https://monitors.pikapod.net/status/health "https://monitors.pikapod.net/status/health").

Server status uses the [Uptime Kuma](https://uptime.kuma.pet/ "https://uptime.kuma.pet/") monitoring tool hosted by [PikaPod](https://www.pikapods.com/ "https://www.pikapods.com/"). It’s always best to have your monitoring service not on your own server!

The full setup includes a [Raspberry Pi 4](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/), which is used for "*local*" external access by admins, and selected users only use [WireGuard](https://www.wireguard.com/) as a VPN to allow “local” access to the Yunohost server. [Real VNC Server](https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/vnc/raspberrypi/) is also installed on the pi.

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