Still learning web dev but noticing I need multiweb functionality ( and email hosting ) for different companies, organizations, churches, and individuals. How would self hosting benefit a beginner web developer like myself? I guess, at what point should I even consider self hosting? Thank you.
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If you’re at this level of knowledge, you need to find a “hosting service” on the Internet. There are tons of them. Most likely you’ll get a little virtual machine on their servers where you can host email and web. Then you buy a domain name and point it to that hosting service.
If you’re doing it for multiple organizations, you need to decide how to structure it. You may have them at subdomains, thisclient.mydomain.com, etc., each pointing to a different folder or mailbox. Or you can get them top level domains and have them point to different servers you are having hosted, or in the end resolve to different folders or mailboxes on one server. This is higher end DNS and web/mail server stuff, not beginning dev.
self hosting is having a server (computer) at your home (or at a paid location) that you are entirely responsible for. Updates, fixes, internet, power, etc. It’s great for a lab, or personal project, but it does not scale well and for most things beyond those listed you’ll want to use hosted or professional services.
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