# Self-Hosting Security Guide for your HomeLab

DevFeed: [Self-Hosting Security Guide for your HomeLab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/self-hosting-security-guide-for-your-homelab-10663.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/self-hosting-security/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2022-01-29T13:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [firewalls](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firewalls.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [firewalls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firewalls.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hosting.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [self-hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosting.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to securing self-hosted services in a homelab, covering security from the hardware and operating system foundations through networking, containers, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, reverse proxies, authentication, authorization, and external providers such as Cloudflare.

## Source excerpt

When most people think about self-hosting services in their HomeLab, they often think of the last mile. By last mile I mean the very last hop before a user accesses your services. This last hop, whether that's using certificates or a reverse proxy, is incredibly important, but it's also important to know that security starts at the foundation of your HomeLab.Today, we'll work our way up from ha...