Check out Nginx Proxy Manager. it automates the process of setting up a reverse proxy server for you. You will need your own domain name to make it work.

If you don’t want to use Portainer, there is alternative called DockGe. I tried it, and eventually came back to Portainer. But I know a lot of people really like it. It should work with Podman too.

+1 for both Quad9 and AdGuard.

I run AdGuard Home and all of the devices in my home use it for DNS.

In the last 24 hours, 41% of the DNS queries on my network were blocked as a tracker or ad.

When I was a newbie, my first project was also Nextcloud. Honestly, Nextcloud is overkill if all you need is to host a calendar. You can probably find something that meets your needs (like Radicale ) at Awesome Self Hosted.

If you are getting started in self hosting, you should spend a little time learning Docker . It’s a tool for hosting software in individual containers on your local computer. You will find that many self-hosted apps have installations for Docker container versions in their documentation.

For me, once I understood docker, and also Portainer , a web UI for Docker, I got over the learning curve and was able to install most Foss apps I found online. Good luck!

Screenshot of Portainer, showing a list of Docker containers running various Foss apps

It sounds like you are ready to learn about self-hosting your own media and using services like Jellyfin and Navidrome to access your media.