Homebrew server fundamentals

The homebrewserver.club is part of a larger 'self-hosting' movement where people try to host on-line services such as websites, mail, calendars and chat themselves. They do so in order to avoid reliance on the corporate services of GAFA(google, amazon, facebook, apple), with all the consequences that has. The homebrewserver.club takes the 'home' in homebrewserver.club literally and the 'self' in self-hosting figuratively.

That means we try to host from our homes rather than from datacenters and for and with our communities rather than just ourselves. We host from home from an understanding that paying for a home internet subscription means you use the connection not only to download but also to upload. We learn about this together knowing that it becomes easier, more fun and empowering than when one does so alone.

During the workshop, we will help participants through the fundamentals of setting up a basic web server and all that entails. We will explore the possibilities of low power hardware (either old or single-board computers), understanding network topologies, re-configuring routers and exposing ports for hosting our own websites outside of the 'cloud'.

Among others, participants will be learning how to: a) access a remote computer via the terminal b) install web server software and set up a simple web page c) configure a router to make their server accessible from the internet

No previous experience is required. If you have any old computer lying at home that you would like to turn into a server, please bring it along! Otherwise, we will have some material available that participants can use during the workshop.

Varia curriculum

This workshop is organised as part of the Varia curriculum.

The curriculum is an ongoing series of workshops in which participants are introduced to technical, theoretical and methodological skills at the basis of the various practices that live within Varia. These are short intensive master-classes or workshops aimed towards providing high level introductions as a basis for further explorations.

Would you like to join this workshop? Please send us a short email on the info[a]varia.zone email address at the 3rd of July the latest!

⌂ Varia, Gouwstraat 3 (Rotterdam Charlois)
⌚ 27 July 10:00h - 16:00h (Lunch between 12:30h and 13:00h)
💶 Workshop price: 50 euros (coffee, tea and cookies included)
💶 Bring any old computer you would like to turn into a server
💶* The workshop will be conducted in English

^* Lack of funds should not preclude participation. Please get in contact with us to discuss the options (info[a]varia.zone).