learn how to self-host plunk with sst on hetzner cloud, all with a custom domain, https, and more.

Hasan Harman

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Learn how to use SST to self-host Plunk on a $5 VPS from Hetzner Cloud with a custom domain and HTTPS. The guide includes setting up AWS, Hetzner, and Cloudflare, installing necessary tools and services, and deploying the application. Secure your setup and manage your server efficiently.

self-hosting with sst on a $5 vps.

yo this is pretty cool.
Though I am having some questions
What is the use of sst in this?
Couldn’t this be done directly as well?
I am also not sure what the aws part is about. I think it uses aws to send emails and thus sst.
There is still a LOT of friction. I am going to look into it further , maybe create some sort of script which just requires the necessary env token etc. &amp; then just self hosts plunk on aws.

im confused, what do you mean by self host ? youre literally using a vps ? its like amz ec2, and what role does sst have in this ?
i mean, i dont know, thats why im asking

I’ve been using SST to manage my Hetzner VPS for a while now, and it’s been a game-changer for automating and securing my setup - definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to self-host on a budget 🤩.

SST is infrastructure as code. Check it out, <a href="https://sst.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">SST</a>. Can be used for infra but a lot more with other pulumi providers.