I have maintained my web sites, mail servers, family cloud, home media center, backup solution and a few other services for over 20 years.
My configuration is quite stable, and I appreciate maintaining by hand, tight-knitted, the links between all services, so as to make it easier to make the configurations and services slowly evolve over time (migrating from sendmail to postfix, httpd to apache to ngnix, owncloud to nextcloud, cvs to git, etc).
I wouldn't recommend the extra sophistication of containers and orchestration of services for this type of usage, which is very stable and meant to slowly evolve to stay current. Those extras layers are meant to serve fast-evolving environments with frequent updates, continuous delivery, and multiple maintainers. They'd be a burden for my usage.
However, if you plan to use your home server to learn and acquire new skills you want to put on your resume, then it's definitely worth the effort.
I have maintained my web sites, mail servers, family cloud, home media center, backup solution and a few other services for over 20 years.
My configuration is quite stable, and I appreciate maintaining by hand, tight-knitted, the links between all services, so as to make it easier to make the configurations and services slowly evolve over time (migrating from sendmail to postfix, httpd to apache to ngnix, owncloud to nextcloud, cvs to git, etc).
I wouldn't recommend the extra sophistication of containers and orchestration of services for this type of usage, which is very stable and meant to slowly evolve to stay current. Those extras layers are meant to serve fast-evolving environments with frequent updates, continuous delivery, and multiple maintainers. They'd be a burden for my usage.
However, if you plan to use your home server to learn and acquire new skills you want to put on your resume, then it's definitely worth the effort.