How I self-host with Ansible - Multi-server Container Deployments Orchestrated with Nomad

In this video we explore how I host my apps using Ansible to setup multi-server container deployments orchestrated with Nomad.

Original blog post with all images and links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-12_how-i-self-host

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - How I host my apps
03:15 - Why I use Ansible
05:50 - How I use Ansible 
07:35 - Analytics Server
10:35 - Database Server
13:30 - App Servers
16:40 - Why self-host vs cloud?

Links:

- Postgres Over Everything - Why You Should Probably Just use Postgres for your next Web App - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAHLmdrdpE0
- Hosting my Docker Container on a VPS with Coolify as a PaaS with GitHub Autodeploys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRQT7Plndk
- Why I'm Ditching Coolify for Ansible for Deploying my Web Apps - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky9xL8o_7mk

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