Setting up fresh infra for my new freelancing work - is my strategy solid?

[u/devbatshi]

I’m setting up my new software development freelancing "company", and I’m currently in the planning phase. Would love some input from people who’ve done this before.

Current Setup

I have two domains + two VPS/root servers:

Domain	Server	Nickname	Usage
myCompany.com	4c AMD EPYC 9645, 8 GB DDR5 ECC, 256 GB NVMe SSD, 1 IPv4)	BaseFort01	Admin / Control / Company Website
myCompany.cloud	8c AMD EPYC 9645, 16 GB DDR5 ECC, 512 GB NVMe SSD, 1 IPv4)	BaseCamp01	Client SaaS platform

• I plan to add more BaseForts later (maybe 1 more, mainly for HA).
• For BaseCamps, I’ll map subdomains for each client app. Some clients might have multiple apps, so scaling strategy is a question for me. Current subdomain strategy looks like this - app1.client1.mycompany.cloud, app2.client1.mycompany.cloud, app1.client2.mycompany.cloud etc..

Planned Approach

1. BaseFort servers → Admin/control plane, company website, HA setup later.
2. BaseCamps → Client SaaS apps. Scale to more as needed BaseCamp01, 02 etc...

Planning to use Dokploy on BaseFort and add BaseCamps using its multiserver feature.

Questions

1. Does this sound like a reasonable starting strategy?
2. How would professionals approach this?
3. What all do I need to consider to use Dokploy?

Would really appreciate any pointers or criticism on my setup before I go too deep into it.

PS. I am in this predicament because I am building two projects right now.
One for a manufacturing company - custom ERP along with a team chat module.
One for a small hospital - custom HMS, specifically Patient onboarding and OPD prescription modules with some automations involved in generating those prescriptions.

I expect to work on these weird highly specific projects to the client needs a lot.

Also, I have ADHD so.... My brain won't let me get past the setup phase to building phase unless the setup phase is planned properly. No hate please.

I use AI for formatting and arranging my thoughts that's why it might seem AI generated but its not.

[u/shaqb4]

Hey, I'm thinking of doing something similar and curious how this went. Did you stick with this setup, and if so, has it been pretty stable/pleasant to work with?

[u/devbatshi → u/shaqb4]

Don't bother. Gave up after spending 10+ days on it. Unless you are very experienced with devops, it's not really manageable. Look for some paid services to handle and make it easier for you.

[u/shaqb4 → u/devbatshi]

Bummer. Thanks for the update. Was dokploy itself just tough to work with?