How to Set Up a Self‑Hosted Development Environment on Your Own Infrastructure (Step‑by‑Step Guide)

This guide walks you through setting up a self‑hosted development environment platform on your own Linux infrastructure using ZFS for storage and Velovol to manage, snapshot, and clone developer environments. If you want to learn more about the product or follow along with screenshots, you can visit the official site at https://www.velovol.com . Prerequisites Before you start, make sure you have: One Linux server (physical or virtual) with sudo/root access. A ZFS pool available on that server for storing development disks and snapshots. Network access from your developers to this server (or to a reverse proxy in front of it). Step 1 – Prepare a Linux Host with ZFS Start with a clean Linux machine that will act as your dev environment host. Choose a modern distribution such as Ubuntu, Debian, or CentOS, and ensure it has enough CPU, RAM, and disk space to run multiple development environments at the same time. Install ZFS if it is not already present, and create a ZFS pool dedicated to