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Yes it's possible, you can stuff as much as you want on a VPS as long as the resources can handle it.
I know this setup script for OpenVPN: https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install
There are probably also scripts around for setting up a blog (e.g. blog using WordPress).
The only problem with this, especially if you don't know what you're doing, is if you install some crappy software that isn't secure or just misconfigured, then all your data for everything else has a good chance of being compromised too.
Of course, it depends how important / secret your data is. If you have a good regular backup strategy and it wouldn't matter if all your sites are offline for a few days if you needed to re-install, then go for it.
Run each app in its own container => Docker, LXD, Podman.
That way if some app breaks, you can always deploy a new one without breaking the entire system. Also managing updates are easier.
Cloudron.io would be a good option.
If you're not willing to pay 30$ for more than 2 apps, you can easily use:
-Portainer (CE Edition): https://www.portainer.io/
-Caprover: https://caprover.com/
Agreed.
Thats a pro production stuff.
@fawai
Better to list exact software packages you are willing to install so members can share their experiences and guide you further.
I have everything installed such as Mastodon, Gitea, Drone CI, NGINX, PHP, MySQL, Postgres... on one vps.
You can use docker to reduce complexity, but it's said that using systemd to manage the services can give you better performance.
Do you have a Windows PC for email?
One for Office?
One for Internet?
So the answer is yet ..
I try to have wireguard, filerun, and wordpress. Maybe some static sites.
Is it better using docker or something similar than not? Should I use different domain or not?
You should have different (sub)domains for different sites, but you can use nginx to serve all your web pages ranging from static sites to php sites.
I don't think you should use docker to deploy such services. Just install it from system package manager (e.g. apt or pacman or yum) and manage them with systemd.
You can use vps as they are provided by provider.
For wireguard default port is 51820.
This means wireguard can run while a webserver is running on port 80 (default port for web server).
Other web applications that are listed can be run by using subdomain for each application and by configuring routed path on the same domain. For these configure your webserver accordingly.
Applications you listed can be installed by system package manager for your linux distribution.
These applications are available as downloadable packages as well and can be installed manually.
For wireguard: bare IP is fine
For your websites: use different domains unless you are aware of how to configure url path.
How about running mail server? Some say it's a bother. Is it true?
Yes, some providers does NOT allow 25 port which is used by SMTP. You have to submit tickets to ask them to allow 25 port. Also, some provider does NOT give you access to set rDNS, which means your mail will be blocked or go to rubbish bin because your IP does not have a PTR record and your mail is treated as unauthorized.
Even if the provider allows, there are still more troubles. e.g. I bought a vps from racknerd and I found its IP is on some blacklists. I have to go to these sites and ask for delisting. It's really a bother.
Yes. If you just want to send mail, there's a lot to set up to get DKIM working etc (or else most of the bigger email providers will reject all your mail), and you'll probably spend a long time fiddling with it to get it working. Even then, remote hosts might still reject your mail because of your IP range and previous use.
If you want to receive email, setting up something like dovecot is relatively straightforward, but you'll probably want to add spamassassin into the mix (unless you really like spam), so you'll have quite a lot of extra configuration to do in exim before it works, and you'll probably find every tutorial on the internet is wrong in some way that's different to all the others.
Of course, if you enjoy learning, it's worth doing.