If you’re confident to expose a machine on a VPS and you can manage the implications then you can manage a machine in a DMZ of your NAT/Firewall home router.
If the server it’s a bare metal UNIX than you’re ok (i.e. *BSD || *Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4/5) , the basic install it’s better than Fort Knox
If you’re confident to expose a machine on a VPS and you can manage the implications then you can manage a machine in a DMZ of your NAT/Firewall home router.
If the server it’s a bare metal UNIX than you’re ok (i.e. *BSD || *Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4/5) , the basic install it’s better than Fort Knox