Longer version: You have to either setup a pool or a stratum proxy to have your miner talk to your node.
Longest version: If you are running your own pool at that point you are more or less having to make sure everything in running the pool is fine.
At the moment back of the napkin math comes up with these odds of you finding a solo block: 1 in 97,000 per day or about 270 YEARS
If your internet blinked for a moment or you made a configuration misstate you will loose the block.
Just point to one of the solo pools or be prepared for a steep learning curve of BTC and linux and a bunch of other things.
-Dave