Finally started my homelab... on my MacBook!

It was definitely a new experience for me, and I'm glad I finally found something that can keep me interested in actually using a homelab: running a MediaWiki-based wiki.

I used to be a heavy contributor to a wiki called LibreWiki, so I decided to import some of its pages into my own environment and experiment with its structure, extensions, CSS, and other features.

And no, I'm not planning to open my homelab to the public anytime soon. 😅 This is going to stay a personal project for experimenting, breaking things, fixing them, and learning along the way.

#Homelab #MediaWiki #Linux #Ubuntu #SelfHosting #Wiki #OpenSource

Autism levels are at an all-time high. WageNet has a new #PBX system.

#homelab #selfHost #selfHosting #selfHosted #yealink #phone #sip

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A black Yealink office desk phone sits on a wooden desk beneath an ASUS computer monitor. The phone has its handset docked on the left, a numeric keypad and navigation controls, and a small color display showing the time as 02:42. Cables run behind the phone and monitor, with desk organizers and other computer equipment partially visible around it.

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A call detail record statistics page showing an hourly line chart from 2 PM through 1 PM. Nearly all values remain at zero until 1 PM, when Volume rises to 2, Missed to 1, ASR to 0.5, and Minutes and ALOC to roughly 0.3. A table below lists the 1 PM–2 PM period on August 15 with Volume 2, Minutes 0.3, Calls Per Min 0 / 0.02, Missed 1, ASR 50, and ALOC 0.28.

So in my plodding, quixotic attempt to retrofit a trashpicked gaming PC into a second home server¹,² mainly for low-priority #selfhosting duties, I'd to test out a few different distros before installing. For no good reason since I'll probably end up on Debian. I haven't run a recent version of Ubuntu in years, so I flashed 26.04 LTS to USB. It boots, text mode works, I can use a pty shell, but GDM fails to talk to the display, which is hooked up to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU (this AMD mobo & CPU do not have integrated graphics). Same result with the "safe graphics" boot option.

Modprobe indicates that the kernel has nouveau support loaded. What is the easiest way to unstick this, without committing to an install that I probably don't want (or futzing with it enough that I'd wish I had anyway)?

¹ c.f., e.g.,
https://infosec.exchange/@ozdreaming/117080833363899782

² I'm using "server" verrrry loosely. Our main home mail server doesn't even have kernel graphics modules loaded (many non-essentials excluded from config -- total module footprint is under 1MB). But this box will sit under my desk at home, connected to my monitor, and I want the option to run graphics & games, even if I rarely exercise it. My daily driver is an old S76 Lemur with Intel integrated graphics so I don't even bother using it for anything "fun".

I have made a thing. BoardOil is a kanban style board you can self host.

I've been planning personal projects on it for about 6 months, and we even used it to plan our wedding!

I'd struggled to find a solution I could self host that I liked, so thought I would share in case it appeals to anyone else.

There's a live demo linked on GitHub.

https://github.com/dozigden/boardoil

#homelab #SelfHosting

I’m thinking that rsync is not sufficient for important large data backups. Even if I’m rsyncing the data away to the Hetzner Storage Box.
I need something more advanced with deduplication and so on. I tried #borgbackup in the past, and that thing was absolutely not user-friendly. It was rather user-hostile.
Now, #SelfHosted community has #Duplicati and #Duplicacy? Does someone use one? Any recommendations?

#homelab #selfhosting #selfhost #backup #backups #databackup

I really need to migrate my homelab documentation and code snippets from md files in folders to a more structured format.
Trillium looks like a good option.
Thought?

#HomeLab #SelfHosted #SelfHosting https://github.com/TriliumNext/trilium

I received an email from Oracle last night stating that the always-free tier had been downgraded or stuff similar to that. Being sleepy-eyed, I logged in and deleted my instance. All my self-hosted services are gone, and I never implemented a backup system for this VPS.

#vps #selfhosting #loss

In my opinion and experience, this post (and the article it links to) shows the harshest lesson that #localfirst is trying to teach people. If the only copy of your data lives in someone else's cloud, then going bankrupt could cost you everything.

Your data matters. Make sure to protect it using the 321 method: 3 copies of your data on 2 different types of storage with 1 of them being off-site. Anything less, and you could find yourself in this exact situation.

And I don't want that for you. I've been there, and it's a terrible place to be.

#selfhosting #dataprotection

@techwire https://social.gamefan.net/@techwire/117094342019945850

Morgen ist es soweit: OpenCloud auf der FrOSCon 2026!

Am 15. und 16. August sind wir mit einem Vortrag von Tobias Baader und Jannik Stehle vertreten.
Alle Informationen: https://opencloud.eu/de/news/opencloud-auf-der-froscon-2026

Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch mit der Open-Source-Community!

#FrOSCon #OpenSource #OpenCloud #SelfHosting

Thanks to gemgit, we got #wpn's #git repos on our #geminiprotocol capsule and it's wonderful

gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemgit.py/gemini/gemgit.git
gemini://woodpeckersnest.space/cgi-bin/gemgit.py

#selfhosting #selfhosted

Wow i have just seen that my single user gotosocial instance needs 173GB of storage. 25GB is the SQLite. Really i could swear that ist was aroudn 40GB in total before the last update. No wonder my Hetzner Storage box is completely over the limit.
#gotosocial #selfhosting

Hello fellow #gotosocial users - how is your instance doing and how much GBs of storage does it use at the moment? I'm at 2.2GB at the moment 🤔

#fediverse #selfhosting

Amazon's Twitch is now quietly feeding its streamers' content into GenAI/LLM by default 🤮 (Source: https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891)

If you want an alternative where you have total control and ownership of your own streams, @owncast is worth a look:

🌱 https://owncast.online (website)

🌱 @owncast (account)

OwnCast accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc. People who follow you will see in their timelines when you go live, and can click straight through to your stream.

#Twitch #SelfHosting

From the cloud to your own server, it's like cutting out the middleman and taking back control. #selfhosting #freedomfromthecloud

By hosting your own services, you're reducing reliance on tech giants and their surveillance networks. Remember, every little bit helps in the battle for privacy and data sovereignty.

selfhosting freedomfromthecloud privacyfirst

https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_woprsystems&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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By hosting your own services, you're reducing reliance on tech giants and their surveillance networks. Remember, every little bit helps in the battle for privacy and data sovereignty.

When I joined the #SelfHosting community a few years ago I thought it was absolute madness what people were buying for their little home setups.

So anyway, my 128 terabytes of storage finally arrived today.

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Multics is live! A search engine for the IndieWeb (And everything incl. the index is stored on your device)

And for 0.1 our index has 45,000+ IndieWeb pages in it!
https://zevlo.app

and the source code is avadible at:
https://git.zevlo.app/jstreitb

#indieweb #selfhosting #privacyfirst #smallweb #multics #searchengine

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I'm on the lookout for a great webmail interface for my self-hosted email. Currently been using my nextcloud Email app as the UI, but I don't love it.

What do you like for self-hosted webmail?

#selfHosting #webmail #selfhosted #FreeBSD #Linux

New by me: I Built RipFoundry for Linux to Get DVDs Into Jellyfin

https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/i-built-ripfoundry-for-linux-to-get-dvds-into-jellyfin/

#RipFoundry #Jellyfin #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Linux

Hello self-hoster friends, I have a question that seems to be a little divisive.
I am building a new Proxmox server on an old computer and I was wondering if I should install the Proxmox OS on an HDD or an SSD.

Another similar question is, should I put the VMs on an HDD or an SSD? I guess it depends on the type of services and access speed to storage they require, but still, what are your opinions?

#selfhosting #self-hosting #linux #homelab #homeserver #proxmox #vm #lxc #stprage #ssd #hdd

Stepping Up to Self-Hosting

I got into Android at the beginning, with a pre-order of the T-Mobile G1, because I never liked the proprietary-everything ecosystem Apple built with the iPhone. I was geniunely excited about the potential of an open-source mobile OS, even if it was coming from a billionaire-owned tech giant. I rooted my Android phones and flashed custom ROMs to them for years. It was a blast. Then Google and Samsung started closing out that scene, and I lost the excitement that had drawn me in at the beginning. That sense of potential evaporated.

Years later, I found myself drawn back to open-source stuffs when I stumbled into the Fediverse. I love the sense of possiblity that pervades the Fediverse and FOSS projects in general. I've been hopping around for a few years now, trying different instaces running different software, and it's this Fedi project—littleFedi—that made me feel like now is the time for me to try my hand at hosting my own stuff. I know the code isn't ready for me yet, but that's okay because I need time to research self-hosting options. I'm hoping the Fedi can help with some of that.

I'm not a programmer or a techie—perhaps call me an advanced user. From my reading, I feel confident that I could manage a self-hosting from a VPS. Honestly, though, I'd prefer my own hardware at home. The problem is that there are a lot of options, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I thought I'd share what I want from my hardware, at minimum, and see if some helpful Fedizens have suggestions. So here's what I want:

• A Nextcloud instance for file storage. I have hundreds of gigabytes of music, videos, and photos, and I want a place to store all of that in the cloud.
• A chat client. Maybe Nextcloud Talk, but I'm also thinking about a Matrix server. Just haven't read much about self-hosting Matrix yet.
• A Fediverse client. I had been thinking of WordPress with the ActivityPub plugin because I like having the option to write long blog posts as well as short status posts; however, I'm now thinking that I'll run a littleFedi instance once the code is published.
• Email. Because if I'm going to be hosting my own cloud storage, chat, and social media, I might as well take care of my own email as well.

I have limited physical space in my cabin out here in Bumblefuck, so I've been looking at mini PCs. I see that Nextcloud even sells some with Nextcloud preconfigured, but I'm not sure any of those are for me. I prefer Linux, but I'm comfortable with installing Linux on a machine that ships with Windows. (Done that with several of my old laptops.) I'll consider a Mac mini if y'all recommend one, but it's been a decade-plus since I've messed around with macOS.

I won't be making a quick decision here, so as long as this blog is still published without an update, I'm still looking for options and I would still appreciate tips, suggestions, and stories about your own self-hosting adventures.

Be good to yourself, and be good to others 🫶

@homelab@fedigroups.social
#Selfhosting #Homelab #AskFedi

Question for anyone with any kind of experience with this stuff…

I keep looking at older, refurbished servers; mostly on eBay at the moment, although if there's someplace else I should be looking, then I guess I'm asking that as well.

So:
What are some specific brands/models/whatever you would recommend and/or which would you recommend against, and why?

Thanks.

#AskFedi #SelfHosting #SysAdmin #Servers #Random

Here's some info about the microcontroller setup I used to manage my solar-powered web server. Link to code repository included.

https://www.uplode.org/howtos/microcontroller/

#solar #solarpunk #selfhosted #selfhosting #permacomputing #arduino

Update on the #GoToSocial project: it definitely seems to stall out when the disk I/O ramps up on the NAS due to a scheduled backup task. I tried relocating the GTS instance to container on a different machine, and then to a VM on a different machine but both attempts failed; something to to with LetsEncrypt. I suspect maybe I got rate-limited?

Anyway, it’s back under the NAS for now. I did some tweaking of the  timing of the backup jobs so we’ll see what happens tomorrow morning. 🤷‍♂️

#SelfHost #SelfHosted #Selfhosting

Die Reise geht weiter. Gestartet als User auf Mastodon, entdeckte ich das #selfhosting mit Hubzilla, Pleroma, Friendica und jetzt also #neuhier bei Sharkey.
Neben einzelnen Fediverse Anwendungen als Single-User-Instanzen hoste ich auch noch meine eigene Nextcloud und seit neuestem paperless.
Abseits der Technik bin ich gerne in der Natur, liebe Tiere, besonders unsere Hundedame, lese sehr viel und bearbeite meine soziale Phobie und Depressionen.

Backup funktioniert (Erstellung/Rückspielen).

Damit wurde heute übersiedelt und das Thema ist vorerst abgeschlossen.

#mastodon #selfhosting

If North Korea threat actors self their AI LLM, that means we should too...

https://www.genians.co.kr/en/blog/threat_intelligence/kimsuky_ai_llm

#cybersecurity #infosec #AISecurity #selfhosting

I'm considering self-hosting Pocket ID to use as an OIDC identity provider for various other self-hosted services. It's small and simple and easy to understand, but there's a big gap: high availability. If I set up an instance on a machine somewhere, and that machine dies, every service using it as an IdP is temporarily inaccessible until the situation is cured.

How do other self-hosters address this situation? I understand at some point there are single points of failure, but I'd like to avoid this being one.

#SelfHosting #OIDC #Homelab

Help me out Fediverse - What are some great zines with frequent articles on self-hosting?

I'm imagining adding something I can subscribe to receive a print copy by mail, but RSS feeds are also great.

Boosts appreciated for reach (or a link to a thread if I just missed it already.)

#selfhosting #question #zines #fedihelp

Endlich das Backup für meinen Mastodon-Server eingerichtet.

Morgen prüfen ob der Cronjob funktioniert.

Danach Rückspielen und Funktionstüchtigkeit prüfen.

Wenn alles OK, wird endlich übersiedelt.

#Mastodon #selfhosting

Its been some time since I've setup a home server, and even then I only used it to store backups from devices on the LAN.

Never hosted anything that is reachable from the internet (besides SSH). I want to learn how to self-host a few services, starting with a Google Photos replacement; and littleFedi by @stefano .

Thought of using a old laptop, but decided to step up to a ThinkCentre M720q. I've installed FreeBSD as the host OS.

Onward!

#SelfHosting #MiniPC #FreeBSD #RunBSD #littleFedi

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You can create your own alternative to Amazon Goodreads by self-hosting BookWyrm. It federates with other BookWyrm servers so you can share reviews etc, and BookWyrm accounts can also be followed from Mastodon etc. More info at:

🌱 https://joinbookwyrm.com

You can follow the project account at:

🌱 @bookwyrm

BookWyrm is available through YunoHost at https://apps.yunohost.org/app/bookwyrm and a manual installation guide is in the documentation at https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com

#SelfHosting #Books #Fediverse #BookWyrm

Which self-hosted read-it-later application are you using and why?

Linkwarden? Karakeep? Readeck? Something else?

Bonus points for good mobile apps (Android and iOS).
#Pocket #ReadItLater #SelfHosting #HomeLab @homelab@fedigroups.social @homelab@selfhosted.forum

Hey Mastodonian #selfhosting #homelab crowd. Any suggestions for a small inexpensive UPS for my little collection of ewaste servers. Nothing fancy, but I've just had bad experiences with Amazon basics electronics.

The Kami that inhabited my old eBay special have departed in search of a spot less dusty than behind the credenza.

#XMPP Community

XMPP talk at #FOSSY 2026 in about an hour: #UnifiedPush - Push notifications. #Decentralized and Open Source by Daniel Gultsch

https://xmpp.org/2026/07/xmpp-at-fossy-2026/

#jabber #chat #selfhosting #rtc #opensource #federation #messaging #ubc #Vancouver #Canada

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The XMPP Community Banner with the XMPP Logo and a triangle with three encircled colored person icons next to it.

@outofcontrol Also, if you deal with multiple organizations that use #Tailscale , it is a breeze. If your two a more organizations use differing VPN technologies, it can be a PITA.

Example. I use tailscale for my #selfhosting. My church also uses tailscale for their VPN needs. With both of us being on tailscale, I just add an ACL to allow in my personal tailscale account to access my church and I can access either organizations machines at the same time.

Linux ist geblieben.
Was im Mai als Versuch mit CachyOS begann, ist heute mein Alltag: OBS, Stream Deck, Drucker, Scanner, Gaming – fast alles läuft. Dazu eigene Cloud statt Google & Microsoft.

Mein Erfahrungsbericht über Linux, Selbsthosting und Datenhoheit:
https://einfachbernie.de/blog/linux-ist-geblieben/

#Linux #CachyOS #OpenSource #Selfhosting #Datenhoheit #Datenschutz #LinuxDesktop #Nextcloud #OBSStudio #DigitalSovereignty

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Comicartiges Social-Media-Bild: Ein Mann mit verschränkten Armen steht selbstbewusst zwischen zwei Welten. Links sieht man eine dunkle, mit Ketten, Kabeln und Windows-Symbolen dargestellte, geschlossene Computerwelt. Rechts befindet sich eine helle, grüne Linux-Welt mit Tux auf dem Monitor, Server, Pflanzen und Symbolen für Selbsthosting und Offenheit. Groß im Vordergrund steht: „Linux ist geblieben – Meine Reise zu CachyOS, Selbsthosting & Datenhoheit“.

☀️ Hitze, 🛋️ Wochenende, 🥱 Langeweile – was macht man da?

Genau: Sinnfreie Statusseiten mit eigenem Design bauen. 😄

Da sich unser tolles Werkzeug #UptimeKuma ja so *hervorragend* designen lässt (Ja! Das war dezente Kritik. Dennoch: Danke für dieses tolle Stück Software! ;) - musste ich für die Optik mit der API ran.

Für zwei von drei Welten gibt es nun kleine eigene Statusseiten die zwar schon bestanden und auch weiterhin bleiben, aber eben im eigenem Kuma-Design.
Beide greifen auf die API ihres jeweiligen Origins zu:

🌐 #AWsite – mit eigener Subdomain:
https://status.weindl.biz

🌐 #FEROX – bekommt einen Pfad:
https://ferox.cc/status

Einzig #AWiT bleibt vorerst beim Kuma-Standarddesign. AWiT bekommt aber in absehbarer Zeit ein komplettes Redesign, sobald die Vereinsgründung abgeschlossen ist.

Nun aber: Weil ich heute durch einen anderen Post auf den Geschmack gekommen bin, heißt es jetzt #Couchen und #DemolitionMan in OV schauen. 📺

Sanfte Grüße 🌙 und wer Probleme mit seinem Bidet hat -> die 3 Muscheln benutzen!

#SelfHosting #OpenSource #StatusPage #Webdesign #Mastodon #Fediverse #Uptime #Homelab #Linux #Die3Muscheln

I've been heavily poking at littleFedi by @stefano and quite excited about it.

I wrote about it in another Blaugust attempt: Big hopes for littleFedi. Also available on my test account ​@shom@littleone.littlefedi.social's post/blog.

#littleFedi #Blaugust #Fediverse #Selfhosting

Big hopes for littleFedi

The Fediverse is exciting, I've formed genuine connections with interesting people. GoToSocial got me hosting my own presence. And I hope littleFedi is what gets to hosting a community.

Thoughts/context on Fediverse {#thoughts-context-on-fediverse}

The federated universe (Fediverse) is awesome: different applications, networks, sub-cultures all able to interact with each other via a rather lightweight protocol, ActivityPub. It's this very lightweightness is interesting because not all the servers are architected to be lightweight because they are architected to scale. There's a lot of debate about the role of centralization, discoverability, "flagship" instances this post isn't that. BUT, decentralization is a big selling point of ActivityPub and being able to run many small instances on low power hardware democratizes participation. I'm all about that, GoToSocial fits the bill perfectly and I have been very happy hosting it and the team is doing great and thoughtful work.

Why am I excited about littleFedi!? {#why-am-i-excited-about-littlefedi}

Well maybe it's a better idea to talk about what is littleFedi is?! I'll let Stefano talk about that: littleFedi: a Fediverse Server That Doesn't Need a Data Centre. That blog is actually served directly by littlFedi and the post was created as any other regular post AND the blog is statically served AND a regular post can be retroactively turned into a blog post AND it supported threaded comments (since it also remains a regular ActivityPub post). littleFedi has a load of other great features as well and I don't want to take away from that but this is definitely what sets it apart from GoToSocial.

Blogging vs Microblogging {#blogging-vs-microblogging}

Blogging and maintaining a separate social feed is difficult. The ability to do it all in one platform and also convert existing posts into blog posts if they need to be persisted as a "body of work" is great for folks who don't want to mess around with tech and just want to share with their community. Also it's cognitively easier to write a series of posts instead of sitting down to write a blog post and being able to convert it later is great.

What's next? {#what-s-next}

I'm on the test instance and have been doing some testing and providing feedback. Stefano is both very prompt and gracious in receiving feedback and fixing issues. The project will be released as a MIT licensed self-hostable application and I plan on trialing a niche community hub (more on that later) using littleFedi. I wish the project well and will be following it closely and eagerly.

This was originally posted on my blog.

Fediverse #Selfhosting #Blaugust #littleFedi

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If you're into photography, there is a free open Flickr-style photography platform which you can host yourself called Vernissage. It also has Fediverse compatibility so people can follow Vernissage accounts from Mastodon, Pixelfed etc. More info at:

🌱 https://joinvernissage.org

You can follow at:

🌱 @vernissage

For techy people who want to install their own Vernissage manually, docs are at:

🌱 https://docs.joinvernissage.org/documentation/vernissageserver

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Flickr #Alternatives #Photography