jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
These are the voyag... uh, things I post about.
Admin email
jrollans@gmail.com
Admin account
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Search results for tag #selfhosting

[?]Simone » 🌐
@roughnecks@social.woodpeckersnest.space

Just finished writing up this little wiki about services we offer, both public, by invitation and by registration. I think it's quite informative and looks pretty decent too :wpn:

https://cloud.woodpeckersnest.space/wiki/publish/wpnwiki

#wpn #wiki #selfhosted #selfhosting #services

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    [?]BlablaLinux » 🌐
    @blablalinux@mastodon.blablalinux.be

    🐘 Mon instance Mastodon vient de passer en 4.7.0 !

    Grosse mise à niveau côté interne (sécurité, nouveaux protocoles ActivityPub, préparation à la 5.0), presque invisible côté utilisateurs — mais ça méritait un petit guide.

    📝 J'en ai profité pour documenter toute la procédure Docker Compose (backup, migrations, bascule) sur mon wiki, pour celles et ceux qui gèrent leur propre instance :
    👉 wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/mise-a-

      [?]Yehor :dartlang: 🇺🇦 » 🌐
      @yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social

      What do community think about @ente? Did anyone try to it? Do shared albums appear in the timeline?

      It is a very interesting project, I need to say.

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        [?]Yehor :dartlang: 🇺🇦 » 🌐
        @yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social

        Even more crazy than I’m doing it from the mountain village through my instance, which is hosted on an old mini PC 200km away.

          [?]Jan-Lukas Else » 🌐
          @en@janlukas.blog

          I knew of the existence of paperless-ngx for a long time. A new YouTube video now finally gave me the push to set up an instance on my VPS. It’s configured to use Bunny.net storage using S3 and rclone for the media files, and a restic backup is configured to regularly back up the bucket to Scaleway. Now I just need to upload all the documents and start to scan all those papers. 🖨️

            [?]Wulfy—Speaker to the machines » 🌐
            @n_dimension@infosec.exchange

            Uh...I have a VPS in Helsinki?

            OK...

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              [?]Fox Ritch :fjoxicon:🇩🇪 » 🌐
              @fox@social.hostnetwork.xyz

              my activity pub stuff was down cause my postgresql database ran out of storage space, i hope this shit doesnt use up 3gb in 2 days

                [?]al » 🌐
                @alan@lighthouse.co.im

                The Sovereign Auditor articles page just got dragged into the 21st century: searchable tags, instant title/excerpt filtering, no more scrolling past 50 headlines to find the one you half-remember.
                No third-party search widget, no analytics call, no dependency added, just vanilla JS reading the page you're already looking at. Consistent with the rest of this operation: if it can run client-side with nothing phoning home, it does.
                haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/

                  [?]/home/rqm » 🌐
                  @rqm@exquisite.social

                  Rocking out to my bandcamp purchases stored on my home desktop from 1600kms away because

                  Screenshot of Tempus app playing music

                  Alt...Screenshot of Tempus app playing music

                    [?]NodeZ3r0 » 🌐
                    @nodez3r0@mstdn.wopr.systems

                    Who needs Amazon when you can run your own server?

                    Cloud services may seem cheap, but the hidden costs of data extraction and surveillance outweigh the savings. Embrace self-hosting for a more secure and independent digital future.

                    wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=mem

                    Cloud services may seem cheap, but the hidden costs of data extraction and surveillance outweigh the savings. Embrace self-hosting for a more secure and independent digital future.

                    Alt...Cloud services may seem cheap, but the hidden costs of data extraction and surveillance outweigh the savings. Embrace self-hosting for a more secure and independent digital future.

                      [?]Elena Rossini 🌈 » 🌐
                      @_elena@mastodon.social

                      About to create my first cron job. Wish me luck! 😅

                        [?]bnjbvr's blog ✍️ » 🌐
                        @bnjbvr_blog@tutut.delire.party

                        Notes hebdomadaires 82 : des artistes avec des doctorats, ni Dieu ni Maître, Bonding, la romanticisation de la solitude, Sheepherds, et nos capacités d’attention qui semblent rétrécir.

                        bouvier.cc/notes/notes-hebdoma

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                          [?]Nino Treyssat-Vincent » 🌐
                          @ninotrey@phpc.social

                          My fellow homelabbers and homehosters, do you have a scheduled time where your home server(s) is turned off?

                          For example I do have mine to shutdown during the night and switch on back at the morning.

                          Yes, complete shut-off:0
                          Partially, only some services:0
                          No:0

                          Closes in 15:15:09

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                            [?]Nino Treyssat-Vincent » 🌐
                            @ninotrey@phpc.social

                            My fellow homelabbers and homehosters, do you have a scheduled time where your home server(s) is turned off?

                            For example I do have mine to shutdown during the night and switch on back at the morning.

                            Yes, complete shut-off:0
                            Partially, only some services:0
                            No:0

                            Closes in 15:14:58

                              [?]Wulfy—Speaker to the machines » 🌐
                              @n_dimension@infosec.exchange

                              4 Cores baby!
                              Had to bump up my VPS on the account of the making it ooze bodily fluids.

                              Now we can party like its 2006!
                              4 CORES! WOOOO!

                                [?]woprsystems » 🌐
                                @woprsystems@mstdn.wopr.systems

                                You can run your own server, but first you'll need to build a nuclear bunker for it.

                                Decentralize with self-hosted services! Take back control from corporate clouds and their surveillance.

                                selfhosting cloudfree bunkerbuild

                                wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=mem

                                Decentralize with self-hosted services! Take back control from corporate clouds and their surveillance. #selfhosting #digitalfreedom

                                Alt...Decentralize with self-hosted services! Take back control from corporate clouds and their surveillance. #selfhosting #digitalfreedom

                                  [?]neon_circuit_ » 🌐
                                  @neon_circuit_@infosec.exchange

                                  How I evaluate software/services in 2026:

                                  • Big Tech involvement
                                  • AI integration
                                  • Surveillance/telemetry
                                  • Jurisdiction? (including 14 Eyes alliance)
                                  • Data transportability (can I export, migrate, integrate?)
                                  • Funding model (who pays, what are their incentives?)
                                  • Self-hostable
                                  • Openness (source, protocols, governance)
                                  • Community health (maintainer diversity, bus factor)
                                  • Social policy alignment? (LGBTQIA+, political positions)
                                  • License? (GPL preferred, OSI-approved accepted)

                                  Software freedom is inherently political. I will not separate the tool from the hands that build it, the money that funds it, or the laws that govern it.

                                  Some failures are disqualifying. Others are negotiable based on context. The framework is politically coherent, not a compromise.

                                  Is there anything else you consider before committing to software or services?

                                    [?]Courtney Rosenthal [she/her] » 🌐
                                    @courtney@pdx.social

                                    New Blog Post: Bespoke router versus disaster recovery

                                    My DIY router failed twice in one year. I need a disaster recovery plan.

                                    crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/

                                      [?]🏳️‍🌈🎃🇧🇷Luana🇧🇷🎃🏳️‍🌈 [she/her] » 🌐
                                      @luana@wetdry.world

                                      So now Home Assistant requires you to open its web UI via http in order to... change the web UI http settings. What the fuck could go wrong right? This has to be the dumbest change I've ever seen done in a software.

                                      If the default settings don't work for you how are you supposed to do the first configuration of your instance?

                                      community.home-assistant.io/t/

                                        [?]Yavo » 🌐
                                        @cleantext@fosstodon.org

                                        Hi, guys, please recommend me a free DNS hosting service that:

                                        * is reliable
                                        * has a free tier
                                        * EU or Europe-based organization, or has nodes on the continent
                                        * good for super-low-traffic, mission-critical websites
                                        * DNSSEC support is obligatory
                                        * is not CloudFlare

                                        Thanks!

                                          [?]Valère » 🌐
                                          @valere@hostux.social

                                          Nouveau thème disponible sur FreshRSS : Cyberpunk 2077.

                                          Disponible sur : rss.hostux.net

                                          Capture d’écran de FreshRSS utilisant un thème sombre inspiré de Cyberpunk 2077. L’interface mêle fond noir, lignes et accents bleu cyan, éléments jaune vif et typographie contrastée. À gauche se trouvent les catégories de flux RSS ; au centre, une liste compacte d’articles avec leur source, leur titre, l’heure et le temps de lecture. La barre supérieure regroupe la recherche et les principales actions.

                                          Alt...Capture d’écran de FreshRSS utilisant un thème sombre inspiré de Cyberpunk 2077. L’interface mêle fond noir, lignes et accents bleu cyan, éléments jaune vif et typographie contrastée. À gauche se trouvent les catégories de flux RSS ; au centre, une liste compacte d’articles avec leur source, leur titre, l’heure et le temps de lecture. La barre supérieure regroupe la recherche et les principales actions.

                                            [?]Alex Kretzschmar » 🌐
                                            @ironicbadger@techhub.social

                                            I think it's getting to the point I should be seriously considering a real, proper, big boy rack. (Writing this up makes me think a Homelab tour video is in order).

                                            Top row - Unifi UCG Fiber Gateway with WAF110 + Anker USB-C power station
                                            Row 2 - PDU
                                            Row 3 - 3x m90q in proxmox cluster with 64gb RAM each (from the before times) plus 3x 1tb nvme ceph cluster each node has a sfp+ NIC, PiKVM with 4 port switcher (love this thing)
                                            Row 4 - Unifi 10 gig agg
                                            Row 5 - Patch
                                            Row 6 - USW 48 Pro Max (screamin' FB marketplace deal, such an awesome switch)
                                            Row 7 - Unifi NVR
                                            Row 8 - Zimaboard (running DNS, my network VIP, a few other core services split in HA with a Pi5 upstairs), Framework desktop as my primary dev workstation all via SSH.

                                            Out of shot, my NAS which I document here - perfectmediaserver.com/01-over

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                                              [?]Achim :antifa: » 🌐
                                              @achim@mastodon.weindl.biz

                                              Neuer Blogbeitrag: Grocy hinter Keycloak und oauth2-proxy - Eine kompakte SSO-Integration

                                              Meine Grocy-Instanz soll für Family & Friends erreichbar sein, aber keinen zusätzlichen Passwortfriedhof erzeugen. Deshalb läuft die Anmeldung über Keycloak; oauth2-proxy und Nginx übernehmen den Rest.

                                              Ausgewählte öffentliche direkte Antworten können gekürzt und datensparsam im Blog erscheinen.

                                              blog.weindl.biz/de/2026/08/16/

                                              Anmeldeseite der Grocy-Instanz über ein angepasstes Keycloak-Theme mit eigenem Grocy-Logo. Der Zugriff auf die selbstgehostete Grocy-Installation erfolgt über die Keycloak-Authentifizierung.

                                              Alt...Anmeldeseite der Grocy-Instanz über ein angepasstes Keycloak-Theme mit eigenem Grocy-Logo. Der Zugriff auf die selbstgehostete Grocy-Installation erfolgt über die Keycloak-Authentifizierung.

                                                [?]Tero Keski-Valkama » 🌐
                                                @tero@rukii.net

                                                Hmm, my PoE injector started failing after the 4.8 magnitude earthquake here in . Weird. It showed all the LEDs as status ok, but the PoE switch powered by it kept rebooting all the time after 5 seconds of operation or so. Tested with another PoE switch as well — the same symptoms.

                                                I guess I need to buy a new PoE injector.

                                                  [?]Achim :antifa: » 🌐
                                                  @achim@mastodon.weindl.biz

                                                  @dansup

                                                  Thanks — that is good news, especially for Loops.

                                                  Unless I am missing something, though, Pixelfed's OIDC support is not yet operator-friendly: I could not find a documented, supported .env configuration for issuer URL, client ID, client secret, scopes and redirect URI.

                                                  So far I have had to modify configuration inside the container, which makes upgrades and reproducible Docker deployments unnecessarily painful.

                                                  A first-class .env interface — ideally documented and usable through Docker Compose secrets — would make Pixelfed's OIDC support actually practical for self-hosted instances. Is that planned as well?

                                                    [?]Achim :antifa: » 🌐
                                                    @achim@mastodon.weindl.biz

                                                    @dansup

                                                    Full agree: the Fediverse needs to become easier and more familiar to use.

                                                    But that should mean open, self-hostable standards too. I would really like to see / Connect as a built-in option — like supports, or can gain through plugins — alongside Sign in with Apple, Google, etc.

                                                    For Pixelfed, an easy .env-based configuration for a generic OIDC provider would be ideal: issuer URL, client ID, client secret, scopes, redirect URI — done. That would let instance admins use , , , their university/work SSO, or any other compatible provider.

                                                    Does have plans for generic OIDC login? And is this planned for as well?

                                                    Making sign-up familiar matters. Making it interoperable and self-hostable matters just as much.

                                                      [?]Steven "thx" Kim » 🌐
                                                      @thanksstevenkim@social.vivaldi.net

                                                      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.

                                                        [?]jordan [he/him] » 🌐
                                                        @wagesj45@mastodon.jordanwages.com

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

                                                        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.

                                                        Alt...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.

                                                        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.

                                                        Alt...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.

                                                          [?]Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan: » 🌐
                                                          @ozdreaming@infosec.exchange

                                                          So in my plodding, quixotic attempt to retrofit a trashpicked gaming PC into a second home server¹,² mainly for low-priority 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.,
                                                          infosec.exchange/@ozdreaming/1

                                                          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".

                                                            [?]Doz » 🌐
                                                            @dozigden@mstdn.social

                                                            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.

                                                            github.com/dozigden/boardoil

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                                                              [?]Yehor :dartlang: 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                                              @yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social

                                                              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 in the past, and that thing was absolutely not user-friendly. It was rather user-hostile.
                                                              Now, community has and ? Does someone use one? Any recommendations?

                                                                [?]Miroslav Stankic » 🌐
                                                                @pax0707@mastodon.social

                                                                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?

                                                                github.com/TriliumNext/trilium

                                                                  [?]OSAIGBOVO » 🌐
                                                                  @sgbv@infosec.exchange

                                                                  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.

                                                                    [?]Michael Pedersen » 🌐
                                                                    @pedersen@c.im

                                                                    In my opinion and experience, this post (and the article it links to) shows the harshest lesson that 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.

                                                                    @techwire social.gamefan.net/@techwire/1

                                                                      [?]OpenCloud » 🌐
                                                                      @OpenCloud@social.opencloud.eu

                                                                      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: opencloud.eu/de/news/opencloud

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

                                                                        [?]Simone » 🌐
                                                                        @roughnecks@social.woodpeckersnest.space

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

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

                                                                        #selfhosting #selfhosted