Create your own Certificate Authority using bare OpenSSL - is the outcome of this week's tinkering. I wrote the basic things down as a step-by-step guide so we can all have nice things 😃

It intentionally omits more advanced stuff like intermittent certificates, typically found in a more mature setup. The goal is to get your hands dirty, not run the next Let's Encrypt. That'll be the next blog post ... 😉

https://feldspaten.org/2026/03/07/Create-OpenSSL-CA/

#selfhosting #homelabbing #crypography #realCryptography #hashtag

Hurray 🥳 #matrixrtc ist eingerichtet und Video- und Tonqualität ist spitze 🤩
#matrix #element #selfhosting

Wir planen Online Workshops zu verschiedenen Themen rund um Privatsphäre und Digitaler Selbstbestimmung anzubieten. Welche Variante wäre für euch am besten?

#linux #selfhosting #android

Neues Projekt für diese Wochenende: MatrixRTC einrichten damit meine Familie und Freunde verschlüsselte und unabhängige Videotelefonie betreiben können 🔐 💪 📹
#Matrix #DigitalIndependence #selfhosting

Zizerlweise ist das wunderbar passende Wort, das meinen Weg hin zu Linux, Open Source und Selfhosting bestens beschreibt.
#opensource #linux #selfhosting

It is cheaper to get a secondhand #android phone and flash #postmarketos than buy an equivalent #raspberrypi . Prices for all SBCs skyrocketing!

I wanted to do a small project with my niece to introduce her to some basics of #linux and #selfhosting , but it seems to most diffuclt part of this enterprise is getting hardware!

@postmarketos #singleboardcomputer @linux

@santiago en base a estos datos :

Servicio registrados/activos
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Mastodon 1646 / 223
Peertube 54 / 14
XMPP 337 / 80
Nextcloud 28 / -
e-Mail 113 / -

Con U$D 3 cada uno de los 223 usuarios activos (estimo que los 14 y 80 de peertube y xmpp tambien usan mastodon), cubrimos casi por completo lo que necesita Mastodon Uy para lograr mayor estabilidad energética, sin contar que aún sigue en déficit el server.
Si podés, colabora che! Que este server se banca entre todos. 🙌💪🖖

#mastodon #selfhosting #uruguay

Is there an easy way to set up a reverse proxy so that jellyfin.local would direct to 192.x.x.x:8091 without getting a public domain involved?

I still only want it available from my home network - just don't want to type out the IP + port all the time

#homelab #selfhosting

Estoy mirando empezar a toquetear cositas de #selfhosting para montarme un servidor para tener películas, documentos, fotos, etc etc a mano sin depender de Google ni iCloud. El problema es el de siempre: si empiezas a mirar recomendaciones, la cosa nunca para. Busco hacer algo pequeñito y por ir probando (aplicaciones tipo #homelab como Plex o Jellyfin, PiHole, y algunas cosillas del estilo que sean interesantes, en SO fáciles de usar), pero no tengo ningún PC antiguo ni quiero gastarme más de lo necesario. ¿Qué aplicaciones requieren más potencia, y qué hardware se suele recomendar para empezar?

He estado mirando algunos mini PC que rondan los 140 pavos, pero no sé si va a ser un poco overkill tener 16 Gb de RAM en un bicho de aliexpress que tendrá una esperanza de vida de diez meses. Agradezco recomendaciones y guías básicas para alguien sin un background técnico 🫶 y que se mantenga en una inversión baja de alguien que quiere probar cosas y sin fliparse en exceso.

Can anyone recommend a privacy friendly SaaS #llm #inference provider? It needs to support *function calling* on at least one of the more recent #openweights models:

- gpt-oss
- Olma3
- Apertus? (I did not yet succeed using it)

There should be some level of cost control. Ideally a hourly rate limit. European solutions are preferred.

Use case is to have a fallback for demos or experiments where local inference is not practical. Monthly costs should go towards 0 when not used.

#selfhosting

I have deployed and run infra since the noughts, through some wild turns in geo/techno-political history, and will say that now more than ever, #selfhosting is an act of resistance.

Depopulate. Defund. Disempower.

I'm looking for a project to put my PowerEdge R710 to good use! My idea is to install FreeBSD on it and migrate some services currently running on Linux VMs via Proxmox on my PowerEdge R720. Since the software I'm using offers FreeBSD compatibility, this would be a perfect opportunity to utilize the R710's impressive specs:

Dual Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.8GHz
288GB RAM (fully populated)
6x 1TB SAS drives

#homelab #sysadmin #selfhosting #tech #FreeBSD #Linux

What are some alternatives to wordpress? I'm looking for something simple, easy to maintain but also suitable for non-techies to add content to. I don't need a ton of plugins to build webshops and all that, just a CMS and maybe a calendar.

Any suggestions?

I'd go with a static site generator, but I'd like to keep it accessible to non-nerds.

Looked at grav, which on the surface looks like it has what I want, but I got put off by the banners for premium and the AI bullshit.

#SelfHosting #LazyWeb

I'm Blake — reintroducing myself as I'm back on the timeline.

I'm a Cloud Engineer working in Site Reliability and DevOps in the healthcare industry. I design and build highly scalable, resilient infrastructure that powers modern healthcare systems. Day-to-day I work with .NET, JavaScript, and TypeScript to deliver reliable platforms.

Outside of work, I build with Go — creating tools that prioritize performance, privacy, and user empowerment.

A couple things I'm working on:

RideAware — A cycling training platform for building structured training plans, analyzing ride data, and completing indoor workouts all in one place.

Arcline Hosting — A self-hosted web hosting service for people who want to know exactly where their data lives. It runs on hardware I own and operate — no AWS, no Cloudflare, no third-party CDN. Shared, WordPress, and VPS plans with personal ticket and email support.

My core interests span SRE, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/automation, and network engineering. I spend a lot of time with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and enjoy digging into routing, firewalls, and secure network design.

I'm here because I care about privacy, self-hosting, and building things that give people more control over their own data. Good to be back — looking forward to reconnecting with this community.

#reintroduction #CloudEngineering #SRE #DevOps #Go #Golang #Linux #Docker #Kubernetes #Terraform #SelfHosting #HomeLab #Privacy #DataSovereignty #WebHosting #Cycling #HealthcareIT #FOSS #BSD

Keycloak — an open-source Identity & Access Management (IAM) solution you can self-host.

Manage users, authentication, and authorization without relying on third-party cloud services — full control over your auth stack.

Github : https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak

Discover more tools like this at https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #IAM #CyberSecurity #Privacy #DigitalFreedom

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A screenshot promoting Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management tool. The Keycloak logo is at the top, followed by stats including the latest release (v26.5.4) and an OpenSSF best practices passing badge. Metrics show a CLOMonitor Report grade of A, an OpenSSF Scorecard of 9.3, and Artifact Hub stats showing the keycloak-operator with 33k stars. Commit activity is listed as 275 per month with 57% translated. Below, the tagline reads “Open Source Identity and Access Management,” with a description of adding authentication to applications with minimal effort, including user federation, strong authentication, user management, and fine-grained authorization.

Ein neuer Artikel auf GnuLinux.ch von einem unfassbar tollen Typen ;-D

https://gnulinux.ch/vereinbarkeit-von-windows-und-privatleben
#selfhosting #gnu #linux #foss

I need to clean up my nginx config. Theres so much old shit in there. Also the shitass ammount of goofy ahh comments i left in it is absurd.

#nginx #selfhosting

A question for the #streaming & #SelfHosting community...

I want to feed an #Icecast instance on a remote VPS from a local #raspberrypi and avoid spending too much on storage and keep my audio library at home.

I could have a machine at home streaming but the internet is not vary reliable...
Instead, I thought about having some sort of cronjob uploading new audio files on the remote server every 3 to 6 hours and letting the remote VPS playing directly from this temp folder?

Any drawback or issue you could think of? Or a better (cheaper and less ressources consuming) ideas for this setup?

#liquidsoap #server #vps #permacomputing #webradio

#AdviceWanted

Wondering if anyone can recommend a (free) way to follow Instagram feeds in an RSS reader? I searched online for a way to convert an Instagram user's feed to an RSS feed but it appears it's “complicated”…

I self-host #FreshRSS and would like to be able to follow some music-related Instagram feeds which post about local gigs etc. I ditched my Instagram account a few years ago and won't ever go back, but it would be great to be able to see announcements of gigs and that sort of thing, from people who don't use anything to get the word out apart from the dreaded Instagram…

Thanks in advance!

#RSS #RSSfeeds #SelfHosting

North Korean Hackers Publish 26 npm Packages Hiding Pastebin C2 for Cross-Platform RAT https://share.google/MP2OLjZuPqWkHaQMC

#SelfHosting #githosting

Shameless plug: open registration for a FreshRSS (feed reader) account.

https://blog.woodpeckersnest.space/2026/03/02/roughnecks/now-opening-freshrss/

#RSS #ATOM #SYNDICATION #FEED #READER #WPN #FRESHRSS #ALWAYSON #SELFHOSTING

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New series: FreeBSD Foundationals

Part 1 is about Jails - specifically VNET Jails. What epair interfaces actually are (virtual ethernet cables), how bridges tie them together, why the host is basically a router for your jails, and what devfs rulesets control.

Covers the full lifecycle from jail.conf through pf firewalling with NAT/RDR for IPv4 and direct routing for IPv6. Plus the gotchas that'll cost you hours if nobody warns you.

Not a beginner tutorial, hardcore details. The useful middle.

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-jails-from-chroot-on-steroids-to-full-virtual-networks/

#Unix #FreeBSD #Networking #Jails #DevOps #SelfHosting #Sysadmin

https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

#vaultwarden #bitwarden #passwordmanager #selfhosting

Good morning Fedi friends!

Monday mornings mean: my weekly ritual of manually backing up my #YunoHost installation (my VPS does automatic daily backups of the whole VPS, but I say: better safe than sorry).

This latest backup is pretty big, because of my increased use of #NextCloud. So in reverse order, from biggest to smallest we have:

1) #GoToSocial : 5.8 GB
2) #PeerTube : 4.3 GB
3) #NextCloud: 3.7 GB
4) #Pixelfed : 1.6 GB
5) #LinkStack : 92 MB
6) #Fail2Ban : 362kb

Happy #selfhosting everyone! And in case you missed it, my self-hosting guide for newbies via YunoHost is available here: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost/ (with 4 articles so far).

Have a great week everyone!

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Backing up things is pretty standard / low stakes.

But I just noticed that virtually ALL the apps on my #YunoHost system have available updates, which means... the hair-raising, palpitations-inducing, let's say a little prayer practice of creating a snapshot of my VPS (easy peasy) and clicking on "Upgrade" by order of importance.

#Fail2Ban and #LinkStack were pretty low stakes - done, no sweat. Plus I love how YunoHost creates backups before upgrading, so you can always revert back if something goes wrong.

Anyway, Pixelfed now and then my sacred triad of GoToSocial, NextCloud and PeerTube.

Wish me luck! 🥵​

EDIT: newbie me is more advanced than even I would think so... I'm checking out GitHub's YunoHost page for each app I want to upgrade. Apparently the Pixelfed package has issues so I'm not touching that 😅​

Reference: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/pixelfed_ynh/issues

Now checking out the other apps...

#MySoCalledSudoLife #SelfHosting

Frage in die Runde: hat wer von Euch Erfahrung mit namemaster.de? Speziell deren API für die DNS.

Hintergrund: für Dienste wie zum Beispiel Vaultwarden, die nur innerhalb meines eigenen Netzes erreichbar sein sollen, habe ich bisher alle drei Monate die Ports 80 und 443 auf den sonst abgeschirmten Server umgeleitet, um kurz die Zertifikate zu erneuern. Wird aber auch gerne mal vergessen, bis der Bitwarden-Client dann streikt.

Vielen meiner Domains liegen bei All-Inkl, deren API scheint aber den NPM für DNS-Challenge-Updates nicht reinzulassen, wenn 2FA aktiviert ist. Verständlich, aber nicht hilfreich.

Daher suche ich für eine einzelne neue Domain einen Anbieter, der das kann.

namemaster.de ist mir hier im Fediverse in einem Posting aufgefallen, die Preise sind sehr attraktiv. Aber: kann deren API mit NPM?

Danke im Voraus.

#SelfHosting

solidtime is a modern open-source time tracking app built for freelancers and teams.
Track work hours without sending productivity data to SaaS platforms , a privacy-respecting alternative to traditional trackers.
GitHub : https://github.com/solidtime-io/solidtime

More privacy-friendly tools curated at https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #TimeTracking #SelfHosting #DigitalFreedom

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An image of the solidtime open-source time tracker dashboard. The top bar shows the license (AGPL-3.0), test coverage (8.9%), build status (passing), and PHPStan level 7. The main interface is divided into sections. On the left, “Recently Tracked Tasks” lists tasks like “Competitive Research” and “Change Button Color” under “Landing Page Design.” In the center, an “Activity Graph” shows tracked hours for “Today” (6h 25min), “Yesterday” (2h 59min), “Tomorrow” (4h 25min), “Next Week” (1h 03min), and “Last 7 Days” (26h 59min). On the right, “Team Activity” displays tasks assigned to Gregor Vorstek, Konstantin Graf, and John Doe. Below, the tagline reads: “solidtime is a modern open-source time tracking application for Freelancers and Agencies.

This might be a dumb question, but in order to back up a Mastodon instance, if one were simply to rsync the /home/mastodon/ folder, would it then work to simply restore that folder in the case of a failure?

#MastoAdmin #SelfHosting #SelfHosted

#DIDit

I never had an X/Twitter or Bluesky account.
I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts last year.
I've been active on the Fediverse since 2018 (self-hosting Mastodon, Peertube and Pixelfed).

#DID #DUT #SelfHosting #BigTech #UnplugBigTech #UnplugTrump #X #Twitter #Bluesky #Threads #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Insta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Peertube

#DIDit

In 2019, I deleted my #WhatsApp account and have been using #Signal, #Threema, #Matrix (self-hosted), #DeltaChat and #NextcloudTalk (self-hosted) ever since.

#DID #DUT #Nextcloud #SelfHosting #Messenger #BigTech #UnplugBigTech #UnplugTrump

There's a new project called Holos which makes it a lot easier to host a Fediverse server on your own mobile device. You can follow the project at:

➡️ @HolosSocial

The official site explains how it works:

➡️ https://holos.social/how-it-works

To manage expectations, it's still in its early days and mainly for techy people at the moment. However, it will be interesting to follow its development 🙂

Holos is by the makers of the Mastodon/Fediverse mobile app Fedilab.

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Weil die KI Bros immer mehr Hardware und Verstand benötigen werden jetzt Server/Hosting Angebote immer teurer. Ich möchte einfach nur „Fickt Euch und Eure KI“ den CEOs ins Gesicht schreien. Schaut euch mal RAM, HDD (und von Grafikkarten fangen wir gar nicht erst an) mal an. Total Wild … 🤮 #ki #server #technology #hosting #preise #ai #SelfHosting #selfhosted

At least it eats near 3W without any connected peripherals

#SelfHosting #IntelAtom #ITX

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Photo of Mastech lab power source with a buch of dragons on top of it and with blue colored background. The power supply is on and an indicators display 0.24 A and 12.2 V.

Whew, at least smoke test was passed

This thing will be an Intel Atom based fileserver with a near zero noise from it (I hope).

Motherboard: some Intel Atom motherboard with ITX formfactor and with 4 SATA interfaces, and gigabit Ethernet controller. PSU: some Chinese PSU which should emit 259W of power — enough for motherboard and 4 HDDs (I hope)

#SelfHosting #IntelAtom #ITX

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Mini ITX black case with mini ITX motherboard inside it and wuth PCB of Pico PSU. Motherboard has 2 aluminiumradiators and one very small fan.

#Homeserver #Selfhosting #Selfhosted

#Matrix #Selfhosting #Homeserver #DIDay #digitalindependence #digitalindependenceday #DID

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGv5zUwYX_k

Hey @yunohost j'ai contacté les devs de #hollo #hollosocial et #snac2 (respectivement @hongminhee et @grunfink ) et le dev de snac2 à dit qu'il serait plus que content d'aider à la mise en place de l'app dans yunohost, et pour hollo le dev m'a donné le lien d'une issue GitHub
Je serais moi aussi plus que content de voir ces apps dans le catalogue et apparemment je ne serai pas le seul.
Prospérité sur vous parce que vous faites un boulot exceptionnel ❤️

Edit: est-ce qu'un traducteur serait disponible pour traduire en français les settings de Gotosocial sur l'interface web svp ? :)

#selfhosting #selfhost #autohebergement #yunohost

For a hobby of mine, there’s an outdated lore wiki on Fandom. I dislike Fandom and would like to host an alternative. It’s supposed to be accessible to all kinds of people.

I started with mediawiki as that’s what Fandom and Wikipedia are using, so people would be familiar with page structures at least and maybe the editor.

It turned out to be a bit of a pain though. It only has unofficial container images, the documentation is outdated and (what I consider as) core functionality like WYSIWYG editor or simple infoboxes has to be added by extensions or templates. I’m in the process of setting it all up and wondering if it’s worth it (and if I want to maintain it). There’s so many wiki projects it’s hard to keep track, what are y’all using for stuff that’s used by larger communities and simple to use with close-to-default settings?

WTF is Loops?

Original Content. #Fyp #Privacy #selfhosting