🐡 Running your own mail server with OpenBSD and OpenSMTPD https://bsd-audit.com/self-hosting/running-your-own-mailserver/

#openbsd #OpenSMTPD #selfhosting

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

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

#wpn #wiki #selfhosted #selfhosting #services

🐘 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 :
👉 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/mise-a-niveau-mastodon-docker

#Mastodon #SelfHosting #Fediverse #Docker #FOSS

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

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

#selfhosting #personalCloud #ente

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

#homelab #selfhosting #selfhost

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. 🖨️

Uh...I have a VPS in Helsinki?

OK...

#selfhosting

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

#postgresql #databse #server #selfhosting

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/

#GDPR #sovereignty #selfhosting

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

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Screenshot of Tempus app playing music

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.

#selfhosting #clouddependency #dataprivacy

https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_nodez3r0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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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.

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

#MySoCalledSudoLife #SelfHosting

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.

https://bouvier.cc/notes/notes-hebdomadaires-82/

#noteshebdo #anarchisme #bonding #selfhosting #readeck #ia #etymologie

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.

#selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab

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.

#selfhosted #selfhosting

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

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

#Vps #Selfhosting

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 #digitalfreedom

selfhosting cloudfree bunkerbuild

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

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

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?

#NoAI #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosting #TechEthics

New Blog Post: Bespoke router versus disaster recovery

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

https://www.crosenthal.com/chrome/2026/08/17/bespoke-router-versus-disaster-recovery.html

#blaugust #homelab #selfhosting

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?

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/http-yaml-deprecation-how-to-access-new-install-behind-proxy/1021476/7

#HomeAssistant #SelfHosting #Linux

#FediHelp

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!

#SysAdmin #DNS #SelfHosting

Nouveau thème disponible sur FreshRSS : Cyberpunk 2077.

Disponible sur : https://rss.hostux.net

#FreshRSS #RSS #SelfHosting #Cyberpunk2077

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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.

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.

#selfhosting #selfhosted #proxmox #unifi #cluster

Out of shot, my NAS which I document here - https://perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/alexs-example-builds/

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.

#Grocy #Keycloak #oauth2proxy #OpenIDConnect #SingleSignOn #Docker #Nginx #SelfHosting #Linux

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

https://blog.weindl.biz/de/2026/08/16/grocy-hinter-keycloak-und-oauth2-proxy/

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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.

Hmm, my PoE injector started failing after the 4.8 magnitude earthquake here in #Granada. 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. #SelfHosting

@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?

#OpenIDConnect #Pixelfed #SelfHosting

@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 #OIDC / #OpenID Connect as a built-in option — like #Mastodon supports, or #PeerTube 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 #Keycloak, #Authentik, #Zitadel, their university/work SSO, or any other compatible provider.

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

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

#OpenIDConnect #SelfHosting #Fediverse

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