#selfhosting is:

One of my projects for the #NewYear is to minimize the number of #cloud #servers I run and manage. A big part of that is finding a new #DNS host for my 30+ domains that I #selfhost for myself and others.

Can any of the #sysadmin or #infosec folks recommend a service that provides a good web interface, and a reasonable flat-rate for a couple dozen low-volume #domains?

Ones that I've found charge a monthly fee that eclipses my server costs (3x-4x!), even when taking discounts for up-front annual payments into consideration. I could run my own DNS servers on cloud VMs for a fraction of the price, but again, trying to minimize the complexity in my life.

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting

If I were to release a service to run on servers, how would you prefer I package it? A #poll: #selfhosting #software #release

Hat hier noch jemand CasaOS V 0.4.15 am laufen ?
Ich hab den verdacht das die Container (Immich, Paperless ect.) nicht geupdatet werden, kann das jemand bestätigen ?

#casaos #selfhosting #container

Lighthouse Lore 🌊

“Can you just add my website?”

And so begins the trial.
DNS hesitates. Permissions lie.
Coffee goes cold. The server does not blink.

Selfhosters don’t sleep.
We wrangle the world until it behaves.

The lighthouse stays lit.

#LighthouseLore #SelfHosting #IndieWeb #SysadminLife #OpenSource #CalmCorner #BehindTheScenes

Anyone else having issues with @1password not working on non-https sites?

#1password #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting #passwordmanager

There is a recently discovered critical vulnerability that affects all Matrix homeservers of the Conduit lineage. If you’re using a Rust-based Matrix server (which are basically Conduit and forks), please urgently upgrade to the following versions:

• continuwuity: version 0.5.0
• tuwunel: version 1.4.8
• grapevine: commit 9a50c24
• conduit: v0.10.10
• conduwuit: upgrade to the latest version of either tuwunel or continuwuity

If you’re not able to upgrade right now, you should urgently implement this workaround in your reverse proxy.

Attackers exploiting this flaw can arbitrarily kick any user out of a room, join rooms unauthorized on the same server, and can also ban same-server users. They effectively constitute a severe denial of service from an unauthenticated party, and it has been exploited in the wild.

Commitin programming crimes }:->

Few week ago I seriously looked to the mine OpenHAB installation and asked a question for myself: "Am I really need it?" Look, I have a few ZigBee devices, which are connected to the my server with the help of ZigBee2MQTT. Thusly, all necessary values and knobs are accessible through the MQTT topics.

And I'm using the OpenHAB (big Java application which eats ton's of RAM and constantly swapping) just to:
1) Read values from MQTT topic
2) Read weather forecast from Open-Meteo through simple REST API endpoints
3) Store all the data to the PostgreSQL DB.
4) Display these data in the nice Web page which works only in browsers with JS engine.

So, basically, I trade tons of RAM and processing power just for a nice web-page with few indicators. While retrieving data from my ZigBee devices processed by the another service.

After that thought, I started to think about replacing this monster with small hand-written program, which will not eat 700 MB of RAM. Just Nginx, small FastCGI script on C, which will read values from DB and display them on the simple HTML page. And another small daemon (also written in C) which will take data from MQTT topic (and from REST API of Open-Meteo) and will write them to the DB. And possibly some PGSQL procedures to analyze these data.

At least I'll have fun

#programming #C #smarthome #selfhosting

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Emacs buffer with some C code, which spews out the string with HTML, with substituted values for temperature and humidity.

Por cierto, llevo años con proyectillos montados en DigitalOcean, es barato y funciona muy bien.

Si a alguno le interesa aquí tenéis un link referido que a vosotros os da 200$ en 60 días y si os gastáis 25$ a mi me dan otros 25.

https://m.do.co/c/912f3bd5964f

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting

Lighthouse Lore 🌫️
Monday morning.
No one knows the date.
Christmas is behind us,
New Year is waving from the fog.
Between leftovers and resolutions,
the Lighthouse stays lit ,
quietly self-hosted, steadily tended,
for the wanderers and the weary.
Take it slow.
The year will find you soon enough.
For now, breathe.
You’re still on the map.
🕯️🌊
#LighthouseLore #SelfHost #SelfHosting #Fediverse #BetweenTheYears #QuietMoments #WinterFog

I started my digital music collection in late 2000 early 2001. Its gone from a directory of files in my home dir, to a stand alone directory in my filesystem to a stand alone array attached to my computer.

Today is the first time I pointed MusicBrainz Picard at it ... I might be here a few days.

#selfhosting

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Status bar in the MusicBrainz Picard application showing 6 hours, 50 minutes, 56k files, 2285 albums and counting.

Thinking about setting up a KVM. I'm sick of rearranging my rack everytime I need to access a server...

Any KVM switch recomendations? And has anyone tried #pikvm

#kvm #homelab #selfhosting #serverrack #kubernetes

https://tools.uphillsecurity.com/ has been added to the portfolio.

An active fork of the original project IT-Tools.

Feedback is welcome. Enjoy!

#foss #opensource #selfhosting

If you're interested in the Fediverse and self-hosting, you might find Fediwall interesting. It's a "media wall" for showing the latest Mastodon posts with particular tags from particular servers, and works best on laptops, monitors or tablets:

➡️ https://github.com/defnull/fediwall#readme

You can find a demo server running at:

➡️ https://fediwall.social/?tags=dogs&accounts=

Click on the message at the very top of the screen to customise the demo server's output.

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #Mastodon #MediaWalls

#mastodon #fediverse #server #vps #linux #instanz #frage #selfhosting #fediadmin #fediadmins

Ich glaube, ich gebe die Versuche mit der eigenen #Mastodon-Instanz auf. Es wird nur eine Kleinigkeit sein, per Browser funktioniert ja alles einwandfrei.

#GoToSocial funktioniert allerdings vom Start weg auch mit mobiler App, und für eine Single-User-Instanz ist es ja auch völlig ausreichend.

Bei #Pixelfed bin ich weitesten - da läuft schon der Import von Instagram.

#selfhosting #digitalsovereignty #DigitaleSouveränität #unplugtrump

AI is a vital tool for disabled individuals like me, not a threat to authenticity. It eases the burden of masking, letting my true ideas shine. It defends my dignity in a system that values only 'human capital'—my digital paintbrush, still wielded by me.

https://kalvin.my/the-digital-shield-a-manifesto-on-ai-disability-and-the-fight-for-authenticity

#AI #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #Authenticity #HumaneTech #DigitalShield #Autism #Schizophrenia #Activism #Sabah #Malaysia #TechEthics #Sovereignty #SelfHosting #MentalHealth #Masking #Empowerment

As a holiday treat to myself, I got a server through Hetzner's server auction. Now I need to learn how to set up docker stuff on it via command line because I don't think there's a GUI interface I can use.

Anyone have any links that will help someone that hasn't touched a linux system since the days of OS/2 Warp? (Which I know is not linux, but it is going to give the olds an idea of how long it's been.)

#SelfHosting #Docker #Ubuntu

Hello, world! It's Thomas Byern here. I've made the decision to start existing digitally and sharing my journey as a digital learner, building software, and running small, self-hosted systems. I'm embracing a practical, EU-leaning, big-tech-light approach. Get ready for some amazing insights on .NET, Linux, Docker, networking, and ops from the real world. Oh, and I'm sure I'll learn something, too, when I write something utterly stupid and someone lets me know!

My first two pieces:
1. https://medium.com/p/1e1101815e07
2. https://medium.com/p/44d0ff591f5f

#Welcome #TechWriting #Linux #Docker #SelfHosting #Homelab #ReverseProxy #Backup #Networking #OpenSource #DotNet

Here’s my Christmas present 🎁

A 29x21 cm E ink display from pimoroni!

Can’t wait to get this programmed up and play with it!

I’m planning on printing a nice tan new and making a smart picture frame connected to my home server.

#raspberrypi #making #selfhosting #3dprinting #electronic

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E ink display, displaying an artwork depicting a vibrant outdoor café scene at night, featuring tables and people on a cobblestone street, is partially exposed from protective bubble wrap inside a cardboard box.

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An electronic display board features a monochrome illustration of a manatee, alongside connection ports and labels. The design includes branding for "Inky Impression" and specifications for a 13.3-inch display. The board is placed on bubble wrap within a box.

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An unsealed white box containing an Inky Impression 13.3" display with Spectra technology. The box features a colorful product label and is placed on a wooden table with some scattered Christmas items in the background.

#GamesOnWhales is by far the coolest thing i've set up in 2025. I have an #AMD #Radeon RX 9060 XT, 48GB of ram and a #Ryzen 5 in there. Being able to build custom desktops using #Docker and use them without any latency is AWESOME! Now i can play games on my #thinkpad, spin up various different desktops for any usecase, or use my #kalilinux desktop from whatever device i want to. I can even play #Cyberpunk on my #AndroidTV. I have no words to describe how much i love this 😁

#gaming #docker #gow #gamesonwhales #cloudgaming #cloudcomputing #selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab

The weekend isn’t an escape.
It’s a pause — a chance to check the charts, oil the lamp, and let the tide decide the pace.

No dashboards screaming.
No metrics begging for attention.
Just systems humming, coffee cooling, and time stretching its legs.

The Lighthouse stays lit —
not because it must,
but because some lights choose to.

#LighthouseLore #WeekendWatch #QuietInternet #SelfHosting #DigitalCalm

If you're into self-hosting, here's something for music that you need to be aware of as it is incredible. https://github.com/Chevron7Locked/lidify/

#selfhosting #selfhosted #linux #opensource #music

Just a little warning to everyone at #39c3: you better not create any new encrypted communication apps, or it'll not go over well with the #UK:
"Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog":
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/creating-apps-like-signal-or-whatsapp-could-be-hostile-activity-claims-uk-watchdog
#encryption #infosec #SelfHosting

Dear fedi

Are there any good self hosted Dropbox like services that aren’t OwnCloud/NextCloud? I want something more lightweight.

#selfhosting #SelfHosted

@phaysis They did warn us in the #FreshRSS release notes that some of the extensions maybe be broken. At least a nice post-Christmas/Holiday distraction, now. 🤭 Something that will keep me holed up in my little corner of the house for a bit. #selfhosting

Had a genuinely uplifting moment today. A friend’s 10 year old lit up when I mentioned Raspberry Pi. She explained Linux, hosting, and coding because they learn it at school.

We spent an hour talking self hosting and projects. She now wants a Pi for her birthday so we can learn together. Moments like this give me real hope for the future.

#Linux #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #DigitalSkills #Hope

#selfhosting #homelab #linux #hardware #server
made with love, internet resources and KolourPaint

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A meme with IQ bell curve, where on both ends are raspberry pi's and in the middle is high end server hardware. Titled "selfhosting/homelab hardware"

What's the general consensus regarding the latest #syncthingFork split?
What version do people deem trustworthy?

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github

#syncthing #security #selfhosting

I want to mention Continuwuity Matrix homeserver, which I've just installed to replace Synapse. It's still in beta, with v0.5 just released, but which does feel stable and quite close to production ready.
Matrix is something I've wanted to get into, and a year or whatever ago, I tried Dendrite, but homeserver projects tend to get abandoned, so I ended up with Synapse anyway, like most people do. But then I didn't do anything with it.
Continuwuity is written in Rust, and is a hard fork of a hard fork, and in active development. As a single user, I prefer something like this running, and hope to see this project evolve into its own thing, and be important.
I think it's a project worth trying, or at least keeping an eye on.
https://continuwuity.org
https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity

#homeserver #matrix #continuwuity #opensource #serveradmin #sysadmin #selfhost #selfhosting

Either I don't understand how htop works, or I'm missing something else. How is it possible that the load average is so high in all three segments, and still the load of each individual core is so low? What am I missing?

#linux #htop #homelab #selfhosting

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A screenshot of the CPU and memory summary of the htop command. It shows 19 cores with relatively low load. The load average is 171.47 103.37 52.56. Memory stays at 6.51G/31.1G and swap at 3.18M/31.8G. Tasks: 576, 2599 thr, 468 kthr; 5 running Uptime 1 day, 10:10:05

Seriously, how many of you, who are #selfhosting or have a #homelab are getting tired of other people's posts?

There are about 50 apps which are circulating and have established themselves as good solutions. Everyone seems to keep rediscovering them and writing about their "amazing" experience, their own piece of the internet, and many more cheesy phrases.

I'm not against discovery and learning, but I think it's now the 156th time I see someone amazed by #paperless and the 4513rd time someone installs #nextcloud or #Immich for their family.

Shouldn't we share really interesting things? Can we maybe keep progress reports to our own blogs, instead of blasting it to the whole world?

Dunno, maybe it's just me.
Happy holidays

This video tells a practical story of two Raspberry Pis and how different models and setups shine in different roles. It is a good reminder that choosing hardware is about matching tools to the job, not just chasing specs.

Useful viewing for makers and self-hosting enthusiasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoSPR_dZnYg

#RaspberryPi #Makers #DIY #SelfHosting

We're running the Mastodon instance "burningboard.net" on a hardened FreeBSD/amd64 system (pf firewall, seperation in jails, zfs with snapshots every 15 minutes, offsite replication with zfs send etc.)

Since the initial setup of the new system is done and everything is running smoothly for more than 24 hours, I did now raise the kern.securelevel to 2 to lock the system down even further 🙂

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?securelevel

#mastodon #mastoadmin #freebsd #runbsd #selfhosting #security @tux

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FreeBSD console where you'll see, that the kern.securelevel is raised to 2

"And what happened then? Well...in Whoville they say,
That the Grinch's small heart Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light,
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he, HE HIMSELF! The Grinch carved the roast beast!" #zfs #selfhosting

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Screen shot of a green terminal with black text. Shows the before and after effects of expanding a ZFS pool from 9 TB to 18TB.

🎄 Christmas Eve at the Lighthouse
Earphones on. Lights low.
A quiet voice from the tower while the internet sleeps.

Settle in. This one’s meant to be heard. 🔊✨

#LighthouseLore #ChristmasEve
#SelfHosting #Fediverse
#QuietWeb #SlowInternet
#AudioPost

15:47 Check ⏱️

How is your system really feeling right now?

#LighthouseLore #1547Check #SelfHosting

Good morning Fedi friends!

Today is a really special day - it marks the one year anniversary of the installation/setup of this #GoToSocial instance 🎂​

For its first few days I kept the account private, doing tests with @stereo (my self-hosting support buddy - THANK YOU!)... and I only published its first public post on January 1st 2025.

I have nothing but great things to say about @gotosocial – I LOVE everything about it. A huge thank you to its developers - keep up the amazing work!

#MySoCalledSudoLife #SelfHosting

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113667636910565210

Good morning Fedi friends! Today is the 1 year anniversary of the start of my #selfhosting adventures with #YunoHost.

I'm currently self-hosting #GoToSocial, #Pixelfed, #PeerTube and #NextCloud – and I'm always on the lookout for the next great app to install.

Thank you @yunohost for making me a more empowered digital citizen 💖

To give back, I'm writing a simple #selfhosting guide for newbies. ICYMI, here's the latest chapter: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/

Wishing you all a great day!

Currently writing a self-hosting guide for newbies, showing off the beauty and ease of #YunoHost.

Part 1 was really popular - beyond my expectations - with 1500+ unique visitors. Thank you!

For reference:

🔗​: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

Part 2 (step-by-step installation and post-installation) will be super visual. I tried to keep things simple but I still have 27 - yes TWENTY-SEVEN - screenshots. I'll keep #AltText relevant to each step on a need to know basis or else it will turn into a novel... and will be too overwhelming for people using screen readers.

Aiming to get it published by Wednesday AKA the one year anniversary of the start of my own self-hosting adventures with YunoHost.

This is the guide I wish I had had back in the day... I would have started A LOT sooner. I'm basically writing it to my old self, hoping it will be useful for others 🥹

PSA: if you're using YunoHost please consider donating to them, to keep the project healthy and long-lasting (it's run by a team of volunteers, maintaining hundreds of apps): https://donate.yunohost.org

#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS #advocacy #selfhosting