New blog post!

My very own instance in the Fediverse, powered by @gotosocial is now one year old! 🥳

On that occasion, I wrote a short retrospective blog post talking about how I started my server and how it evolved over that time.

https://stfn.pl/blog/86-fedi-instance-first-anniversary/

#gotosocial #selfhosting #fediadmin

#selfhosting #nextcloud #cloud #app #server #linux #foren

No Cloudflare. No 2FA nonsense. No cloud surveillance. Your box. Your rules.

https://hestiacp.com/

#HestiaCP #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Webmasters #Weblords

Battery-efficient push notifications on a #degoogled #Android device? Yes please, thanks to @unifiedpush!

Varying degrees of #selfhosting available (e.g. with a simple @nextcloud add-on and #NextPush app) or ntfy

Or you can use the free #Sunup app from the @fdroidorg store to out-of-the-box to make use of @mozilla push infrastructure. Neat! 📸

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.unifiedpush.distributor.sunup/

You can now have Fediverse compatiblity on self-hosted Ghost-powered blogs. There are two different ways of doing this:

- Install your Ghost blog using Docker, more info at https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker and see the section on #ActivityPub at https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#enabling-social-web-activitypub. There are no limits on this option.

- Use ghost.org's ActivityPub service, but this has limits for self-hosters of 2000 follows, 2000 followers and 100 interactions per day (more info at https://docs.ghost.org/hosting#hosted-activitypub-usage-limits).

#Ghost #SelfHosting

@lightweight
> the whole 'get started for Free!' lead-in for TinyBird doesn't bode well

It's one of a number of areas where Ghost has oversold itself. Talking up third-party subscription features that are folded into their hosted service, in ways that create a false impression of what a self-hosted instance can do. Email subscriptions is another example.

#SelfHosting #Ghost #TinyBird

@stephen @johnonolan

@anthropy nah.

I still think that relying on a #SinglePointOfFailure is bad:

Whether that #SOPF is a Raspberry Pi in a closet or overprced #GAFAM cloud is irrelevant for that matter...

• Tho sloppy self-hosting doesn't compromize others in their availability, so no, do a #CloudExit!

#SelfHosting #Decentralization

Why pay for a subscription to stream content from corporations' computers when you can stream your own content from your own computer for free?

Self-host your own media server today and stop feeding the beast. The best two options IMO are Plex and Jellyfin (open source).

Plex Media Server: https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=computer&plat=macos

Jellyfin Media System: https://jellyfin.org

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting #Plex #Jellyfin #Music #Media #Opensource

This afternoon's selfhosting annoyance was the discovery that Nginx Proxy Manager is currently not renewing SSL certificates due to an out of date library. I've got Caddy installed and working with ten sites in about half an hour. #selfhosting #caddy

With reports of #AWS outages affecting services across the world, I am happy to report that my services remain unaffected:

• website (https://n1cck.us)
• search (https://search.n1cck.us)
• email
• DNS
• VPNs
• bookmarks
• knowledge repository
• code repository
• AI aggregators
• media playback

And all those services cost me approximately 7 minutes per month in maintenance time. #SelfHosting really isn’t the mountain people make it out to be.

I'm strongly leaning towards giving up hosting my own email. I've been doing it for 25 years this November, and I'm about done with jumping though all the hoops needed to get mail delivered.

Is there a company you can recommend that will take over all the work and give me an imap account?

I don't mind paying a reasonable sum per year, but I'd really like my email to work again consistently so I can move away from google. #email #selfhosting #SellMeSomethingIWant

🚨 Alert if you use #NextPVR on Windows Two October Windows updates this week, KB5066835 and KB5065789, break #NextPVR's ability to communicate with digital tuners on Windows

The warning from NextPVR
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66617

#Jellyfin #Selfhosting

🚨 Alert if you use #NextPVR on Windows Two October #Windows updates this week, KB5066835 and KB5065789, break #NextPVR's ability to communicate with digital TV tuners on Windows

The warning from NextPVR
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66617

#Jellyfin #Selfhosting

Configuring a new #Dell server in the #homelab. Who the fuck makes up settings like this!?
“Select timeout value. (0 defaults to 4 seconds, 15 is no delay, 1-14 is timeout value in seconds)”

0 is 4,
1 is 1,
2 is 2,
4 is 4,
15 is 0
#selfhosting #selfhosted

Alt...

Photo of a screen. It shows a notice saying “Select timeout value. (0 defaults to 4 seconds, 15 is no delay, 1-14 is timeout value in seconds)”

I'm curious to hear what others are #SelfHosting! Here's my current setup:

Hardware & OS

• Hardware: #RaspberryPi500 (8 GB RAM, 512 GB SD card) #RPi #RPi500 #SingleBoardComputers #HomeLab
• OS: #Stormux, an accessible #Linux distro based on #ArchLinuxARM #LinuxAccessibility #AccessibleTech

Infrastructure & Networking

• Dashboard: #Glance (#Docker) #DockerApps
• Reverse Proxy: #Caddy
• DNS: #Cloudflare
• Domain Registrar: #Porkbun
• Networking & Remote Access: #Tailscale (non-Docker), love its SSH agent and magic DNS features. #NetworkSecurity

Security & Monitoring

• Ad Blocking: #AdGuardHome (non-Docker). Previously used PiHole but find AdGuardHome slightly faster. #PrivacyTools
• Server Monitoring: #Beszel (non-Docker). Tried Grafana/Prometheus/Alertmanager (accessible but overkill) and Netdata (poor screen reader accessibility). Beszel isn't perfect but best compromise so far. #ServerMonitoring
• Server Overview: #Cockpit (non-Docker)
• Security Tools: #Fail2ban, #FirewallD, #ClamAV, and #Rkhunter (non-Docker). Tried CrowdSec but couldn't get it working on Stormux. #CyberSecurity
• Service Uptime Monitoring: #UptimeKuma (Docker), accessible and easy to use. #MonitoringTools

Authentication & Identity Management

• Authelia (Docker): Just set this up for two-factor authentication and single sign-on. Seems to be working well so far!
  
• LLDAP (Docker): Lightweight LDAP server for managing authentication. Also seems to be working pretty well!
  #AuthenticationTools #IdentityManagement

Productivity & Personal Tools

• Docker Management: #Dockge (Docker). More accessible than Portainer; main issue is built-in terminal isn't readable with screen readers. #DockerCompose
• Docker Logs Viewer: #Dozzle (Docker), great web interface and easy searching.
• Git Hosting: #Forgejo (non-Docker), my personal Git server. #GitServer
• Backups: #IDrive (non-Docker), backs up all my devices easily. #BackupSolutions
• Notes: #Joplin server (Docker). Accessibility improving; love the VSCode extension. #NoteTakingApps
• Bookmarks: #Linkding (Docker). Accessible bookmark manager with good browser extension support. #BookmarkManager
• Recipes: #Mealie (Docker), starting to learn cooking! 🍳📖  #CookingApps
• RSS Feeds: #Miniflux (non-Docker), excellent accessibility. Originally wanted better podcast support but other options had major accessibility issues. #RSSReader
• Automation & Workflows: #N8N (Docker). Haven't explored deeply yet—open to ideas! #AutomationTools #WorkflowAutomation
• Pastebin Service: #PrivateBin (non-Docker). Considering alternatives or CLI tool for easier console access. #PastebinAlternative
• File Sharing & Editing: #Samba (non-Docker), easy file management from my Windows 11 mini PC. #FileSharing #Windows11
• Search Engine: #SearXNG (non-Docker), accessible and searches multiple engines at once. #PrivacySearchEngine
• IRC Client: #TheLounge (non-Docker). Some accessibility issues but best I've found so far for always-connected IRC. #IRCClient
• Read Later Service: #Wallabag (Docker). Biggest issue is Wallabagger Chrome extension doesn't work for me yet. #ReadItLater

Notifications & Development Workflow

• Notifications via: #Ntfy (Docker) and Zoho's ZeptoMail (#Zoho)
• Development Environment: Mostly using VSCode connected to my server via Remote-SSH extension. #VSCodeRemote

Accessibility Focus ♿️🖥️

Accessibility heavily influences my choices—I use a screen reader full-time (#ScreenReader), so I prioritize services usable without sight (#InclusiveDesign, #DigitalAccessibility). Always open to discussing accessibility experiences or recommendations!

I've also experimented with:

• Ollama (#Ollama): Not enough RAM on my Pi.
• Habit trackers like Beaver Habit Tracker (#HabitTracking): Accessibility issues made it unusable for me.

I don't really have a media collection, so no Plex or Jellyfin here (#MediaServer)—but I'm always open to suggestions! I've gotten a bit addicted to exploring new self-hosted services! 😄

What's your setup like? Any cool services you'd recommend I try?

#SelfHosted #LinuxSelfHost #OpenSource #TechCommunity #FOSS #TechDIY

@selfhost @selfhosted @selfhosting@a.gup.pe

@anselmschueler @renormalist @aliceif @bill88t @BrodieOnLinux @AsahiLinux +9001%

I do see a lot if mid #rewrites in #Rust just for the sake of rewriting it in Rust…

• What I do need however are #ReproduceableBuilds for @OS1337 and ideally simple & compact enough to make "#SelfHosting" not a demotivating & masochistic endeavour, so like with #C it should not require an internet connection on the build machine.

Because the final / release build may be done on a fully #airgapped system in a fukky airgapped facility that the #developers never be allowed inside or even get to know where it is and what system it powers...

• I'm shure @landley catches my drift here...

Wusste nicht dass @sixtus was auf @arte gemacht hat...

• Ich glaub' nicht, dass das "#Internet" an sich "stibt" sondern dass Leute sich entscheiden weg von der #Kommerzialisierung und #Enshittification mit #AIslop per #AntisocialMedia und mehr zum #Fediverse und/oder #SelfHosting auf #Tor gehen werden weil @torproject #Scraping als #DDoS passiv bekämpft!

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

This keeps everything entirely under your own control.

#SelfHosting #WebMasters #WebLords #HestiaCP #VPS #Domains

the best thing about hosting your own server, is watching other social media platforms (and also fedi servers) catch on fire and explode over silly avoidable drama, while you don't even have to try to keep whatever you don't like out of your domain.

#Selfhosting is super easy. In fact I'd say the hardest part is to *not* touch it. You should put it somewhere on some device you can also avoid touching. Only do updates (and preferably automate those), then your server is basically indestructible.

New blog post! In which:

• I compare myself to Intel
• I remove These NATs
• I also say goodbye to Tailscale
• and I can't stop talking about my upcoming new house
• Billy Mays

https://stfn.pl/blog/83-lean-network-removing-tailscale/

#blog #homelab #selfhosting #tailscale #wireguard

In our quest to move away from GitHub, we have a working self-hosted cgit instance as well as a runner for CI.

The last missing piece is to find a way to safely expose it to the world.

Are there any good Cloudflare alternatives to protect the origin?

Tor works fine, but I would like to also be reachable from the clearnet.

#SelfHosting #DevOps #FediHelp