my adventures in #selfhosting: day 244 (Everest edition)

a blog post that details some of the highs and lows I have been experiencing lately in my self-hosting adventures. I have a major challenge ahead - learning #Docker - in order to take advantage of #Ghost x #ActivityPub federation. It's my new Everest

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https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-244-everest-edition/

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Got analogic/poste.io #email container running #rootless on a #podman stack on a new #VPS...

Having bruises on my forehead trying to get it running (successfully) for like three days with #docker
Practice makes barely competent it looks like.

Success!

Will probably have to use my 'mail seeder script' over the next few days so big hosts accept the new domain as legit.
I got DKIM keys and SPF up already set up.

I've been using @readeck (bookmarking/archiving tool) for the last couple months and I'm a very happy user even after the newness has faded. Today I realized how well it well works for me and wrote a little blog post to share my use case and thoughts!

An #OPNsense update... Been pulling my hair out with #WireGuard... Unbearably slow speeds, barely usable. The weird part? Exact same hardware worked perfectly with #pfSense :/

Handshake works, connection establishes, but packet loss everywhere and barely opening anything..

Tried:

MTU from 1420 down to 1280
Different ports (51820, 41820)
MSS clamping

Should I sacrifice a goat to the networking gods?

I have to say, ChatGPT and NetworkChuck have been absolute lifesavers for me lately.

Between the two of them, I’ve managed to get my Raspberry Pi 5 running better than ever. They’ve helped me fix stubborn issues, install new programs, and understand exactly what’s going on under the hood.

I’ve gone from frustration to excitement, learning more each day and actually enjoying the process of troubleshooting and experimenting. It’s amazing how much you can achieve when you have the right tools, resources, and a bit of guidance.

Big thanks to both for making the Raspberry Pi journey a lot smoother!

#RaspberryPi #Linux #SelfHosting #ChatGPT #NetworkChuck #FOSS #TechJourney #OpenSource

A few years ago, my dad and I bought a NAS from WD. It’s been nothing but headaches since. Most of the time, I couldn’t get it to connect to my PC. On the rare occasions it worked, a restart or shutdown would break it again, and none of the previous fixes would work twice.

Two years ago, I bought a Raspberry Pi 5. At first, I couldn’t get it working and gave up. But a couple of weeks ago, I got deeply into Linux and discovered Ubuntu.

Exploring Linux showed me how much I could do. I’ve long been frustrated by companies taking control and the “own nothing and be happy” mantra linked to the WEF. Now, with my Raspberry Pi, I saw a way to take back that control.

I found OpenMediaVault, Nextcloud, and GoToSocial — tools that turn the Pi into a NAS and a self-hosted cloud. This setup lets us access and download files from anywhere, entirely under our control. And since I love social networks but dislike centralised giants, GoToSocial lets me host my own.

My dad and I wanted to use our 8TB drives with OpenMediaVault. But we didn’t want the Pi exposed without protection. That’s when we discovered the Argon EON – Raspberry Pi 4 4-Bay NAS Enclosure from Pi-Hut: https://thepihut.com/products/argon-aeon-nas-enclosure-for-raspberry-pi-4

It’s the perfect home for the Pi, letting us run Linux as the NAS OS — and so much more.

I’m blown away by how powerful a Raspberry Pi can be with the help of open-source software. The Linux community makes it possible to create incredible things with affordable hardware.

Most of all, I’m proud. I thought this would be far too complicated. But with patience and persistence, I got it working. Now my dad and I have a powerful, private, and flexible system that’s truly ours.

#RaspberryPi #Linux #OpenSource #SelfHosting #NAS #OpenMediaVault #Nextcloud #GoToSocial #Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #HomeServer #TechJourney

I might have found a bug in Proxmox, but I somehow doubt I'm the first person to stumble upon it.

TLDR: Proxmox generates a self-signed certificate that I want my laptop to trust, but it looks like the CA cert is missing a crucial key usage extension.

Have you already stumbled upon it? Am I holding it wrong?

https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/the-root-ca-seems-doesnt-contain-the-key-usage-extension.169961/

I have replaced the login requirement on my personal #Kiwix site with an #Anubis proxy to "weigh the souls" of incoming connections. Hopefully this will stop the bots but still allow me to leave it publicly accessible for normal human users.

If you find yourself in need of resources or information on my Kiwix site that is otherwise unavailable in your area, you can check it out at:

https://kiwix.marcusadams.me

Ah crap, buypass will stop their ACME certificate service and with that ends the non-US alternative to lets encrypt.

I've got half a mind to try and figure out how to get a root cert trusted by the major browsers, but honestly, that sounds like the industry committee bs I'm trying to escape from...

Ist jemandem eine #Selfhosting App bekannt, die #Blutwerte automatisch aus einem PDF auslesen und als Diagramm oder ähnlichem in eine Historie packen kann?

Hmmm...

I did an upgrade in @yunohost via SSH.

While I was waiting, it asked me to press Enter to continue and then the SSH connection timed out and closed. Now when I try to log in again and upgrade it tells me "Another YunoHost command is running right now"...

...So how do I "push enter" on a SSH session that's expired?

Boosts appreciated!

Hi, I’m Kevin — Founder & Lead IT Specialist at FOSSnix IT.

After years in IT and my contract at Intel finished, I've started my own business to help SMBs thrive with Linux & open-source solutions

Outside of tech I’m usually trying new beers, camping, or doing what my cat tells me to do

I'm glad to be here on Fosstodon & connecting with the FOSS community!

Today I worked on upgrading my #proxmox cluster to version 9 and figuring out why one of my cluster nodes (a core i7 intel NUC) was freezing constantly. It seems that it needs to be plugged in to a display or else it freezes randomly. Dunno why.

But the important part is I have a mostly stable 4 node cluster. :)

I've settled (finally) on a use for my RPi4: FreedomBox for self-hosting/media server. Anything beyond the capabilities of that can be offloaded to another machine waiting for a use, but the hardware seems more powerful than their recommended setup.

Finally got round to setting up the free water butt our water supplier sent us, so now I’m #selfhosting another utility

(Also it’s my fault it won’t rain for months now)

Now live on self-hosted Owncast

Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 205/242 Stars

w/ Wii Classic Pro Controller

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I went all out on a #selfhosting setup (again). I decided to host a few (more) things that I had wanted for some time. This instance is one of them.

Over the years, I've used a #Synology #NAS (awful, very limited software). Then I built a #diyNAS with a Celeron CPU and Mini-ITX board, but it was a bit too big for my nomadic lifestyle, so I sold it for parts before my second move.

I was stuck with an #Asustor NAS for some time, which was good for storage. Especially since it was easy to run on a custom OS — #OpenMediaVault, in my case. But it wasn't powerful enough to run everything I wanted. And that's not including things like #GoToSocial. Admittedly, I'm also running surveillance software.

I've eventually settled on an AMD #Ryzen #miniPC with NVMe and SATA storage. The SATA disk is limited to a height of 7 mm, which also limits it to 2 TB. The NVMe is also limited to 2TB, because of the price =)

Additionally, I have a USB 3.0 external hard drive for 'cold storage'. It's also 2TB. So, with 6TB of #storage, I have more than enough for my self-hosting needs. This includes my current media library, although it may become a bottleneck in the near future as I'm leaving #Spotify.

The purpose of this instance is to post about #selfhosted software and, on occasion, a little about #softwaredevelopment (though I always struggle to find something to write about on this subject, probably because it is my job) without being constrained to 500 characters on #Mastodon or running a full-featured Mastodon instance.

#introduction

We've updated our contribution guidelines addressing PRs specific to docker changes:

https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#docker

Reasoning:
https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web/pull/434#issuecomment-3194292101