Please - if you share a open pastebin service like HasteBin etc.

You really should read this:

https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/214662/be-careful-when-self-hosting-public-privatebin-on-inexpensive-lifetime-shared-hosting-its-risky/p1

#securityawareness #selfhosting #takedown #pastebin #hastebin

@CodeMacLife I self host everything, and have done email since 1999. You are going in exactly the right order. Storage is definitely the easiest thing to get started with. Email is dead last in the list of things to self host. if you ever get to it at all. Try doing some storage and see how it goes. See if you enjoy it.

Things to look into: Nextcloud, truenas, or even just buying a synology device.

You don’t have to build the device from parts and install the OS yourself. If the data is under your roof and you’re running the equipment yourself, you’re #selfhosting.

Still on my SOMEDAY list is ‘Learn how to self-host’.

I think the original idea was to keep my data self-hosted, so I wasn’t relying on others, especially Big Tech, but I never got round to it.

I read a few articles and a handful of videos, which put me off the process. I’m not interested in self-hosting email.

#selfhosting #applereminders

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The EU tech ecosystem is maturing, but swimming against the current of US defaults still takes work.

[…] If you're thinking about doing this: go in with your eyes open. The EU infrastructure ecosystem is real and maturing fast. But "Made in EU" is still a choice you have to actively make, not one you can passively fall into. The defaults of the tech industry pull you west across the Atlantic, and swimming against that current takes effort.

https://www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-it-was-harder-than-i-thought/

#bigtech #nerdreich

#MadeInEU #DigitalSovereignty #EUTech #GDPR #Startup #Entrepreneurship #SelfHosting #TechStack #OpenSource​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

@ploum

Above "#Premium", there is "#FirstClass", which adds #federation and optional #selfHosting to the mix. It exists since 1999 and is called #Jabber.

#Nextcloud 33 has been made generally available. My upgrade seems to have gone off without any issues, other than the usual need for manually adding new database indices and such that comes with hosting the archive on my own webserver instead of hosting it thru a container package. Good thing is the server overview literally tells you what commands to run to fix it.

Link: https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub26-winter/

#HomeLab #SelfHosting

What are your current uptimes for your homelab? Here are a couple of mine!

#homelab #selfhosting #proxmox

Hello Mastodon 👋

I'm rogi.
I have a 2014 ThinkPad. I run a blog with €5/month. Zero cloud.

I read privacy policies so you don't have to.

Last month: an AI had a 24KB psychological profile built from my conversations. Last week: my passport went through 17 US companies just to get a LinkedIn badge. Nobody mentioned that.

That's what I write about. Not paranoia, just what's actually in the documents.

https://thelocalstack.eu

#introduction #privacy #selfhosting #GDPR #FOSS

Any recommendations for S3 in the #HomeLab? I'm aware of MinIO, but that seems a little too corporate for my use of: running in a VM on an old mini PC with no raid for use with a few selfhosted apps. Other suggestions welcome.

#selfHosting @homelab

🖥️ Got a homelab? I want to feature it on an upcoming livestream.

Whether it's a dusty mini PC under your desk or a full rack in the basement — if you're self-hosting, we want to see it.

Submit your setup 👇
https://dbte.ch/checkoutmyhomelab

#homelab #selfhosting

Oh my god I've broken nginx. Why doesn't it work? I don't understand. Alright, let's rollback. Wait, it still doesn't work. What...

OK, I'm typing the wrong URL in my browser 😅

#selfhosting

🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

On this lovely Thursday, let's chat about #Linux #SystemAdministration, #SelfHosting, or any other topic in the #DevOps and #SRE space you're interested in!

Owncast: https://live.monospacementor.com/

Dusted off some old LaCrosse temperature sensors and got them talking to Home Assistant via a JeeLink stick on FreeBSD.

Turns out the same jail + MQTT trick that works for Zigbee dongles works here too. Just a few lines of devfs rules and a small Python script.

Wrote it up: https://blog.hofstede.it/integrating-lacrosse-sensors-into-home-assistant-via-jeelink-on-freebsd/

#FreeBSD #HomeAssistant #MQTT #IoT #SelfHosting

Self-hosting Forgejo has been on my radar for a while. Can't exactly advocate for digital sovereignty while my source code lives on GitHub, eh?

Setup was quick - Canadian VPS, Docker, done in 30 minutes.

The real rabbit hole was custom templates, the usual CSS, and meta-tags :P

https://git.stormdevelopments.ca/

blog/guide: https://mathewstorm.ca/tech/self-host-journey/forgejo/

It's private for now, but honestly... we don't really have a Canadian Codeberg, do we? 🤔

#Forgejo #SelfHosting #DigitalSovereignty

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Screenshot of Storm Forge homepage - a self-hosted Forgejo Git forge with custom branding. Shows a dark-themed landing page with a lightning bolt logo, "Storm Forge" title, subtitle reading "Where Canadian developers build without leaving Canada", and three feature cards: Canadian Servers, No Foreign Jurisdiction, and Open Source Powered.

Watched the whole Nextcloud 26 video and I can really appreciate that most of their effort went into stability, security and overall maintenance instead of big splashy features.

This really grows the confidence I have in the platform.

https://peertube.nextcloud.com/w/kHaPaxLJJNAxkoh2f47teX

thanks @Karlitschek and @nextcloud team.

#nextcloud #foss #selfhosting #google

🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 DevOps/SRE Instructor Livestream

On this lovely Wednesday, let's chat about #Linux #SystemAdministration, #SelfHosting, or any other topic in the #DevOps and #SRE space you're interested in!

Owncast: https://live.monospacementor.com/

Nextcloud fans might like to follow their brand new PeerTube account:

➡️ @nextcloud_main

There aren't any videos there yet but they will apparently start appearing soon. If you're following from Mastodon etc they will appear in your feed and you can comment by just replying. Replies to PeerTube videos in Mastodon etc automatically become comments in PeerTube.

You can also follow Nextcloud's Mastodon account at @nextcloud

#Nextcloud #PeerTube #SelfHosting

I’ve been running GrapheneOS since February 3rd. After the initial setup, the first thing I noticed was a strange sense of "emptiness" — not because something was missing, but because the digital noise was gone.

Key Technical Takeaways:

- Hardware: Running this on a Pixel 10. The synergy between the hardware and a de-bloated OS is impressive.
- Compatibility: I opted for Sandboxed Google Play services. Everything works perfectly: banking apps are stable, and NFC payments function without a hitch.
- Performance: Noticeably better battery life and snappier UI response compared to stock.

The "Freedom" Factor
For me, GrapheneOS isn't just for the "anonymous" crowd; it's for enthusiasts who value agency. It’s about owning your device rather than the device owning you. Under the hood, you’re free from the hidden trackers that treat your behavior as a commodity.

Still testing, but so far, the sense of control is worth the switch.

#GrapheneOS #Pixel10 #Privacy #DeGoogle #OpenSource #SelfHosting

@svw Thanks. git-annex is solid but two things pushed me elsewhere:

It moves files into its own store. I want them to stay in place - read-only bucket over ~/Photos, no reorganization.

For sharing, pre-signed URLs give a temp link (24h, no acct). annex needs git auth - not handing that to family.

S3 alone isn't the point. it's what falls out: rclone, Cyberduck, scoped credentials, expiring share links. Against files already on disk!

#selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #rustlang #opensource

In my (short) dad time this morning, I've tried to install mgmt [1] to run a distributed hello world on my main machine running on Ubuntu LTS. The built-in binaries depend on augeas which was easy to fix. But also libvirt which is surprisingly old on Ubuntu compared to Debian (latest). I tried to build it myself but I couldn't install nex (the lexer). I then built the binary using Docker thanks to the quick start guide.

I first started to run mgmt in standalone mode. It's nice to see etcd embedded in the binary (at least for testing). Then I tried to deploy multi mgmt nodes with a standalone etcd using docker-compose. I've lost a lot of time trying to override the command because I didn't remember the expected syntax.

I was trying to make etcd listen to all interfaces so mgmt could connect when my daughter showed up.

[1] https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt (@purpleidea)

#mgmt #homelab #selfhosting #etcd #docker #libvirt #ubuntu #debian

Very quietly I have transitioned substantially all of my #homelab services to exclusively #ipv6 over the past few days.

No drama. No performance regressions. Just a lot more flexible and resilient.

I think the next big-ish project is upgrading all of the #esphome devices and enabling ipv6.

@homelab #selfhosting #selfhosted

I am immensely grateful to the Fediverse for all the encouragement I got here to embark on a #selfhosting journey.

#YunoHost has empowered my digital life in immeasurable ways.

My way of giving back - and fighting the broligarchs of Big Tech - is to create a guide that demystifies the process. I have compiled all my posts so far in a single page:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost/

If you're curious about self-hosting but you haven't taken the leap yet, I hope my articles will be helpful to you ❤️

Fellow homelabbers, if i want to selfhost a Matrix Homeserver for max. 10 people (mainly family) what homeserver software should i use? The software should run on a small VPS with 2GB Ram and 60GB Storage. Working Voice Chat is essential for the kids while gaming.

Would you go with a full blown Synapse install or would you go with something like Continuwuity, Tuwunel or something completely different?

@homelab @homelab_de #matrix #synapse #tuwunel #continuwuity #selfhosting #homelab

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@peaklabs_dev/116085622327344042

Glad I migrated to selfhosted Garage

#minio #garage #s3 #selfhosting

Does anyone deploy #podman #quadlet with #ansible #playbook ?

#selfhost #selfhosting #homelab @homelab@fedigroups.social #sysadmin #devops @homelab@lemmy.world @homelab@selfhosted.forum

Forgejo runners want to use containers, the "native" tests with Ansible Molecule too and my Ansible roles too. I'll have to adjust the cursor between the matrix in the runners, containers in the molecule inventory and virtual machines. The default github image has podman built-in.

#forgejo #ansible #selfhosting #homelab

Looks like #synapse is moving #minio way. All that mess with the server components, versions, and lack of documentation on all of that forces me to look into an alternative. Well, they are writing docs right now, but mostly for enterprise.

I found the #tuwunel documentation very friendly. Thinking about migration.
#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #matrix

What do have on your list of things to take care of in your homelab this week?

#homelab #selfhosting

Und hier eine weitere Frage: Wenn es um ein selfhosted NAS geht, dann ist meiner Meinung nach #TrueNAS oder #Openmediavault die erste Wahl.

Welches der beiden Systeme nutzt ihr und wieso?
Gibt es vielleicht doch Alternativen, die besser sind?

Gerne kann auch diese Frage geteilt werden. 🙃

#followerpower #fragdasfediverse #askfedi #Selfhosting #NAS #Linux

New post:

"A newbie's guide to self-hosting with #YunoHost. Part 4: backups"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-4-backups/

Or: this is how newbies do it.

Dear sysadmins, you have all my respect and admiration, truly. One day I will learn how to do incremental backups with Borg, I promise.

#blog #sysadmin #selfhosting

What new self-hosted apps have you found recently that you're really happy with?

#homelab #selfhosting #docker

Mein Umzug: Von anonsys.net zu friendica.tomforge.de

Hallo zusammen!

Ich verlasse anonsys.net und schlage mein Lager auf meiner eigenen Ein-Nutzer-Instanz auf. Ab sofort findet ihr mich dauerhaft hier:

📌 @thomas
friendica.tomforge.de/profile/…

Das Ganze läuft als Docker-Setup. Während die Föderation sich gerade erst so richtig einspielt, hoffe ich, dass die Kiste stabil bleibt und ich dort langfristig mein digitales Zuhause finde.

An die Admin-Community:
Da ich gerade noch mit dem Self-Hosting experimentiere: Habt ihr Tipps zur Wartung oder Performance-Optimierung von Friendica unter Docker? Wie regelt ihr eure Backups am effizientesten?

Ich freue mich über jeden, der mir an die neue Adresse folgt und vielleicht den einen oder anderen Admin-Kniff parat hat.

Man sieht sich drüben! 👋

#Friendica #Fediverse #Selfhosting #Docker #Netcup

Thinking about moving my instance to docker. In your experience, are there any downsides besides the migration itself?

#mastodon #mastoadmin #docker #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab

Happy Sunday! What projects did you manage to take care of in your homelab this week?

#homelab #selfhosting

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@zrail/116053772428911398

So I think I solved... half(?) the problem. It dawned on me that I can use any machine on a given network to announce an #ipv6 prefix and as long as it has the router lifetime set to 0 no clients will try to use it as a gateway.

Thus, I'm announcing a /64 slice of the /48 I leased from a tiny lxc running on my N100 "critical stuff" machine.

I think for DNS I'm going to just put these addresses in public DNS. The whole point is that they're static and one fewer moving piece is nice. This doesn't solve the "but what if internet is down" problem but I don't think that's super realistic.

Oh one other thing worth mentioning: this /64 is not routed. From the outside it'll hit the blackhole route on my router VPS.

@homelab #selfhosting

Fellow Homelabbers, has anyone of you any experience running an IPv6 only Matrix / Synapse Server and could tell me if there any noticeable limitations apart from homeservers not beeing reachable via IPv6 in 2026?
@homelab @homelab_de #homelab #matrix #synapse #ipv6 #selfhosting

I'm thinking about self hosted / community hosted printables / thingyverse lookalikes for sharing models. Does this exist?

How hard would it be to build this as a feature in forgejo? Thinking about a very extended /explore/repos page that can filter repos by a type/tag ("this repo is a 3d model"). I guess it's not possible to organize repos using tags or categories? Plus an integrated stl previewer, which should be easy.

#selfhosting #3dprinting #forgejo

Is anyone self-hosting Loops? Are there any Loops servers that are popular outside of loops[dot]video? Every time I see someone link to a Loops account, it's on loops[dot]video. I actually think Loops is a really cool idea; that's why I would really hate to see a monopoly.

#AskFedi #Fediverse #Loops #SelfHosted #SelfHosting

Dear EU server admins: If you at all consider a shutdown of your server, you *must* notify your users in advance.

NOT doing so actually is a breach of GDPR, as a "Personal Data Breach" includes "unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure of personal data". https://gdpr-info.eu/art-32-gdpr/

I wholy support everyone wanting to selfhost, but *before* you make a *public* instance, you absolutely need to consider these type of laws and how you're going to handle them.

#selfhosting

The prometheus directory in my homelab weights 174G. It's time to reduce the retention.

#prometheus #homelab #selfhosting

Fixed a DNSSEC oopsie on my domains hofsted.it and blog.hofstede.it .. Now everything validates cleanly again ..

#selfhosting #devops #dns #dnssec

@Larvitz I eventually just got a cPanel license and a reseller account at enom. I’m basically a micro-ISP now. I’m kinda my own registrar!

Just one more domain, bro. Cmon bro, just one more. It’ll be great bro.
#selfhosting #homelab

I have too many domains .. I really need to consolidate on less providers, cancel old domain and clean up ..

...a few hours later ..

I now have one provider less, but two domains more than before 😂 🤦‍♂️

#domains #selfhosting #fail