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/

I'm on the lookout for a great webmail interface for my self-hosted email. Currently been using my nextcloud Email app as the UI, but I don't love it.

What do you like for self-hosted webmail?

#selfHosting #webmail #selfhosted #FreeBSD #Linux

Its been some time since I've setup a home server, and even then I only used it to store backups from devices on the LAN.

Never hosted anything that is reachable from the internet (besides SSH). I want to learn how to self-host a few services, starting with a Google Photos replacement; and littleFedi by @stefano .

Thought of using a old laptop, but decided to step up to a ThinkCentre M720q. I've installed FreeBSD as the host OS.

Onward!

#SelfHosting #MiniPC #FreeBSD #RunBSD #littleFedi

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Output of the 'fastfetch' command, showing the system stats for a ThinkCentre M720q mini pc running FreeBSD 15.1 with 32GB RAM and 1TB drive.

Wer seinen eigenen Mailserver betreibt, kennt das Problem

Secure Your Server: acht Checks, ein Scan, für immer kostenlos

Ich betreibe neben vielen privaten Domains auch meinen eigenen Mailserver, da hängt viel an einer sauber konfigurierten Domain: DNS-Einträge exakt, TLS sauber, SSH gehärtet. Wer das prüfen will, trifft auf ein Dutzend Scanner, die fast alle dasselbe tun: sich einen einzigen Ausschnitt anschauen und ab einem gewissen Punkt ein Konto oder eine Kreditkarte verlangen. Deshalb gibt es jetzt Secure Your Server: acht Kategorien von DNS bis PGP in einem einzigen Scan, dazu ein echter Mail-Zustellungstest, für immer kostenlos, ohne Konto, ohne Tracking. Teste deine eigene Domain, bevor es jemand mit weniger guten Absichten tut.

https://www.chrislo.de/blog/2026-08-10-15-30-00-deine-domain-hat-laengst-eine-note-du-kennst-sie-nur-noch-nicht/

#chrislo #digitaleunabhängigkeit #itsicherheit #cybersecurity #infosec #opensource #selfhosting #datenschutz #dsgvo #digitalesouveränität #security #vereine

Come join me and @Gina in Luxembourg this October!

#OSCL26 (Open Source Conference Luxembourg) has a brand new track devoted to “Decentralized Technologies for Digital Sovereignty”:

🔗: https://conference.opensource.lu

We are looking for speakers interested in discussing these topics:

• Federated technologies in the public sector
• Decentralized platforms for video, chat, communications, code, etc.
• Fediverse successes and challenges
• Self-hosted solutions for individuals and institutions
• Interoperability for resilience

Apply here:

🔗: https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/cfp

The conference takes place on Wednesday October 7th in Belval, Luxembourg.

Please share! 🚀​

#Fediverse #FediAdvocacy #conferences #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #TheFutureIsFederated #selfhosting #interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #activism

Bei #PeerTube ist viel Bewegung: Es sind viele Features dazu gekommen, z.B. wurden Verwaltung und Video-Editor und -Player stark verbessert.

Was aber auch auffällt: Es werden aktuell auffällig viele Schwachstellen geschlossen. Erst heute ist Version 8.2.4 erschienen und schließt mehrere Lücken mittleren bis hohen Schweregrads.

Wenn ihr im #SelfHosting seid: Dringend patchen - Die von uns betreuten Instanzen sind bereits aktualisiert.

#OpenSource #Ossrox #Hosting #CVE #Security

Foto- und Video-Verwaltungstool Immich liegt in v3.1.0 vor
https://linuxnews.de/foto-und-video-verwaltungstool-immich-liegt-in-v3-1-0-vor/ #immich #selfhosting #linux #linuxnews

Currently testing Symfonium to stream my Jellyfin music library, but streaming AAC files is very buggy, as the correct track length gets shown before load, but then resets to 1 second, the histogram/eq thingy gets shown correctly after load, but no progress gets displayed. Then after some time the tracks skip and error message is shown, track encoding probably not supported...

Anybody have an idea how to fix this?
Couldn't find a thread on the forum

#symfonium #jellyfin #aac #selfhosting

Heute ist #DIDAY - und wir sind stolz, Teil dessen zu sein! Jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat auf die gute Seite wechseln:

Weg von Big Tech, hin zu demokratiefreundlichen Alternativen - dafür stehen wir bei #Ossrox jeden Tag: Mit #Hosting für Mastodon, Nextcloud, Matrix & Co.

Wechselrezepte gibt’s hier: https://di.day – Hosting dazu gern bei uns 😊

Was habt ihr heute gewechselt?

#DIDit #dutgemacht #OpenSource #Datenschutz #SelfHosting #Fediverse #SaveSocial

Anyone else DIY monitor the air quality in their living space with a raspberry Pi and get mobile notifications about status?

Just me?

#prometheus #airquality #RPI #pushover #SelfHosting

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TIME SENSITIVE noW [RESOLVED] Air Quality (PM... roci has been unhealthy for more than 5 minutes. roci Unhealthy (150+)

Thinking about a new domain+project...

Anyone have the TL;DR; on self hosted fediverse software?

Mastodon vs Snac vs Pleroma vs ?

I'm looking for something that is super low maintenance and lightweight / easy on resources but as full featured as practical within those constraints.

Something easy to tune re: post lengths and media types would be cool too. A "text first" platform is desired.

I've run Mastodon in the past and it's like fishing with nukes for this use case.

What's out there?

#Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #web #selfHosting #SelfHosted

If you are #selfhosting / #homelabbing: you have my utmost respect. Do not trust other parties to have your back - because they don't.

However, few words to the wise: if you operate a minimalist setup - eg everything running in VMs on a single host: please do consider the consequences of downtime.

You probably don't want to run your critical services on one machine without a fallback. If those services include your smarthome foundation, DNS and firewalling: you don't want to troubleshoot in the dark because everything is down and you can't even turn on the light anymore.

You aren't the first nor won't he the last to learn this lesson when disaster strikes though

I was ill last week and discovered something uncomfortable: a huge Jellyfin library isn't entertainment, it's homework. Every time I opened it, it asked "what do you want?" and I just scrolled.

So I built a TV station instead.

ErsatzTV turns a media library into real linear channels with schedules and logos. It ships for Linux, Windows and macOS. My server runs FreeBSD.

Turns out the entire porting effort was one conditional. The code asked "is this Linux?" when it meant "is VAAPI available?" VAAPI is userspace, FreeBSD has it, and .NET has had OSPlatform.FreeBSD for years.

One || later: Intel hardware transcoding in a Bastille jail that can see exactly one GPU and one read-only dataset.

I now have a sci-fi channel. I don't know what's on tonight. That's the point.

https://blog.hofstede.it/building-my-own-tv-station-ersatztv-in-a-freebsd-jail-with-intel-hardware-transcoding/

#FreeBSD #ErsatzTV #Jellyfin #SelfHosting #Jails #dotnet

Wenn ich nicht zuviel falsch gemacht habe, ist diese Instanz jetzt vom kleinen Server in der heimischen Küche zu einem etwas kräftigeren VPS bei Netcup umgezogen.

#selfhosting

Ich habe mir die letzten Tage Mal die Zeit gegönnt und habe eine (neue) #ansible Rolle auf die "Beine" gestellt: https://github.com/bodsch/ansible-garage

#garage #s3 #storage #selfhosting

Good morning Fedi friends,

I have been feeling a rising anxiety over the state of the open web and the fediverse - after seeing efforts by politicians all over the world (in Europe too!) to introduce age verification laws for social media.

My way of coping?

Teaching people how to self-host their own Fediverse profile (using the superb #GoToSocial) via #YunoHost.

Chapter 1 in this series is available here:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-gotosocial-part-1-installation-and-set-up/

#resist #blog #ActivityPub #selfhosting

"Twasn't me..."

"Well... it was teh case's fault!!!11!!!"

🤡

If you ever wanted a good reason to keep around your failed hard drives, scavenging screwed up logic boards is a good reason. Ha!

#Linux #RunBSD #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Hardware #HDD

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Image of a HDD with the logic board removed and showing broken and bent interface pins.

I built Kollect because browser tabs are a terrible reading list.

It’s a native Plasma 6 link collector written in C++/Qt/Kirigami: plain TOML files by default, optional self-hosted FastAPI/SQLite storage, KWallet secrets, MiniMax M3 metadata enrichment, and a proper Fedora RPM.

Small, inspectable software that solves one problem well.

https://blog.hofstede.it/kollect-the-native-kde-link-collector-i-built-for-myself/

#KDE #Linux #SelfHosting #Qt #Development