…Install a base operating system, choose a Docker tool like Portainer, get the Compose file for a service, and deploy it. Managing the server and its services is where it gets tedious…
…Whether you're planning to save money by cancelling various streaming services, wish to take control of your own data and cease relying on cloud storage, or simply want somewhere to stash…
…Portainer gave me basic information about my containers; Beszel gave the system metrics; Uptime Kuma gave the services' health; and Speedtest Tracker gave the network performance. On paper, everything was alright and…
…The apps below cover those pressure points better than almost anything else, and together they turn a pile of services into something that actually feels manageable. I’m not calling them the…
…It ensures your text snippets and links stay private and accessible without relying on third-party cloud services. See at Github Uptime Kuma Silent guardian for every service on my network Uptime…
…Finally, Uptime Kuma monitors all self-hosted services, including Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Immich, and the mini PC. I get an alert if any of the services or VMs on the mini PC…
…services use the Lightweight MQTT, otherwise known as the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport protocol. This means they ping your local MQTT broker (like Mosquitto running inside Home Assistant) with state updates every…
…I was so focused on the service coming into the house that I ignored how that service was being distributed. Once I stopped blaming the provider, I could finally address the physical…
…I would not hesitate to run DNS services, monitoring tools, lightweight Linux VMs, Docker hosts, test environments, or a few management services on it. It is the kind of machine that can…
…Home labs tend to evolve faster than their owners do in updating their habits. We add a container, test a new service, expose something for convenience, and tell ourselves we'll clean…