Ivan Todorov<p>Self-hosting tip from the trenches:</p><p>If you're running multiple services at home (like Matrix, Nextcloud, Home Assistant…), invest early in a reverse proxy with proper domain names + SSL. It makes access simpler, more secure, and lets you scale cleanly later. </p><p>My current combination is Apache + Certbot (Let’s Encrypt), but Nginx seems like a solid choice too!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>So that's my message to you. Homelabs are fun. They give you a safe place to experiment, learn and become more experienced with Linux, networks and running stuff at a comparably low price. And these cute 10 inch racks make it even more fun! I have documented my setup with a bill of material at <a href="https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute-Homelab/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute</span><span class="invisible">-Homelab/</span></a> in the hope that more people join the movement :)</p><p>5/5</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowHosting</span></a></p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>And before you ask, my homelab needs are humble. I don't need or want to go to 10G ethernet. I also don't need petabytes of storage. These little refurbished machines are dirt cheap (around €80-100) and have more than enough oomph for my needs (run containers, build stuff with a forgejo runner, some home automation stuff). I also like that when the sun shines, my solar panel produces enough electricity to run it :)</p><p>4/5</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowHosting</span></a></p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>It was another one of those experiences. When I searched for support of the RTL8125 on Linux I got a lot of negative results. Mostly by people trying (and failing) to get it running on more obscure Linux distros. But for €20, I was willing to JustTry™. And it works. So. Thank you, fellow colleagues at Red Hat for this :)</p><p>3/5</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowHosting</span></a></p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>This 3rd server is a bit special, as I added a M2 network card with a 2.5G ethernet port (RTL8125). And as expected, it JustWorks™. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 immediately saw it during install. So now I have at least 1 machine with 2 network ports and can add these M2 thingies to other boxes too. At around €15-€20, it was worth a try and now that it works, I can have even more fun with my setup!</p><p>2/5</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowHosting</span></a></p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>Finally added the 3rd server to my cute homelab. And decided to upgrade the setup with a 4 port KVM switch, so I can watch the log entries flying by with a bit more comfort. It had to be the Greathtek GHT-S7415H-02, because that one has the right size to fit in my 10" rack. Should arrive Monday. Now to design and print a holder for the screen and keyboard.</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowHosting</span></a></p>
Anthony Bosio<p>I ended up pulling the trigger on an ASUS A16 (2023). With 32GB/1TB, an 8GB GPU and the right price, I think this will serve me well. 🤞</p><p>I wiped Windows immediately and installed NixOS with Gnome. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a></p>
Jamie<p>Done! And without an error in sight!</p><p>Just got to let it process through all of the various jobs it needs to complete now!</p><p>I think I may look at hosting the Immich Machine Learning container on my gaming PC though. 🤔💭</p><p><a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/Immich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immich</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/ImmichGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmichGo</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/GooglePhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePhotos</span></a></p>
Robby<p>Proxmox VE 9.0 beta is out! Based on Debian 13 'Trixie', it features Ceph Squid 19.2, SDN Fabrics, ZFS 2.3, & more.</p><p><a href="https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-ve-9-0-beta-released.168618/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.proxmox.com/threads/prox</span><span class="invisible">mox-ve-9-0-beta-released.168618/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proxmox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxmox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Jamie<p>So far, the <a href="https://github.com/simulot/immich-go" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Immich-Go</a> tool is working really well with media extract from Google Photos via Google Takeout! </p><p>I love that it compares the media to what already exists on Immich and decides if it needs uploading, and even replaces the files if it finds a better quality version of a photo or video. 🤩</p><p><a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/Immich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immich</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/ImmichGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmichGo</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/GooglePhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePhotos</span></a></p>
House Panther :verified_paw:<p>I just scored 2 Lenovo ThinkCentres each with 16GBs of RAM and 256GB SSDs for free. They’ll make excellent additions to my <a href="https://goblackcat.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a>.</p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>And as it is Friday, my weekly round of `dnf update` and `reboot` on my servers. And a `podman image prune` to clean up stale container images. Weekend can start :)</p><p><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Ethan Sholly<p>Self-Host Weekly (18 July 2025)</p><p>Commentary on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a>, software launches and updates, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Subtrackr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Subtrackr</span></a>, and more in this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsletter</span></a> recap!</p><p><a href="https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-18/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/subscriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscriptions</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a></p>
dereulenspiegel<p>I am currently reducing my homelab and moving everything into a smaller 10 inch rack. For this I created a rack mount for Sodola network switches. Maybe this is useful for some people. Available here <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/1358412-sodola-switch-10-inch-rack-mount" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">printables.com/model/1358412-s</span><span class="invisible">odola-switch-10-inch-rack-mount</span></a> and <a href="https://makerworld.com/de/models/1616426-sodola-switch-10-inch-rack-mount#profileId-1705768" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makerworld.com/de/models/16164</span><span class="invisible">26-sodola-switch-10-inch-rack-mount#profileId-1705768</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sodola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sodola</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/minilab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minilab</span></a></p>
Bastian<p>Ich habe es jetzt doch gewagt und ein Forum aufgesetzt. Ich lade alle, die sich den Themen Homelab, Selfhosting, usw. widmen, herzlich ein vorbeizuschauen 😀. Ich möchte versuchen, die alte Forenkultur wieder ein wenig zurückzubringen und gleichzeitig eine kleine Anlaufstelle für das Hobby bieten.</p><p>Es steht noch am Anfang und ich bin wirklich gespannt, ob und wie es funktioniert. </p><p>Das Forum ist ans <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> angebunden 😉 </p><p><a href="https://19inch.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">19inch.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/messageboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messageboard</span></a></p>
Ivan Todorov<p>Hey y’all — I’m a self-hosting addict, open-source tinkerer, and pfSense whisperer. I wrangle YAML, harden servers, build Grafana dashboards, and obsess over quiet fans and logs at 2AM. Expect posts on Home Assistant, Matrix, Ollama, Linux, and DIY homelab chaos. Let’s connect and make some beautiful FOSS and automations together :)</p><p>Oh, and I also run a web design studio in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belgrade</span></a> , so there’s that too :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matrix</span></a></p>
Jamie<p>Immich app backing up the photos and video from my phone. Gonna be here a while. 😆</p><p><a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/Immich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immich</span></a></p>
DocYeet :verified:<p>I've been progressively more and more frustrated with Zitadel as Identity Provider in the last months</p><p>It came with the default Netbird installation process and thought I would use Zitadel as my Identity Provider for the whole infrastructure, learning with it</p><p>But it feels clunky, slow and overly complicated, so I am here to ask you, is it a me thing or is Zitadel actually not so polished ?</p><p>I am currently eying Authentik and have to run some tests before migrating but I would be curious to hear your feedback on the matter</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/oidc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oidc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/zitadel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zitadel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/netbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/authentik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authentik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/idp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.halis.io/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Pascal Leinert<p>Ich habe testweise mal <a href="https://social.pascal-leinert.de/tags/Anubis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anubis</a> über meine absolut unbenutzte Seite <a href="https://pascal-leinert.de" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pascal-leinert.de</a> drübergeklatscht. Theoretisch bräuchte man dafür ja kein <a href="https://social.pascal-leinert.de/tags/Cloudflare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cloudflare</a><span> mehr, aber welche Alternative gibt es dafür bezüglich der Maskierung der Heimnetz IP, außer einem VPS zu nutzen? Eine DDoS Attacke darauf kann ich nicht gebrauchen.<br><br></span><a href="https://social.pascal-leinert.de/tags/Homeserver" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homeserver</a> <a href="https://social.pascal-leinert.de/tags/Homelab" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a></p>
Question to the home lab and self hosted communities: what's the go-to cloud backup service these days? I've been using Backblaze, but there have been some controversies about their future. Are those irrelevant?
Additional context: I need to run backups both from Linux (doesn't matter the tool) and Synology (their native backup tool).
TIA (thanks in advance)
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