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New server for the family, Proxmox or TrueNAS, LXC or Docker?

sh.itjust.works/post/39436160

sh.itjust.worksNew server for the family, Proxmox or TrueNAS, LXC or Docker? - sh.itjust.workscross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/39436154 [https://sh.itjust.works/post/39436154] > Hello everyone, I’m building a new server for the house, it will act as > a NAS for everyone and host a few services like paperless, immich, baikal, jellyfin, syncthing probably navidrone, etc. The main reason I’m building a new one is that my current one is a HP prebuilt with a 3rd gen i5 and 8GB ram that is slowly beating the bucket, my 4TB HDD is completely full and there’s no more sata ports nor space in the case. > > I am fully psychologically prepared to be 24/7 tech support, but after all I already am, and in this way I have to support services for which I know how they work (and that I trust!) and not some strange Big Tech service whose UI and inner workings changes every other day. > > For reference my new build is: > - CPU: Ryzen 5 PRO 4560G + stock cooler. Has integrated graphics, can use it for Jellyfin transcoding. > - RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB (from my desktop before I upgraded to 64GB RAM. If needed in the future I will upgrade the capacity and probably switch to ECC, I’ve chosen the CPU since it has support for it) > - SSD NVME (boot+VM storage): Verbatim VI3000 512GB > - Storage (SATA): 4x12TB Seagate Enterprise (White label) to use ZFS and Raid Z1 + 1x512GB Samsung SSD as cache. > > I’m planning on using proxmox on bare metal and spin up VM/containers as needed, for which I’m wondering: > > - I know proxmox can manage ZFS arrays, is it better to create the array via proxmox, then share it as needed via something like openmediavault in vm/container OR to create a TrueNAS VM and passthrough the SATA controller to it, then manage everything via TrueNAS? I’ve done the latter in the past on another server, it’s holding strong > > - I don’t know if exposing the server to the open internet is a good idea (of course with fail2ban and a firewall properly configured) or to just keep a VPN connection to the server always open. I think the latter would be more secure, but also less user-friendly for parts of the family. I’m using wireguard currently to remote into my server when needed, and sometimes networks like eduroam in my university block it completely. > > - Self signed SSL certificates might also be a problem in the latter case > > - Since I will experiment with this server a little bit, I was thinking of keeping: > > - One VM for services for the family (exposed to internet or VPN) > - One VM for services I still want to expose (I currently expose a couple websites for friends with data archived in my NAS) > - One VM for me to experiment with before going in “production” for the family > > Each VM would host its services using Docker+Portainer. > My question is: is this too convoluted? Should I just use proxmox’s LXC containers (which I have no experience with) and host services there? > > I was also thinking of spinning up a pfsense/opnsense box and put the server into a separate VLAN from the domestic lan. But that will be a project for a second time. Unfortunately the way ethernet is wired in my house and for the physical space I have available prevent me from separating the networks by physically using another router. > > Thanks!
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@chris forum.netgate.com/topic/187943 mentions atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/do but that seems to only have 2.6.0, 2.7.0, 2.7.1 and 2.7.2. (I suppose you could get 2.7.2 and upgrade to 2.8.0.) I also found mirror.transip.net/pfsense/dow which has a handful of different 2.1.x through 2.6.x versions. Neither provides 2.8.0 directly though.

Netgate put downloads behind their shop fairly recently, it seems. Bugged me enough that I'm looking at options.

Netgate Forum · What happened to the CE downloads?@GeorgePatches For the time being, you can download the images here https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/

My flash drive in my Unraid server was going bad so went down the road of replacing it.
Ordered multiple sets of different flash drives from amazon and non of them would work because they had no GUID.
Any Unraid recommended drives were no longer available. Eventually found an old drive that worked.
Unraid needs to find another way to manage their licensing.

Why selfhosted social media protocols are hated ?

lemmy.world/post/30674877

lemmy.worldWhy selfhosted social media protocols are hated ? - Lemmy.World> A while ago, I posted about my plan to build a Lemmy client using the Plebbit protocol. The response was, honestly, full of hate. I wasn’t expecting praise or anything, but I didn’t think people would react so negatively to the idea of something truly decentralized. But here I am again. Still believing that Plebbit is the only real self-hosted social media protocol out there. Let me explain why, in the most direct way I can: – Plebbit is serverless. – There are no global admins. – It does not rely on any central server. – It can’t be censored or taken down. – It works like BitTorrent, but for social media. – No subreddit can go offline as long as one peer is online. Every subreddit (called a “subplebbit”) is its own world. Mods can ban users, remove posts, or run things how they want. But there’s no “head office.” Nothing above them. And yes, Plebbit already has support for NSFW subs like /pol and others. It doesn’t need approval from anyone. I see Plebbit as the Bitcoin of social media. Pure, peer-to-peer. No middlemen. No backdoors. No central kill switch. It reminds me of what the internet was supposed to be—free, open, uncensorable. Sadly, most devs I’ve met online don’t really understand peer-to-peer tech deeply. Some barely know cryptography. That’s okay, but it also makes real decentralization hard to appreciate. If you’ve never read the Plebbit whitepaper, https://github.com/plebbit/whitepaper [https://github.com/plebbit/whitepaper] please do. It’s not just another protocol. It’s a whole different way of thinking about social interaction online. I’m still planning to build that client. I don’t care if the first reactions were negative. I’m not doing this for approval. I’m doing it because I genuinely believe in it. If anyone reading this wants to talk, build, learn, or just understand more about Plebbit — I’m here.

Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamer

Navidrome gives you freedom to listen to your music collection from any browser or mobile device. It’s like your personal Spotify!

It handles very large music collections, will stream virtually any audio format available, and reads and uses all y ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/navidrome-is-a

A music library interface displaying various album covers and tracks, featuring artists like The Black Keys and Joy Division.
GadgeteerZA · Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamerNavidrome gives you freedom to listen to your music collection from any browser or mobile device. It's like your personal Spotify!

Hat sich in Sachen #SelfHosted #LiveTracking in letzter Zeit eigentlich etwas Interessantes getan? Meine Experimente früher mit PhoneTrack für Nextcloud, Traccar und OwnTracks waren alle eher so meh. Ich würde nur gern einen Track hochladen und dann einen Link öffentlich/privat teilen, der meine Position auf dem Track zeigt. Komoot u. a. bieten ja auch Live-Tracking an, aber halt meist gegen Geld, und die Daten liegen dann halt dort.