Meditating in the moshpit
I'm impressed with how many apps I can #selfhost on my #raspberrypi5 16GB - all of these are running using #dockercompose. I have an external USB drive for data, and am using my gaming PC with Ollama as a back-end for Open-WebUI. Caddy is running to reverse proxy the apps, and Watchtower is keeping all of the containers updated.
Sep 9, 2025 at 8:16pmWeb
Show threadEd HurtleySep 9, 2025

@Lesault I've been really tempted to have a Pi Proxmox setup running "all the things", with Pis scattered around my house powered on separate circuits for maximum resilience, including a couple running through power banks with solar panels.

But that would be overkill.

right?

(Also, do you have a writeup on your setup? I'd be interested in reading about the Caddy and Watchtower setups for that many services.)

Show threadMeditating in the moshpitSep 9, 2025
@ehurtley I love the idea of solar-powered pis. I've been playing with Meshtastic nodes and would like to solar power those - maybe I could add a pi to the setup too!
I don't have a writeup, but maybe I'll do one soon.
Show threadEd HurtleySep 9, 2025

@Lesault Many years ago, I used a "CHIP" SBC connected to a power bank with a small solar panel as home server. The power bank sat in a South-facing window, and would run it for about six hours if receiving direct sunlight (since it did use more power than the little solar panel generated.)

The CHIP even supported multi-connection WiFi, so if power (therefore internet) was out, it broadcast its own WiFi signal to connect to.

Now I have modem+router on both a UPS and solar-connected-essential-loads battery backup, so that isn't as important. I've been doing "home data storage" as just a USB drive plugged into the router; but want something more configurable. (I don't trust "private" data to that.)