A day of using Docker and I'm now properly self hosting:
What else should I grab? I have unlimited power now. I still need a calendar, but that's all I have planned right now.
@zak just for my general knwowledge, did you check on readeack instead of karakeep? If yes, what made you choose the latter?
And libre-closet, I'll give it a try.
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I have both. #Nextcloud is my #Dropbox replacement and #Syncthing is used to backup my fileserver to my offsite location. I also use NC for syncing my podcasts to #AntennaPod, davsync contacts and calendar to my phone's #davx5
If you have a large physical medium collection, consider looking at the Automatic Ripping Machine container
@zak Nice! Putting on my checklist 🙂
The other day I tried:
@zak The most important thing in self-hosting? Backup, backup, backup.
Follow the 3-2-1 rule: 3 copies, 2 different media, 1 off-site.
Snapshots aren’t backups. RAID isn’t a backup.
And if you’ve never tested a restore, you don’t have a backup, you have a guess!
p.s I use Proxmox Backup Server with S3 for backups and Nextcloud for calendar and contacts. If you want a list of what I host just let me know 🤓
@zak Synology is a solid start, but manual backups to Proton Drive usually end up being a chore that gets forgotten.
I'd suggest looking at Hyper Backup, it’s built into the NAS and can automate encrypted backups to something like Backblaze B2 or C2.
To save on storage costs, I usually skip the bulk media and just backup the server configs and metadata. It’s enough to get back on your feet if the hardware fails without paying for massive off-site storage. 🤓
@zak calibre-web
@zak Unfortunately I have no experience on Kavita, but thanks for the tip! It never really occurred to me there are other tools for library management than Calibre.
For Calibre my experience has been mostly positive. I have used it for years to sync my Kindle and Kobo readers, I buy my books from various online shops and then deDRM them with Calibre. I used to have the Calibre database on my PC but have since moved it to my NAS, where I have Calibre-web so I can access it anywhere. I still occasionally use the PC client if I need to sync eReader with USB.
@zak backups. dont skip this.
databases + everything else. it doesn't matter where you backup, just do it.
@zak here’s a couple more you might be into:
Now that you’re self hosting some things, the next thing I’d consider is getting a cheap domain name and setting up a reverse proxy server (like Caddy or nginx proxy server).
That gives you the ability to create so actual sub-domains for each app - but more importantly both Caddy and nginx proxy manager support automatic SSL/TLS cert management - so you no longer get those annoying self signed certificate warnings for your internal apps.
You’d need to buy a cheap domain name if you don’t have one - but none of it ever needs to be exposed publicly (which you shouldn’t do anyway).
It’s probably easiest with Cloudflare hosted domains & DNS since it’s free and they offer good API access - but you’ve got lots of options.
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