I know for many of us every day is selfhosting day, but I liked the alliteration. Or do you have fixed dates for maintenance and tinkering?

Let us know what you set up lately, what kind of problems you currently think about or are running into, what new device you added to your homelab or what interesting service or article you found.

This post is proudly sent from my very own Lemmy instance that runs at my homeserver since about ten days. So far, it’s been a very nice endeavor.

  • bluGill@fedia.io
    1·
    15 minutes ago

    Spring break so nothing this weekend. I need to figure out backups and then common passwords/logins for my family.

  • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    1 hour ago

    I got a new job, and the group chat is on WhatsApp, so I’m looking into running a Synapse server with a bridge to it. I really don’t want to have to use Meta’s apps on my phone.

    From what I’ve read so far, it seems like it’s going to be the most convoluted install process I’ll have encountered in my self-hosting journey. I’m excited to tackle it, but also a bit overwhelmed. Which is why I’ve been putting it off :P

  • dingdongitsabear@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    switched my server from i7-870 (my ex-workstation) to Pentium G6405 (got it free). switch went without a hitch, debian with a ton of docker services (jellyfin, servarr, pihole, radicale, etc.), 8 GB RAM only. although it’s a quadcore to dualcore switch, no performance issues. I know there are better options out there, but I don’t spend money unless I really have to.

  • Wrongdoer4094@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    I have had success with a monthly reminder in my google calendar. Sometimes I skip it, but I have been updating and keeping everything nice and tidy much more frequent than I used to!

  • Marvelicious@fedia.io
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve been hosting Emby forever (and the requisite software to acquire content 😉).

    Recently I added Nextcloud to facilitate cutting several Google products out of my life. Combined with a few FOSS apps, it’s currently doing the job of Drive (storage) and Keep (notes), and I’m planning to move my contacts and calendar this week.

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
    41·
    6 hours ago

    what’s maintenance? is that when an auto-update breaks everything and you spend an entire weeknight looking up tutorials because you forgot what you did to get this mess working in the first place?

    • daddycool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      I know you’re half joking. But nevertheless, I’m not missing this opportunity to share a little selfhosting wisdom.

      Never use auto update. Always schedule to do it manually.

      Virtualize as many services as possible and take a snapshot or backup before updating.

      And last, documentation, documentation, documentation!

      Happy selfhosting sunday.

      • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I think auto update is perfectly fine, just check out what kind of versioning the devs are using and pin the part of the version that will introduce breaking changes.

        • daddycool@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 hours ago

          I just like it when things break on scheduled maintenance and I have time to fix it or the possibility to roll back with minimal data loss, instead of an auto update forcing me spend a week night fixing it or running a broken system till I have the time.

          • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            You can have the best of both worlds - scheduled auto updates on a time that usually works for you.

            With growing complexity, there are so many components to update, it’s too easy to miss some in my experience. I don’t have everything automated yet (in fact, most updates aren’t) but I definitely strive towards it.

            • daddycool@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 hours ago

              In my experience, the more complex a system is, the more auto updates can mess things up and make troubleshooting a nightmare. I’m not saying auto updates can’t be a good solution in some cases, but in general I think it’s a liability. Maybe I’m just at the point where I want my setup to work without the risk of it breaking unexpectedly and having to tinker with it when I’m not in the mood. :)

  • Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I run everything off my gaming rig, so maintenance is kinda already a part of it.

    I just don’t really look forward to the day I need to reinstall :p

  • dfense@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 hours ago

    Currently trying to step up my game bv setting up kubernetes. Cluster is running, but I am really struggling getting the combination domain name, let’s encrypt and traefik, but without a cloud load balancer, to work. I feel like I went through most tutorials available, but it seems each one is missing a crucial part. Gonna invest some more hours today…

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    I’ve started to setup Authentik this weekend. My goal is to learn more about SSO and have one account for most of my selfhosted services.

    • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Did that as well a while ago and generally it’s working pretty good, some services had the possibility to migrate existing accounts to authentik even. But even though it’s been pretty reliable so far I’m hesitant to migrate my more critical services behind another runtime dependency.

  • Skunk@jlai.luEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Maintenance day is when I log into my server once every 3 month because I forgot it (as everything is working fine).

    But I just discovered OpenSuse microOS, while looking at the docs for my laptop Thumbleweed, and now I want to try it with no real reasons. Maybe it is just an excuse to buy a new Raspberry pi.

  • BroBot9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Heya! I’m looking to get into self hosting. Any recommendations on good beginner tutorials or resources?

    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      5 hours ago

      Pick something you want to self host first. Do you want a media library? Then look into Jellyfin guides, or komga, or whatever. Do you want a centralized blocking dns server for all your devices? Look into adguard/pihole/etc. do you want to fuck around with llms? That’s a whole thing but you totally can and look into guides on doing it

      Just as advice you’ll find people that become borderline evangelical on what you use. It doesn’t really matter. Debian vs unraid vs truenas, ecc ram or not, etc. I mean it does, somewhat, and you should read about it, but don’t get hung up on small details. For home use basically anything is fine. Get an old ewaste pc from 2012 and run whatever os you want (just not windows though)

    • daddycool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      You can start by using any old PC you have laying around and install Proxmox on it. Proxmox is a free hypervisor that allows you to make virtual machines and containers which makes it easy to setup and administrate servers/services. This will give you a good foundation to start playing around and give you an idea of your resource requirements.

    • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      Find something that interests you, and look at the docs of how to get started. It literally is the easiest way to learn and get involved in self hosting

    • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Don’t have a good guide, but in addition on the thing you plan to selfhost yourself you need to decide where it’s supposed to run. In a rented VM from a hoster? There are several ones where you can get a decent VM for a few bucks each month.

      Nowadays, Docker (or containers in general) are very popular, as an alternative to directly installing services on the vm. They make many things easier, but it’s another thing to learn about when you’re just starting - fortunately, there’s plenty of guides etc!

  • bigDottee@geekroom.techEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Just found Redirecterr and set that up, but that’s just for me since no one else seems to use Overseerr.

    Purchased a new to me EOL enterprise switch that will enable me to expand my network while replacing existing hardware that is limited. It also enables me to move to 10G networking woot!

  • credics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    I want to host a personal dashboard with weather forecast and upcoming appointments. I couldn’t find anything that fits my needs so now I‘m building my own.

    • bluGill@fedia.io
      1·
      19 minutes ago

      I use magic mirror for that. I tried homeeassistant but I’m alleric to a million PIs and they make installing any other way hard. (Rant about vm versions not supporting extentions)