Let’s encrypt, the biggest free provider of TLS certificates recently issued a warning to renew als TLS based certificates. Here is how to force a certificate renewal if you are using Traefik as a reverse proxy. Traefik and let’s encrypt I already wrote about my home server setup using Traefik Read more…
If you have not heard about the Log4j2 issues then it is time to act! Secure your selfhosted service right now or risk loosing all your data. Here is what you can do. The issue with Log4j2 Log4j2 is a logging library that is widely popular in the Java world Read more…
The digital, paperless future is coming closer and closer. When I was looking to go digital I ran into one major problem: automatic upload to Nextcloud. The automatic upload from your scanner makes digital copies of your documents available everywhere – but only to you! It turns out that his Read more…
Hosting your own services is pretty simple with Docker. Making services available everywhere via the web can be tricky. A reverse proxy is a flexible and safe solution for this problem – and Traefik is a reverse proxy build to be used with Docker and docker-compose. Here is how I Read more…
Grafana is an awesome tool to visualize your smart home data. It gets even better if you create a dynamic dashboard though. Change the datasource for a set of diagrams with one click – easy, show all values of a certain type in one diagram? – possible! All of this Read more…
To host services on your own server you need a simple way of running them. A great combination here is Docker and docker-compose for running your services. After some initial setup this combination is very simple to use, easy to extend and really powerful. This is how I run my Read more…
Having backups of your servers data is essential. But what if somethings goes wrong with the backup process? An automated backup check can be an incredibly important tool. I wrote a small script to check for new backups on my ZFS based server and notify me if any are missing. Read more…
Building a home server includes taking care of user management and (network) file shares. This can be a tedious task and chmod and samba shares’ configurations can be tricky to create. I created an Ansible script, including everything I learned about this, to fully automate these tasks. Here is how Read more…
ZFS is a super robust file system made for servers with great features like snapshots and build in checks for data security and integrity – with no special hardware needed. In this guide I will describe how to use it for a home server with integrated RAID functionality, snapshots of Read more…
Self-hosting important software and data on your own home server has a lot of advantages but can be a daunting task to get started with. I have been running my own server for a couple of years now and will describe the choices in hardware and software here. This will Read more…