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Making services available on the Internet in seconds with Traefik reverse proxy

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…

By Oliver, 1 year08.11.2021 ago
Software

Building a full home server – easy and effectively running 10+ services with Docker and Docker-compose

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…

By Oliver, 1 year25.10.2021 ago
Software

Building a full home server- the basics

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…

By Oliver, 1 year06.09.2021 ago
HomeAssistant

Upgrading Home Assistant – painless updates via docker-compose

Setting up your own smarthome server with HomeAssistant and more is easy with Docker(-compose). Upgrading Home Assistant to keep everything up to date afterwards can be a challenge though. Here I will show a couple of ways to quickly update your containers. A smarthome server based on Docker My personal Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years ago
Software

Watchtower – Simple solution for automatic updates to all your Docker containers

Docker is great – keeping all your containers up to date not so much. Fortunately there is an easy fix to that: Watchtower. Docker and docker-compose allow you to easily run a bunch of services on a computer as cheap as the Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately with a lot of power Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years01.03.2021 ago
Software

Great LastPass alternative – securely self host your own password manager with Bitwarden(_rs)

You are looking for a LastPass alternative? Recently LastPass changed their free tier – which was a less than popular decision which makes it pretty much unusable for many users. Fortunately I use a very different solution to store my passwords and here I am sharing how to do this: Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years18.02.2021 ago
Basics

Moving Docker data to an external SSD – a simple step-by-step guide to more stable & secure Raspberry Pi storage

Moving Docker data to an external SSD fixes a major flaw with my smart home system. Many people out there, including me, are running a small home server on a Raspberry Pi – usually running on a SD card with very limited space and a potentially very limited lifetime. Fortunately Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years11.02.2021 ago
HomeAssistant

Setting up a new smart home with Home Assistant – Part One: hardware & setup

It is time! I am building a new smart home server for 2021. Home Assistant, Docker, Pi-hole & more, everything on one Raspberry Pi. Lets get ready by assembling the hardware and setting everything up. I have been running Openhabian on a Raspberry Pi 3 for years and it has Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years15.01.2021 ago
Automation

How to build your own powerful smart home server and hub

Tired of running a dozen different hub and Apps for your smart home devices? Here is how to build your own custom smart home server that is a universal hub and so much more. With a Raspberry Pi, Docker and open source smart home software and without spending much money. Read more…

By Oliver, 2 years09.01.2021 ago

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