The Self-Hosted Life

Raspberry Pi raising prices because RAM costs are going crazy this year. And with Crucial bowing out of the consumer market, things might get worse before they get better. #selfhost #homelab https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/

It’s cold out, so I’m going to setup and configure Syncthing (on Proxmox) to sync my Obsidian notes from my desktop pc and iPhone. Syncthing is an open source, peer-to-peer sync platform designed to replace proprietary cloud solutions. It puts you in complete control of your data: its storage location, its path across the network, and who can access it. What do you guys use to sync your files? #selfhost #homelab

I woke up and setup a Debian VM with Docker and Portainer on my Proxmox machine. I plan on installing Nginx, Next Cloud and some Homelab monitoring. What else should I add? What time to be alive. It’s so nice that you can just create and destroy and tinker with all these tools these days.

Happy Saturday, Nostr 👋 Doing some homelab tinkering today — it’s wild how much easier it’s gotten with all the great communities, resources, and a little help from the GPTs for troubleshooting along the way.

After 6+ months of development, the latest Stable release of Jellyfin (v10.11.0) has been released. Make sure to read this post before upgrading. Looks like a major update to help with future development. Looking forward to trying it out later this week. #selfhost #selfhosted https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-10.11.0/

Decided to spin up Jellyfin on the same Mini PC that’s running my Plex server tonight. I want to see how they compare. Plex has been starting to get on my nerves. What do you run in your homelabs? Below are my installation notes; I’m trying to keep better records for troubleshooting or future reinstalls. Are there any cool customization or settings I should turn on or try? **Installation** 1. Update Ubuntu System - `sudo update && sudo upgrade -y` 2. Install Required Dependencies - `sudo apt install apt-transport-https software-properties-common curl -y` 3. Add the Jellyfin Repository * `curl -fsSL https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/jellyfin-archive-keyring.gpg` * `echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/jellyfin-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.jellyfin.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.list` 4. Install Jellyfin * `sudo apt update` * `sudo apt install jellyfin -y` 5. Start & Enable Jellyfin * `sudo systemctl enable jellyfin` * `sudo systemctl start jellyfin` 6. Access the WebUI * http://your-ip:8096 * Replace `<your-ip>` with your servers local IP address, e.g., `192.168.1.100` * You'll be guided through: * Language selection * Admin user creation * Adding media libraries * Troubleshooting connecting to the WebUI - Since I have VLAN5 for my Homelab; and trying to access the Web UI from Vlan1, my Home | Trusted Vlan * Check Jellyfin Mini PC firewall - `sudo ufw status verbose` * Mini PC was blocking incoming traffic on port 8096 * Added port 8096 from Vlan (1) subnet (replace subnet with Vlan1)- `sudo ufw allow from 192.168.10.0/24 to any port 8096 proto tcp` 7. Grant Jellyfin Access to NAS Media * Added jellyfin user to my plex group which the media folder was already mounted for plex - `sudo usermod -aG plex jellyfin` * Restart Jellyfin - `sudo systemctl restart jellyfin` * if you need a guide to mount a NAS for Jellyfin/etc use this guide by Jim's Garage [youtube.com/watch?v=DMPetY4mX-c] 8. Add libraries + Users 9. Looks like Jellyfin just released iOS v1.7.0 recently w/ download support, I didn't find it very appealing so I went with Infuse for now. Seems to be working well. #homelab #selfhost #selfhosted

Well that was easy. StartOS installed in less than 10 minutes. Next Step install Bitcoin Node. StartOS Installation: 1. Download latest ISO from Start9 Github - https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/releases/tag/v0.3.5.1 2. Flash the ISO to USB (can use balenaEtcher or Rufus) 3. Power on Mini PC + Ethernet cable + Plug in USB 4. Enter BIOS -> Boot USB first 5. Restart Mini PC w/ bootable StartOS USB Image 6. Run through the installer Used this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXVgGLaEEwc #homelab #selfhost #bitcoin

Ground yourself ↓ ↓ ↓ Touch grass

What a gorgeous Sunday. I’m sitting around waiting for my SODIMM to arrive so I can finally set up my Bitcoin/Nostr node. In classic fashion, I quickly grabbed the wrong size sticks off Amazon. Thought they’d be here already, but the delivery’s been pushed back twice now and is supposedly coming tomorrow. I’m deciding between Start9 and Umbrel - both look solid. What do you folks use or prefer? #Bitcoin #Homelab #selfhosted #selfhost

You start tinkering with your home lab, thinking it’ll be a quick little tweak. Next thing you know, it’s 1 AM and you’re deep in the weeds trying to figure out why a router, a switch, or a static IP isn’t cooperating. You’re sure the changes make sense… but the equipment has other plans. Somehow, this is part of the fun. Those late night “why isn’t this working?” sessions are where you actually learn the most. #homelab #networking #lateNightHacks #selfhost

Bought a nice Geekwork P252 heavy duty, aluminum alloy case for this PI 3 #homelab #selfhost #selfhosted nostr:note1wq2zkvv4446aqderdeh0d5axp3reegv00tkaahu7cuqcgscueg5qar2yt0

Sunday is the day to start new projects. Making a WolNUT Pi server. My power keeps going out at my house and don’t have a good solution to powering down my homeland devices. I’m going to use an ols raspberry pi 3B that’s sitting in a bin to act as the server/client + wake on lan the devices when the battery on the UPS is above 50%. #homelab #selfhost #selfhosted