The way we consume content on the internet is increasingly driven by walled-garden platforms and black-box feed algorithms. This shift is making our media diets miserable. Ironically, a solution to the problem predates algorithmic feeds, social media and other forms of informational junk food. It is called RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and it is beautiful. What the hell is RSS? RSS is just a format that defines how websites can publish updates (articles, posts, episodes, and so on) in a sta...| Tom Burkert
Learn how to add Remark42, an open source comment engine with multiple auth providers, to your website without a subdomain. This tutorial will walk you through the steps and dive into the details on how to write the code and set it up on Coolify.| Billy Le | Blog
I recently bought a new laptop and had already factory reset my old one to resell. In doing so, I lost all access to my Hetzner VPS since it was configured to disallow root access entirely and only allow user access via SSH since passwords were turned off. I was able to regain access by following these steps.| Billy Le | Blog
Every time I went to a non-existent URL, it would redirect me to the home page. I couldn't see my 404 page unless I went to /404 directly! Thankfully, I was able to find a solution after tinkering with Docker and Nginx. If you're in this situation, then this solution might be for you.| Billy Le | Blog
Pull Request Preview Deployments are a neat feature where you receive a shareable link so you can showcase a feature before merging it into production. In this post, I'll show you how you can set up your Coolify to create those magical Pull Request Preview Deploys just like Netlify.| Billy Le | Blog
Ever wondered how you can self-host your own websites and web apps without the need for services like Netlify, Vercel, and the like? I am venturing down that path and I want to share what I learned. In this tutorial, I will explain what I did to host a static website using Cloudflare, Hetzner, and Coolify.| Billy Le | Blog
...crux of the internet's problems over the years: These days, people don't bother to self-host anything because it's a nightmare to manage, not because it's...| SequentialRead
I can't think of a more compelling story for the hardware of the community-hosted internet revolution than that it was essentially dumpster-dived from behind a Cisco office park somewhere.| SequentialRead
I think the short, pithy description on homebrewserver.club might summarize it best: Take the ‘home’ in homebrew literally and the ‘self’ in self-hosting figuratively| SequentialRead
All typical operating systems (MacOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, and others) have a notion of a "Process", and there are far more similarities than differences...| SequentialRead
As subscription fatigue grows and data-sovereignty requirements tighten, more teams are looking for self-hosted productivity apps that don’t lock their data| System Administration
I can spin up new VMs on the server in my living room and install software on it. But it's more complex than just installing the software on a baremetal server. Fortunately for me, cloud technologies such as opentofu, cloud-init, and ansible can let me spin up and configure local VMs in seconds.| ergaster.org
★★★★☆ - Alternate web front-end for Mastodon and compatible servers. Slightly more user-friendly, if a bit buggy, especially on non-Mastodon servers like GoToSocial.| Hyperborea: New Posts
Your complete guide to self-hosting applications Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi including: hardware, HA, Ingress, storage and Operating Systems.| Alex Ellis' Blog
Creating a Tricked-Out Monero Server with TrueNAS Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides In this guide, we will walk you through setting up a very powerful Monero server on TrueNAS. By completing these steps, you will be able to connect to your own self-hosted Monero node with the official Monero wallet and Cake Wallet, and you will be able to connect to your own self-hosted Monero LWS server with Edge Wallet and MyMonero. Guest Contributor Please welcome Justin Ehrenhofer as a first-tim...| Privacy Guides
Extremely bare-bones social networking server that runs on low-resource machines, works on the web without cookies or JavaScript, and still interacts through ActivityPub with Mastodon, GoToSocial and other Fediverse software.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
An app for Mastodon (and other Fediverse sites) that cuts through the clutter. Runs anywhere in a web browser, or can be installed to your device's home page as a PWA.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
A lightweight Fediverse server, with a clean web interface for viewing public posts. Compatible with Mastodon apps and interacts with other ActivityPub platforms.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
After years of self-hosting on a VPS in a datacenter, I’ve decided to move my services at home. But instead of just porting services, I’m using this as an opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and robust set up.| ergaster.org
When working on my homelab, I regularly need to pass credentials to my tools. A naive approach is to just store the token in clear text, but there's a better alternative. Let's see how direnv and the Bitwarden password manager's CLI can be hooked together to let me keep my infrastructure credentials safe, in a simple, sturdy setup!| ergaster.org
I self-host services mostly for myself. My threat model is particular: the highest threats I face are my own incompetence and hardware failures. To mitigate those risks used to rely on podman containers to "standardize" my services, and on ansible to automate the deployment on my VPS.| ergaster.org
While you can certainly host your image files with the Git repo your Eleventy site is checked into, or add them manually after building it, neither option is ideal if you want responsive images in multiple formats to save precious bandwidth.| Sebin's Blog
I'm a big fan of self-hosting and DIY. Since writing my previous blog post about my self-hosting journey, I have learned some exciting new things that I want to share it with you. First, I’ll explain my initial server setup. Then, I’ll discuss why| Dogac.dev
As I mentioned in my previous posts, I love open-source software. How do I prefer my open-source projects? Of course, self-hosted. I love self-hosting not because I save a ton of money on hosting or SaaS fees, but because it offers a fun and educational experience. However, in my professional| Dogac.dev
A few weeks ago, I complained about how I couldn't get my Cloudflare tunnels working on my Oracle VM. I messed with things for a few days, gave up, and| The Haranguer
This guide will help you navigate the hardware options available, from repurposing old hardware to selecting new equipment, with a focus on practical, cost-effective solutions that won't break the bank or drive up your electricity bill| 32x33 Institute
Introduction What is a home server? A home server is a dedicated system within a private network that provides services such as file storage, application hosting, media streaming, or even web hosting. Think of it as a personal data center scaled down to meet the needs of a household or| 32x33 Institute
I did witness some of my co-travelers getting blocked at various points, but even after that happened, onboarding them to my system solved these issues and did not precipitate any issues for them or for my services.| SequentialRead
Spice up your day by setting up a local DNS Server for network-wide ad, tracking and malware blocking. Pi-hole used to be the old favourite for this type of setup however they've fallen behind in recent years and most of the fans have moved onto AdGuard Home. AdGuard| CyberHost
I don’t want to self-host, and even worse: I think most individuals shouldn’t host services for others. Yet, I am self-hosting services and I even teach people how to do it.| ergaster.org
Discrete NAS systems are increasingly used by general consumers as service-providers-in-a-box. In this post, I talk about doing just that exact thing. This p...| spieswl.github.io
Self-hosting is such a shitty term because it sorta implies that you do it all by yourself. Not only is that unrealistic, it's also a lot less fun... I'm still trying to figure out what I want to build, let alone what to call it.| SequentialRead
Why isn't it working? Why can't we connect? .... The first step is to figure out whether or not the application is listening or not, and if so, what listening address(es) it's using.| SequentialRead
I do think that my application is a lot more compelling this time; I have a demo I can show, and my project is a lot more unique and specialized, providing something that REALLY does not exist currently.| SequentialRead
Just over a year ago, I moved my personal public infrastructure onto Oracle Cloud. Now, Oracle changes the deal. Time to try extreme self-hosting.| The Haranguer
Besides that, I don't feel like writing any more description or introduction to what you are about to witness. [...] enjoy the demo video, and please give me feedback if you decide to try out the service!| SequentialRead
Put your pocket-sized silicon to work as the world's smallest API-driven cloud - to run automation scripts, scheduled tasks, functions and to host web sites| Alex Ellis' Blog
