For over 2 years now I’ve been running OpenWrt on my main router.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Recently I setup Authelia to use as an SSO (OIDC) for lots of my compatible applications.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Ntfy is becoming one of my favorite self-hosted services, and now I’m finally integrating it into system monitoring.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Once again I’m late wrapping up the previous year. However, I haven’t forgotten the promise I intend to uphold for as long as I can.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
For too long I have been manually running certain tasks on my server.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
This is my attempt at transparency for the donations I’ve received.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Home Assistant has been on my radar for quite some time, but only recently have I dived into the app that everyone is raving about.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
I know we are already nearly a month into the new year, but I wanted to follow through with a promise I made to myself last year.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Protecting your SSH port is a critical part of any good Linux security policy.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
I worked on a series of articles for the Smart Home Beginner website about setting up Wireguard tunnels.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
In November, 2021, Nextcloud released a much anticipated feature: a backup app for a less technical user!| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Updating my 2013 Macbook Air to Linux kernel version 5.17.4 broke my Broadcom wireless and required a bit of extra work to get it working.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Who I am An individual interested in teaching others how to use technology in a safe way.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
My world (and most everyone’s for that matter) changed drastically in 2020 - my country of residence and source of income became unstable and thus needed to change.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Nextcloud is clearly a popular choice when it comes to a self-hostable sync-and-share platform.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
This article is the second part of a 3-part series on backups for Nextcloud.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
At this point we all have a good understanding of what a computer virus is (or at least what it can do to your computer).| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
The announcement of Google limiting their Photos storage, along with mounting concerns about privacy and invasive advertising, are leading many like myself away from big tech.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
People are moving away from the tech giant for a variety of reasons.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Below is a collection of articles on various Nextcloud topics. As I release new ones I will add them here as well to give some idea of what’s possible and how much knowledge is required to accomplish them!| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
Nextcloud Wireguard Google Photos Replacements| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
I have just finished a series of articles for the Smart Home Beginner website about setting up Wireguard tunnels.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
One of the highlights from the Nextcloud 21 release in February, 2021 was the compatibility with, and performance bump of PHP 8.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
When installing a fresh instance of Nextcloud, it is important to correctly set your cron option in the Administrator settings or suffer a seriously hamstrung installation.| RairDev - Help for self-hosting!
I occasionally also write for other websites and below are links to the other articles I’ve written.| rair.dev
When COVID arrived in 2020, I lost my job as a scuba diving instructor. Now I’m writing articles about self-hosted applications to continue teaching.| rair.dev
This article is the final part of a 3-part series on automating a backup for Nextcloud.| rair.dev
You may have never heard it, or you may have heard it echoed 10,000 times in an online forum: Syncing solutions are not a backup solution!| rair.dev