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Ok, I'm at my wits end. No matter what I do I can't get this damned thing to connect to the network.
Is it at all possible to setup Proxmox via a crossover Ethernet cable?
Today marks my first anniversary with Proxmox ! It has been a wonderful journey with some challenges, but they have always been manageable, thanks to Proxmox Backup Server and the support from the Mastodon community.
Now, I'm looking to add a real second node. It's too addictive. My only regret is that I didn't start earlier. :-)
A few weeks ago, I moved back to self-hosting my mail server after using Purelymail for three years. The decision wasn’t about cost – it’s actually more expensive to rent a VPS – but about control, security, and data locality. My mails are now hosted in Europe, giving me more confidence in their privacy, and I can configure everything exactly as I want while ensuring compliance with GDPR.
I originally self-hosted my mail server during my student days. Back then, I enjoyed experimenting and tweaking my setup, but mail servers aren’t the best playground for that – especially when you need to reliably receive important emails. Eventually, I opted for a hosted service to simplify things and avoid the responsibility. At the time, I wasn’t certain about taking on the operational burden.
Now, several years later, I feel much more comfortable running my own mail server again. I regularly work with infrastructure-related tasks, deploying services on Kubernetes and managing cloud resources. This experience has made self-hosting easier. I actually self-host fewer services than I used to – Miniflux, for example, I now use as a hosted service – but for the services I do run, I feel confident in maintaining them properly.
What also helps is that I’ve become less adventurous in my setup. I briefly tested newer mail server projects like Stalwart and also eyed Maddy earlier, but there aren’t many online resources about these newer projects. After some local and short-lived server tests, I quickly decided to stick with a stable and well-established solution: docker-mailserver. It uses Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, and ClamAV – nothing fancy, just solid and widely used components. The first few days required some configuration adjustments, but every problem I encountered had a documented solution thanks to the large user base of these tools.
I also prioritize stability for the underlying system. My mail server runs on Fedora CoreOS, which requires minimal maintenance. I apply updates with rpm-ostree upgrade
every few weeks and keep access secure by using Tailscale with SSH, eliminating the need to expose an SSH port on my Hetzner Cloud firewall.
All configurations are stored in a Git repository, ensuring they are versioned and easily reproducible. Backups are dealt with restic, pushing encrypted snapshots to an S3-compatible object storage. This setup is similar to how I manage my main VPS, which hosts my blog, Gitea, and Baïkal for contacts and calendars.
The world’s political landscape is shifting rapidly, and while I can’t predict the future, I feel more at ease knowing that I have full control over my email infrastructure. So far, the setup has been working smoothly, and I don’t regret making the switch back to self-hosting mails.
After three years with Purelymail, I’m back at self-hosting…
jlelse.blog#HomeAssistant OS build: ThinkCentre M910x (2 disks mirroring) + #Proxmox + Tailscale =
Phew I just made it!
Install WSL, install Docker, getting a peertube remote runner to work AND finally upload the #hiking video from yesterday in the #mountains .
https://video.franzgraf.de/w/fZhoS9vD7xCBrD4m14d563
Enjoy!
For my #1500th post, allow me to re-introduce myself.
Hi, I'm Seb. Some #AuDHD chronically misunderstood guy finding his place in the world. Born in #halifax, adopted and grew up in #montreal. Estranged from family now living somewhere in rural #quebec with my partner and my dog.
Current obsessions: #lactofermentation #kefir #snl #selfhosting #foss, my #plants, #commonsideeffects #taskmaster #dropoutTV, #finalfantasyvi #zdarsky #hickman #remender #mikepatton
What's shaking?
WordPress.com está pensando en ceder tofos los artículos de sus usuarios para alimentar a las hambrientas IA. Otra razón más para mover mi blog personal a un espacio web propio
#selfhosting
This has got to change #nextcloud - I LEFT VM-style setup for #docker here to avoid this pain.. yet it follows.
Would anyone have a recommendation for an alternative? Features I use are file sync, some calendar sync. #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting
@paco While mine is still too young for #docker and #selfhosting, I utilise containers any chance I get.
Spread the knowledge Paco!
Gracias por su interés en esto que denominaré #autohospedar o como dicen los ánglos #selfhosting
Fé de erratas, por ahí dije owncloud, lo que tengo es Nextcloud y necesito agregarle el onlyoffice que para planes, guiones y demás procesos administrativos es útil.
Y ya después, arranco con el resto de la plataforma, lejos de las garras de las empresas de tecnología gordas y cachetonas.
Sigan a esta gente bonita:
@sl1200 @maruxiluan@tkz.one @laescude @polographer @guayabito @Errantus @polographer
I finally decided to try again hosting my own Pixelfed instance and after a few docker compose up -d
and docker compose down -v
it is finally running.
I was suprised in a good way to see that it is not creating copies of all images from federated posts (at least not the ones I am getting from the relay), which is amazing because storage is going to be way better than anticipated.
There's a #docker for that ...
Oh my f***ing god!
I tried and faild to get #guacamole running via a standard #Ubuntu install. It wouldn't run for.
And then I just typed the magic words "guacamole docker compose" into searxng and voilá. Up and running in seconds.
Here's my saviour:
https://github.com/boschkundendienst/guacamole-docker-compose
Guacamole with docker-compose using PostgreSQL, nginx…
GitHubFirst steps towards complete degoogling are complete.
Phone, Pixel -> GrapheneOS
Google Drive -> File Browser via TrueNAS
Google Photos -> Immich via TrueNAS
Chrome -> Vivaldi (chromium still, but anyway)
Gmail -> ?
Google Maps -> ?
After thinking about hosting an email server, I've decided against it. So looking out for good alternatives.
#Degoogle #Privacy #SelfHosting #FileBrowser #Imnich #TrueNAS
Earning my #selfhosting badge of honor - as a newbie - is a little more difficult than expected.
My 4 year old is now on a two week school holiday and despite my parents' help, she sweetly interrupts me while I'm running my sudo commands to install Ghost. So many sudo commands!
She's naturally my number one priority, so I've been pausing the installation every time she comes to see me... and switching to playing LEGOs with her.
Ghost: not yet installed
LEGO fish market (our original creation): complete
#MySoCalledSudoLife
TIL: turning on the Safe Search option for YouTube on AdGuard Home, makes YouTube turn on the restricted mode.
I thought it was my ISP...
Any good places to reliably host a static site, just over 200MB, for free (or super cheap)?