phildini
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Is there a technical advantage or reason for moving from #gitea to #forgejo ? #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting
Is there a technical advantage or reason for moving from #gitea to #forgejo ? #homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting
ajuvo ✔
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Google Drive is as unpleasant to use as Google Docs is pleasant to use.
It seems to be the opposite for FOSS solutions.
It’s a strong motivator to finish up my Kubernetes series of posts so I can deploy Docs, the markdown-first collaborative suite by @codegouvfr
Google Drive is as unpleasant to use as Google Docs is pleasant to use.
It seems to be the opposite for FOSS solutions.
It’s a strong motivator to finish up my Kubernetes series of posts so I can deploy Docs, the markdown-first collaborative suite by @codegouvfr
Tonight I made a simple, yet destructive (or at least partly) mistake: when I told FreeBSD which disk to destroy, I accidentally gave it the system disk of my little home server. This happened because it had the same size as the external SSD I had just plugged in, and I got confused.
I lost some reproducible configurations (the server’s name was in fact tempfbsd01), but I took the chance to run an experiment. My home server runs FreeBSD in read-only mode (that's the part I destroyed). From there, I manually enable the external drives (encrypted with GELI) and, in turn, the ZFS pools. Then I start the various jails and the (single, Proxmox Backup Server) VM.
Since I also have another test box running SmartOS, I decided to experiment: I connected the disks to it, created a FreeBSD bhyve VM on SmartOS, and passed the entire disks through to the VM. I reconfigured the FreeBSD VM with the bare minimum and booted it all up. The jails with BastilleBSD started without any issues - obviously the Proxmox Backup Server VM itself is still missing, but I’ll deal with that later.
I’m tempted to leave everything like this for a while.
And yes, for anyone wondering: I had fun 🙂
#FreeBSD#RunBSD #illumos#SmartOS#DisasterRecovery#IT#SysAdmin#Homelab
deutrino
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Hardware Haven pokes at one of those fanless Intel N150 systems with 4x 2.5GbE
it works with 32GB memory (16GB officially supported), has an NVMe slot, and other interesting features such as an RJ45 serial port and some provisions made for 4G or 5G modems.
Hardware Haven pokes at one of those fanless Intel N150 systems with 4x 2.5GbE
it works with 32GB memory (16GB officially supported), has an NVMe slot, and other interesting features such as an RJ45 serial port and some provisions made for 4G or 5G modems.
Elena Rossini ⁂
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Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)
Teaching moments from @elena, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #OpenArchiver - an #email archiving platform, and more in this week's #newsletter recap!
https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-08-22/
#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #privacy #development #app #apps #software #fediverse #activitypub
Oof, my homelab NGINX Proxy Manager isn’t able to keep up with site traffic. Time to cut some apps that aren’t used often.
David Vasandani
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Anybody running a #Dell #idrac server in their #homelab? I bought one used recently and it came with a system name set to WIN-AFGAQLM38BR. I want to change the hostname. But all I have is the idrac web interface (or ssh to it) and linux OS (XCP-ng). How does one set that hostname?
Also the service tag has been set to 1234567. That surprises me. I didn't realize that could be set.
Anybody running a #Dell #idrac server in their #homelab? I bought one used recently and it came with a system name set to WIN-AFGAQLM38BR. I want to change the hostname. But all I have is the idrac web interface (or ssh to it) and linux OS (XCP-ng). How does one set that hostname?
Also the service tag has been set to 1234567. That surprises me. I didn't realize that could be set.
Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)
Teaching moments from @elena, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #OpenArchiver - an #email archiving platform, and more in this week's #newsletter recap!
https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-08-22/
#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #privacy #development #app #apps #software #fediverse #activitypub
Sean Tilley
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Hang on, you can use cloud tech to make your homelab easier to manage?
Yes you can! I spin up and configure VMs automatically and safely on my homelab. Come with me as I write and cast spells to spin up VMs and deploy Kubernetes on them!
Hang on, you can use cloud tech to make your homelab easier to manage?
Yes you can! I spin up and configure VMs automatically and safely on my homelab. Come with me as I write and cast spells to spin up VMs and deploy Kubernetes on them!
Twice now my #GoToSocial instance has gotten "stuck" for lack of a better word, where it refuses to federate out posts until restarted.
It seems to handle inbound federation fine, seems to be able to federate out favorites OK, possibly even DMs, but posts and replies don't go anywhere.
I'm not seeing anything obvious in my logs, just the absence of any activity posting to other instances' /inbox.
Has anyone seen anything like this?
Michael Dexter
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Well, this was a surprise. Decided to run a simple LAN ping test between two of my access points, and the results were not what I expected.
Contender 1: The "mighty" Ubiquiti UniFi AC Lite
Contender 2: The tiny MikroTik mAP Lite
The winner? By a long shot, the MikroTik! It showed much better stability and lower latency.
The Stats:
- MikroTik: Avg 8.2ms / Jitter 10ms
- Ubiquiti: Avg 15.4ms / Jitter 32.1ms
Goes to show that size isn't everything in the world of networking.
#SysAdmin #NetworkGear #Ubiquiti #MikroTik #WiFi #HomeNetworking #IT #HomeLab
Well, this was a surprise. Decided to run a simple LAN ping test between two of my access points, and the results were not what I expected.
Contender 1: The "mighty" Ubiquiti UniFi AC Lite
Contender 2: The tiny MikroTik mAP Lite
The winner? By a long shot, the MikroTik! It showed much better stability and lower latency.
The Stats:
- MikroTik: Avg 8.2ms / Jitter 10ms
- Ubiquiti: Avg 15.4ms / Jitter 32.1ms
Goes to show that size isn't everything in the world of networking.
#SysAdmin #NetworkGear #Ubiquiti #MikroTik #WiFi #HomeNetworking #IT #HomeLab
I might have found a bug in Proxmox, but I somehow doubt I'm the first person to stumble upon it.
TLDR: Proxmox generates a self-signed certificate that I want my laptop to trust, but it looks like the CA cert is missing a crucial key usage extension.
Have you already stumbled upon it? Am I holding it wrong?
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/the-root-ca-seems-doesnt-contain-the-key-usage-extension.169961/
Dane 🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
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Here's my official #introduction
My name is Phil Williams. I am a #father, and now #grandfather, with 6 kids. Most of my kids are adults now.
I am a #Christian, and a #conservative. Frankly, I can't stand #politics.
I am a geek. My hobbies include #selfhosting #homelab #writing #armchairtheology and exploring the #outdoors.
I have a #Jeep, which I love. When it is running, I am in a much better mood than when it is in the garage for repairs. #jeeplife
My #Mastodon instance is self-hosted.