Dear Fedi friends,

Happy Thursday from rainy northern Italy 🌧️

In case you missed it: I've spent the past two weeks doing all kinds of #selfhosting explorations, as I strive to learn #Docker to move my Ghost site there (it's recommended for Ghost v6 and going forward).

Yesterday I shared a blog post about the peaches (highs) and pits (lows) in #MySoCalledSudoLife adventures.

I'm hoping my mistakes can be useful for fellow newbies 😅

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

#blog#VPS #newbie

Dear Fedi friends,

Happy Thursday from rainy northern Italy 🌧️

In case you missed it: I've spent the past two weeks doing all kinds of #selfhosting explorations, as I strive to learn #Docker to move my Ghost site there (it's recommended for Ghost v6 and going forward).

Yesterday I shared a blog post about the peaches (highs) and pits (lows) in #MySoCalledSudoLife adventures.

I'm hoping my mistakes can be useful for fellow newbies 😅

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-so-called-sudo-life-month-8-peaches-pits/

#blog#VPS #newbie

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 249 (mind of a #newbie edition) 🧠

a blog post about what it's like for newbies to self-host... read till the end to find out what caused my OVH VPS fail (a facepalm moment for sure):

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-249-mind-of-a-newbie-edition/

I'll probably take a break from self-hosting and reading about #Docker (my Everest) for the rest of the weekend... so I can come back to it on Monday with my batteries fully recharged 😅​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 249 (mind of a #newbie edition) 🧠

a blog post about what it's like for newbies to self-host... read till the end to find out what caused my OVH VPS fail (a facepalm moment for sure):

🔗​: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-249-mind-of-a-newbie-edition/

I'll probably take a break from self-hosting and reading about #Docker (my Everest) for the rest of the weekend... so I can come back to it on Monday with my batteries fully recharged 😅​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Dear Fedi friends,

Sometimes it's good to know when you need to call it a day. Today I ended my #sudo exploits at 10:00am... I'm mentally exhausted already... but happy about the progress I made.

I started tinkering with my new VPS at 7:30am and managed the following tasks:

- installed #fail2ban
- installed #Docker and checked if it was running successfully with their "hello world" method (it does)
- enabled remote access changing the listening port
- secured the connection with TLS

I wasn't able to create a new Docker context on Docker Desktop to point to my VPS... I ran into error messages about having to include certificates (with the right path)... so I decided to call it a day.

I wanted to end my Day 1 of Docker explorations on a good note.

I plan on writing about this on my blog later today so I can refer back to the steps later... when I actually install Docker on my VPS running Ghost.

Onwards and upwards (it's very apt that "sudo" in Italian means "I sweat" LOOOOL)

#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting #newbie

Dear Fedi friends,

Sometimes it's good to know when you need to call it a day. Today I ended my #sudo exploits at 10:00am... I'm mentally exhausted already... but happy about the progress I made.

I started tinkering with my new VPS at 7:30am and managed the following tasks:

- installed #fail2ban
- installed #Docker and checked if it was running successfully with their "hello world" method (it does)
- enabled remote access changing the listening port
- secured the connection with TLS

I wasn't able to create a new Docker context on Docker Desktop to point to my VPS... I ran into error messages about having to include certificates (with the right path)... so I decided to call it a day.

I wanted to end my Day 1 of Docker explorations on a good note.

I plan on writing about this on my blog later today so I can refer back to the steps later... when I actually install Docker on my VPS running Ghost.

Onwards and upwards (it's very apt that "sudo" in Italian means "I sweat" LOOOOL)

#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting #newbie

I'm working on becoming a Ham Radio operator. If any hams out there have some used gear that might be good for a rank newbie to get started with, DM me!

Here's my first blog on the process. https://dougnix.net/2025/08/17/becoming-a-ham-radio-operator/

#Canada#HamRadio#Newbie

I'm working on becoming a Ham Radio operator. If any hams out there have some used gear that might be good for a rank newbie to get started with, DM me!

Here's my first blog on the process. https://dougnix.net/2025/08/17/becoming-a-ham-radio-operator/

#Canada#HamRadio#Newbie