Home server guides, tutorials, tips and tricks. Topics covered include file servers, web servers, network storage, and download servers on Linux or Ubuntu systems.
Raspberry Pi Imager apps can help write images to SD card as well as make backups of your existing SD cards for disaster recover. This post features list of imager apps available Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pis have become an integral part of many homelabs over the years. From running PiHole … read more
Add Synology to Proxmox and use your NAS for Proxmox backups, ISOs, containers and more. But adding a SMB/CIFS share from Synology to Proxmox is a bit problematic (here is a simple fix). I have been an active user of Proxmox Virtual Environment for the last 6 months. Linux server … read more
With the recent changes to Google photos storage, are you looking for a self-hosted cloud storage solution? This guide will show you how to combine Docker Nextcloud with Traefik to create your own robust cloud storage. In addition to the changes to Google Photos, the growing list of privacy concerns, … read more
Confused whether to pick VMware ESXi or Proxmox as your baremetal hypervisor? I picked Proxmox VE for my new Docker Traefik server. This Proxmox vs ESXi comparison explains the reasons. I have been quite silent over the last couple of months. I was focused on the next evolution of my … read more
If you’re looking for the best private torrent trackers, you might become overwhelmed. Where do you even begin? In this article, we’ll explore what the absolute best private torrent sites are, why membership is so lucrative, and where you should start. The Usenet community is still alive and well. These … read more
With increasing docker applications and images, security for docker containers requires more attention than ever before. These Docker Security best practices will help you harden your docker host and applications. Starting with our original Docker media server guide, followed by Traefik v1 reverse proxy tutorial, and the current Docker Home … read more
Don’t like to outsource your authentication for Docker Traefik stack to third-party services like Google OAuth? Then this Docker Authelia tutorial is for you. Authelia is a self-contained and local authentication layer for Docker services. As you may know, I am a big fan of Docker and Traefik for various … read more
You may have read my Docker Traefik media server guide. Can you build that on a Synology NAS? Definitely. In this post, I will show you how to build a Synology Docker Media Server with Traefik and Docker Compose. In my Docker Traefik guide, I hinted at being able to … read more
Cloudflare offers free security and performance improvements for your Traefik 2 Docker setup. In this post, let us look at some Cloudflare settings for Traefik Docker setup to get the best out of your server. Our Traefik Docker guide is written around Cloudflare. In that guide, I recommended using a … read more
