Home server guides, tutorials, tips and tricks. Topics covered include file servers, web servers, network storage, and download servers on Linux or Ubuntu systems.
Windows can be accessed remotely using a Remote Desktop. This is already build into Windows and hence an interesting alternative to third-party programs. But logging in to a Remote Desktop Connection with a concurrent Windows login is not possible out of the box, because of the Windows concurrency limit. Windows … read more
In our previous posts, you learned how to install Jackett in Docker, a service that translates queries from other apps like Sonarr, Sickrage and CouchPotato and allows you to use more custom torrent providers. Cardigann is a similar service, which allows a lot more providers not available in Jackett. If i got your interest, continue … read more
In our previous posts, you learned how to install Sonarr in Docker by following just a few easy steps in order to automate your downloads. You also learned how to install Plex in Docker in order to organise and stream your media collection, and you are probably wondering if there is … read more
So you want to find out whether to choose a VPN or a DNS for your home server? In this article, we will compare VPN vs DNS, or as some would say, VPN vs Smart DNS services. By the end of this article, you should know the differences between them, … read more
We already shown how to install Transmission on Docker commandline, which works on all platforms: Windows, Linux, and Mac. For people who don’t prefer commandline, we presented Kitematic Docker GUI for Windows. In this post, I will show you how simple it is to install Transmission on Docker using Kitematic … read more
Transmission is one of the best Bittorrent clients offering a fast and easy to use interface. Well known in the server world and used by professionals and beginners alike, Transmission offers encryption, magnet links, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding. Besides that, Windows users can use Transmission Remote GUI to connect to … read more
We already shown how to install Jackett on Docker commandline, which works on all platforms: Windows, Linux, and Mac. For people who don’t prefer commandline, we presented Kitematic Docker GUI for Windows. In this post, I will show you how simple it is to install Jackett on Docker using Kitematic … read more
Jackett is a service that acts like a proxy server and translates queries from other apps like Sonarr, Sickrage and CouchPotato. This allows you to use more search providers and you can manage this service as a single repository removing the burden from other apps. Custom torrent providers are also … read more
We already shown how to install RuTorrent on Docker commandline, which works on all platforms: Windows, Linux, and Mac. For people who don’t prefer commandline, we presented Kitematic Docker GUI for Windows. In this post, I will show you how simple it is to install RuTorrent on Docker using Kitematic … read more