7 dispatches
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) If you’ve been following my selfhosting journey, you’ll know that I host some web applications — among them, network storage for my family, tools for working with PDFs, media streamers, a newsreader, etc. — from an inexpensive home server on my home network.
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) I’ve been using OpenMediaVault 6 on a cheap mini-PC as a home server for over a year. Earlier this year, OpenMediaVault 7 was announced which upgrades the underlying Linux to Debian 12 Bookworm and made a number of other security, compatibility, and user interface improvements.
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) Through some readily available Docker containers and OpenMediaVault, I have a cheap mini-PC which serves as: * ad blocker for all the devices in my household * media streamer (so I can play movies and read downloaded ebooks/documents anywhere that has internet access) * acts as my personal RSS/newsreader *...
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) If you’re like me, every few months you have to do something with PDFs: * Merge them * Rotate them * Crop them * Add / remove a password * Move pages around / remove pages * Sign them * Add text / annotations to them This ends up either being a pain to do (via some combination of screen shots, printing, scanning,...
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) It’s been a few months since I started down the selfhosting/home server journey. Thanks to Docker, it has been relatively smooth sailing. Today, I have a cheap mini-PC based server that: * blocks ads / online trackers on all devices * stores and streams media (even for when I’m out of the house) * acts as network...
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) I recently shared how I set up a (OpenMediaVault) home server on a cheap mini-PC. After posting it, I received a number of suggestions that inspired me to make a few additional tweaks to improve the security and usability of my server. Read more if you’re interested in setting up (on an OpenMediaVault v6 server):...
(Note: this is part of my ongoing series on cheaply selfhosting) I spent a few days last week setting up a cheap home server which now serves my family as: * a media server — stores and streams media to phones, tablets, computers, and internet-connected TVs (even when I’m out of the house!) * network-attached storage (NAS) — lets computers connected to my home network store...