Self-Hosting
A collection of 17 posts
Migrate Zigbee Dongle with Zigbee2MQTT
I got a Zigbee Dongle with Ethernet, and here is my surprisingly effortless migration experience.
· Andrej Friesen
Server & NAS Cases for those who need HDDs
A list of popular NAS and Server cases with pictures and some specifications for your next NAS or Server build.
· Andrej Friesen
Replacing disks in BTRFS
Yak shaving continues. Replacing my SSDs in a BTRFS Raid.
· Andrej Friesen
Migrating my VPS
Just some small notes how I migrated my services from my Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04 VPS with Docker
· Andrej Friesen
Thoughts on first-time Proxmox use
My thoughs on first time using Proxmox. It is okay, but too much hacking on the host OS. I would not recommend it for new self-hosters, only when you need virtualization.
· Andrej Friesen
Major Version Upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker Containers
Learn how to do major version upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker containers with Docker Compose and pg_dumpall.
· Andrej Friesen
Upgrade umami v1 to v2
How I upgraded umami docker compose from v1 to v2.
· Andrej Friesen
Tailscale to the Rescue - Self-Hosted Services without Port-Forwarding + your Domain and SSL Certificates
Learn how to access your self-hosted services outside your home network. With HTTPS, your own domain and share that with you friends, SO.
· Andrej Friesen
A new NAS motherboard enters the market for self-hosters
This might be the next NAS motherboard for DIY NAS builders.
· Andrej Friesen
Keep your self-hosted Ghost blog up to date - fully automated
How to automatically keep every docker container up to date. Here we will keep a Ghost blog up to date as an example.
· Andrej Friesen
Self Hosting a Ghost blog with docker-compose, Mailgun setup, and Stripe subscriptions
How to run your Ghost blog with docker-compose, set up Mailgun for mails, and stripe for paid subscriptions.
· Andrej Friesen
Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org
Migration of EliOra Tanzania, a Hugo project goes to Ghost.
· Andrej Friesen
How to Track Changes on Websites without RSS or Mail Subscription
How to track changes on web sites which do not offer RSS feeds or email subscriptions.
· Andrej Friesen
I deleted my blog - damn
Again a stupid mistake from my side. This is the downside when self-hosting. You do will do mistakes. This is one of them.
· Andrej Friesen
Free Uptime Monitoring and Alerting for your Home Assistant
How to monitor Home Assistant or any other service with a free monitoring tool: UptimeRobot
· Andrej Friesen
My blog was down
· Andrej Friesen
Migration from Home Assistant VM to Home Assistant Blue
· Andrej Friesen