Self-Hosting

Home Assistant

Migrate Zigbee Dongle with Zigbee2MQTT

I got a Zigbee Dongle with Ethernet, and here is my surprisingly effortless migration experience.

NAS

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.

Home Lab and Hardware

Replacing disks in BTRFS

Yak shaving continues. Replacing my SSDs in a BTRFS Raid.

Docker

Migrating my VPS

Just some small notes how I migrated my services from my Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04 VPS with Docker

Self-Hosting

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.

Self-Hosting

Major Version Upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker Containers

Learn how to do major version upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker containers with Docker Compose and pg_dumpall.

Self-Hosting

Upgrade umami v1 to v2

How I upgraded umami docker compose from v1 to v2.

Self-Hosting

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.

Self-Hosting

A new NAS motherboard enters the market for self-hosters

This might be the next NAS motherboard for DIY NAS builders.

Self-Hosting

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.

Self-Hosting

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.

Self-Hosting

Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org

Migration of EliOra Tanzania, a Hugo project goes to Ghost.