Introduction
Dynamic DNS is one of those things that sounds trivial until it breaks your entire remote access setup.
Because #lazy, I was relying on the router’s built-in DDNS (noip.com), which worked… until it didn’t. The DNS record stopped reflecting the actual WAN IP, and suddenly my WireGuar...
Motivation
Centralizing certificate issuance is step one. Step two is making nodes consume that certificate automatically, without copying files by hand like it’s a 2004 LAN party.
In this guide we’ll pull the wildcard cert for yourdomain.com from a “cert VM”, store it locally, and use it in...
Motivation
When running multiple services in a #homelab, private certificates become a nuance, also, when sharing these services with other people it can become a "support nightmare" the security risks notifications in browsers for non tech-users.
By enabling one Debian VM/LXC container as the...
Building on our previous setup of Caddy as Webproxy to your #homelab resources most likely you will be now in the situation where you end up in two sets of sites/services that you want to make available to the internet.
Public service - deemed as completely public, al content is to be visible a...
“Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.” — Alan Turing (.... movie Character, so in reality the Screenwriter Graham Moore)
If you're reading this post, you're already on the internet. But which internet are we on, exactly?
The modern web is largely defined by platform m...
In the current age of remote access and #self-hosting, one of the most tempting solutions is to expose your local services directly to the internet — but that usually comes at a cost: security, complexity, and peace of mind.
While opening ports and configuring dynamic DNS might feel like the "quic...
In 2025, we have all seen a shift in the way Big-Tech companies work / operate, finding ways to further increase profits due to an overall rise of cloud hosting costs, this may be masqueraded by IT Media Publishing as "growth", where outlining the increases on Cloud Infrastructure by companies as so...
Motivation.
During 2016, Oracle started a public services of cloud IaaS, PaaS, etc., Component of their adoption strategy includes an assortment of "Always Free" resources available to service account owners. Leaving aside the Philosophical, ownership and open source concerns from the comm...
Motivation.
When installing Emby Server following the guides, most standard setup will leave your installation running the Emby-media SystemD service under the user name emby. This can lead to an additional user to be created and maintained in Networked file stores and overall, end up conflicting...
Motivation.
Solar panels are a great solution to complement the self-hosting hobby. They augment the capacity of concurrent systems runningn without increasing your powerbill, plus, overall lower the cost of your month-by-month power bill.
There are many solutions in the market, generally speaki...