Tag: self-hosting

Replace Nextcloud's local filesystem with MinIO as an S3-compatible backend. Full Docker setup, bucket policies, performance tuning, and why this scales better.

Portainer vs Dockge: two Docker GUIs for managing containers without the terminal. We compare features, setup, and which fits your self-hosting style.

Squeeze every MB/s from WireGuard: MTU sizing, GSO/GRO CPU offloading, AllowedIPs routing, PersistentKeepalive tradeoffs, and iperf3 benchmarks included.

Plex defaults to transcoding files your TV could already play. Fix direct play, enable hardware transcoding, kill the relay tax, and know when to quit for Jellyfin.

Home Assistant handles device integrations. Node-RED handles the multi-step logic HA's YAML can't. Docker Compose setup, real flows, and where to draw the line.

Proxmox vs XCP-ng compared for homelabbers: KVM vs Xen, ZFS support, web UI vs Xen Orchestra, backups, and which free hypervisor fits your spare rack server.

Set up Wiki.js GitSync with GitHub or Gitea for docs-as-code. Version-controlled wikis, PR workflows, automated updates, and sane branch strategies.

Why trust a cloud with your passwords? Compare Vaultwarden and Bitwarden self-hosted, lightweight vs full-stack, Docker setup, backups, and which one to actually run.

You're paying $20/month to Zapier for two HTTP requests. n8n and Node-RED replace it for free: Docker setup, real workflows, and a head-to-head comparison.

Cloudflare Tunnels expose local services to the internet without open ports, secure setup with zero-trust access controls.

Ollama makes local LLMs easy to start. The only decision that matters is whether the model fits your VRAM. Compose file, real sizes, and the gotchas.

LocalAI serves chat, embeddings, images and audio behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Auth is deny-by-default now, and old compose files pull dead models.