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I've written a series of blog posts about a "hands-off" self-hosting setup intended for relative beginners. (cyclicircuit.prose.sh)
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Recently, I've found myself walking several friends through what is essentially the same basic setup:

  • Install Ubuntu server
  • Install Docker
  • Configure Tailscale
  • Configure Dockge
  • Set up automatic updates on Ubuntu/Apt and Dockge/Docker
  • Self-host a few web apps, some publicly available, some on the Tailnet.

After realizing that this setup is generally pretty good for relative newcomers to self-hosting and is pretty stable (in the sense that it runs for a while and remains up-to-date without much human interference) I decided that I should write a few blog posts about how it works so that other people can set it up for themselves.

As of right now, there's:

Coming soon:

  • Immich
  • Backups with Syncthing
  • Jellyfin
  • Elementary monitoring with Homepage
  • Cloudflare Tunnels

Constructive feedback is always appreciated.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am planning a backups article

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Something really fun I found out recently, when my friend lost all access to his system except for a single WebDAV share by accidentally turning off all his remote admin access:

If you write “b” to /proc/sysrq-trigger, it will immediately reboot the system (like holding down the reset button, so inherently a bit dangerous).

He was running Nephele with / mounted as the share, so luckily he just uploaded that file with a single “b” in it, and all his remote admin stuff came back up after the reboot.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's horrible and funny at the same time.

I will assume they fixed that vuln later

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That’s not a vulnerability. That’s intended and desired behavior. It was really useful in this case too.

I should mention that the WebDAV share is password protected, so only he has access to do that.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ok, a backdoor then. can they overwrite any file with it?

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

It’s their machine. It’s a front door.