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Run it in a docker container
That solves nothing.
I figured running it in a sandbox in a rocker container would be safer to you. Also, it’s easier to get up and running, though more difficult to update.
The hardware is there (RPi + USB storage). The server software is there (NextCloud, Plex, n8n, etc). What isn't there is the plumbing. The next logical step after this blog post is making your services accessible to your phone over the public net. You'll immediately find yourself mired in domain name registration, VPS management, TLS cert management, dyndns, port forwarding, hole punching, etc etc. There are lots of…
Problems with the "easy" one click ones is that they tend to not be very secure. If they are supposed to be public access. Plex uses their cloud to secure the access and Synology to
I like my rpi but my life got better when I bought a mini pc instead. Its pretty common to get a 16GB mem micro for not much more than an rpi with power supply, sd card, case. https://computers.woot.com/offers/lenovo-thinkcentre-m73-240...
Yup, similar. I have a thinkcenter m600 series. Quite old but works really well.
The hardware is there (RPi + USB storage). The server software is there (NextCloud, Plex, n8n, etc). What isn't there is the plumbing. The next logical step after this blog post is making your services accessible to your phone over the public net. You'll immediately find yourself mired in domain name registration, VPS management, TLS cert management, dyndns, port forwarding, hole punching, etc etc. There are lots of…
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Very true for a given value of true 8) You need to evaluate all the components. The RPi itself is a decent piece of kit, well tested and safe to use. Get a decent power supply to it - either a RPi branded one or at least a decent mobile charger from a brand that you trust. I generally use a decent USB stick nowadays. RPi 4 from about a month or so ago onwards will do this out of the box. You can also put a second USB…
I am curious why you would use a fleet of them instead of a larger server.
"Fleet" is a bit of an excessive term but I have four RPis at home, mainly for TV frontends for MythTV. There are rather more in the office.
The above is just a sample and not the whole story 8)
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I use a $15/year vps for this. Acts as a bastion to all the servers I connect to.
Where did you get $15/yr VPS?
I'm using my old Thinkpad T510 as a home server. It's been running for 7+ years already. I only need to dust the vents once in a while. It has PiHole, Nextcloud, my humble little Netflix clone, and a few other things. If you use ffmpeg a lot, you ought to have more power than the RPi offers. I often SSH into it to use it as a SOCKS proxy in other countries.
Yep, older laptops make perfect home servers/routers. Built in "KVM switch", built-in UPS, low power/noise, etc. Before I switched to Ubiquiti I ran pfsense on a VM on my old 410s for many years, among other virtual machines for home lab use.
how does that compare to RPI?
Setting up a pi-hole DNS server for my wifi network was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Horrifying to see what percentage of traffic is on the ad server blacklist though...
I wanted to do that, but I had a look at Pi Hole and ran away screaming. Instead of proper packaging, they have a 3000 line install script they want you to pipe into Bash. I went a saner route, and used dnsmasq and a blocklist[1] updated nightly via cron. Dnsmasq in turn queries Stubby that talks to uncensoreddns.org via DNS-over-TLS. Boom, DoT on my entire LAN. [1] https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists
This is probably way better achieved by a $5/mo VPS. Benefits: - way faster - always on (presumably battery backed) - you're not responsible for disk or hw failures - better internet (faster, redundant connections) - cheaper ($60/year vs $100 upfront) - not fighting architecture differences - comes with a public v4 address - usually comes with a v6 address too Downsides: - data isn't under your control and is subject…