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Reading this thread, someone needs to put the home server in a tiny box, preinstalled with all the apps and put a slick user interface on it. I think https://umbrel.com is a thing but it's not packaged with hardware. Something that packages the hardware and software together would be pretty killer. Plug and play. Instant email. All the apps. Easy migration from existing services.
Lenovo Ideapad Y50-70 (i7-4720HQ, 16 GB RAM, 500GB SSD, 4 TB Ext hdd via USB) mostly running docker services:
- Navidrome: serving flac files, replacing the need for spotify
- vaultwarden
- ghost blog
because my ISP gave me NAT'd IP, I've to setup a VPS and use it for reverse-proxy, also docker-based:
- nginxproxymanager
and Tailscale to connect them all.
- several DIY projects fetching data from the web in Docker containers (like scraping the servers of my car manufacturer for the trip/gas milage data)
- good amount of fast storage with 100gbit to main machine (don't use lots of local storage), using ksmbd for windows or NFS for Linux to access
- vm's for stuff which you don't want to run on your main machine (like needing windows xp)
- domotics with zigbee/zwave2mqtt in the back
- probably lots of things I forgot about until they brake.
- remote backup location for the rest of the family to have off-site storage
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For people that aren't getting free boxes from work, you can usually find used micro/tiny form factor Intel machines for around $120. That's more than a Raspberry Pi, but you can get a Core i5-6500T with 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD, and it'll use around 10 watts at idle (and top out around 50 watts). You'll get an M.2 PCIe 3.0 4x slot and a bay for a 2.5" SATA drive and support for up to 32GB of memory. You can put Proxmox…
> A Raspberry Pi 4B with 8GB of RAM will cost $75 Do you have a link to where I can buy a Raspberry Pi 4B (8GB) for under $150? The cheapest I can find through Amazon was $202. I bought one before the pandemic (~2019) at Microcenter for, if I recall correctly, $90? Seriously, if you know where to find one, please share!
Use Tailscale for MagicDNS and access from any network.
Have a custom wildcard domain pointing to my tailscale k3s node ips, and a traefik ingress controller. This means exposing a service from my cluster on a subdomain just requires creating an ingress object in k3s, and it's only accessible via tailscale. cert-manager and let's encrypt handle TLS.
All services are deployed via gitops using ArgoCD, so changes are auditable and can be easily rolled back. Replacing hardware is just a matter of installing k3s and joining the cluster, then everything automatically comes up.
Restic for backups to s3.
For home automation I use a USB zigbee controller, mosquitto, zigbee2mqtt, room assistant, and home assistant, all deployed on k3s. These control my lights, HVAC, and various garage doors and gates. Also have mains-powered zigbee switches bound directly to devices so everything still works even if network or home assistant goes down.
The RPis are used for Room Assistant, which can automatically control lights/HVAC based on presence detection via a smartwatch. More intrusive actions (e.g. making lights brighter when already turned on, opening blinds) are pushed to the smartwatch for confirmation.
Grafana/prometheus to monitor sensors.
For media, jellyfin and sonarr/ radarr. The native Jellyfin app works very well on modern LG TVs.
Pihole to block ads on any device connected to Tailscale. Works globally.
Right now it's zero maintenance, and changes are automatically synced after a git push, so I almost never SSH into the servers directly.
- Wireguard
- Openspeedtest https://openspeedtest.com/ as a container to test random wifi speed issues
- CUPS
Experiments: - qbt for seedings ISOs
Reading this thread, someone needs to put the home server in a tiny box, preinstalled with all the apps and put a slick user interface on it. I think https://umbrel.com is a thing but it's not packaged with hardware. Something that packages the hardware and software together would be pretty killer. Plug and play. Instant email. All the apps. Easy migration from existing services.
Part of the fun for me is the tinkering, and I'm not sure if non-techies "get" the benefit of running a home server. Maybe the tide is turning for the younger generation? I can only speak for most people my age (30-40), they are capable of interacting with technology but they have absolutely 0 understanding of how anything actually works. "Why when I can just use Spotify/Netflix/iCloud/etc"? Is the answer I got when…
So it's really this idea of pulling all your services back into your home server. Something you own, something that then becomes private by proxy of that. Something primarily for you and your family, no one else.
Reading this thread, someone needs to put the home server in a tiny box, preinstalled with all the apps and put a slick user interface on it. I think https://umbrel.com is a thing but it's not packaged with hardware. Something that packages the hardware and software together would be pretty killer. Plug and play. Instant email. All the apps. Easy migration from existing services.
Part of the fun for me is the tinkering, and I'm not sure if non-techies "get" the benefit of running a home server. Maybe the tide is turning for the younger generation? I can only speak for most people my age (30-40), they are capable of interacting with technology but they have absolutely 0 understanding of how anything actually works. "Why when I can just use Spotify/Netflix/iCloud/etc"? Is the answer I got when…
At some point, stuff like home servers really are more about the tinkering rather than any practical desire or need.
If someone's only interested in getting from Point A to Point B, he's just not going to care how fancy or interesting the mode of transport is.
On the server/NAS, a QNAP TS-464eU (4x 4TB HDD RAID 5 + 2x 1TO SSD RAID 1), I'm running Container Station with 4 docker containers:
- Home Assistant => For all the home automation, displayed in the kitchen on a tablet.
- Adguard => To remove internet trash and protect my parents when browsing the web.
- NextCloud => For contact, calendar and file sharing in the family as well as backups.
- Caddy => Reverse proxy to make NextCloud available from the outside.
I did a more comprehensive list of the setup[0] if you are interested.
In a cloud server (hidden from the public) www.keycloak.org - auth mostly for outline www.getoutline.com - my personal "notion" nginxproxymanager.com - to proxy things Wireguard - remote access and interconnection between zones cockpit-project.org - to manage VMS github.com/coder/code-server - To remote develop 2x of docs.paperless-ngx.com/ (one for me and one for my partner) - I scan and destroy most of the letters…
Even though I sold mailcow and stopped working on it in the past months, it warms my heart SO MUCH to see people using it. :) Really, thank you. I have some ideas for a proper successor which would be much more scaleable, modern, flexible and would be more focused to use existing transports for piggybacking mail. A fully and safely encrypted mail storage as well as a cool interface to invite for encrypted sessions et…
Wishing you the best in your next endeavors!