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I also run a bunch of Raspberry Pis around the house connected to stereos to stream audio using AirPlay (with https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync).
I used to host a Valheim server as well. I was experimenting with Miniflux rss reader yesterday so I'll probably add that in the near future. I have a Synology NAS that strictly handles files and backups.
I run tailscale as not a container, but have had essentially no issues with anything. Spinning up new game servers is no problem. MicroOS updates daily and the immutability and container abstraction meet my needs perfectly.
- Arch Linux
- just systemd/networkd for DHCP server/client, wireguard setup etc.
- router: own setup, just nftables, wireguard
- unbound DNS server (with blocklist for spam/ad domains) with encrypted DNS on uplink
- chronyd as timeserver
- mosquitto mqtt server
- custom jobs to post system stats to influx
- few VMs for testing things
- syncthing for keeping keepass database and documents
- git server (gitolite, gitc web)
- backup to encrypted S3 storage (duplicacy, encfs)
Hetzner VM
- influxdb (host stats, plus temp/humudity sensors around the house)
- grafana
- project management software (todo lists, etc)
- web server (personal photos, wikis, etc)
- a script that sends me email and text reminders (birthdays, appointments, etc)
- a script that listens to my network, and notices when devices connect;
I use this to play "intro music" on our sound system when friends'
phones connect to the WiFi.
- a script to monitor some email accounts. One fun one is an "exquisite corpse" [1]
manager, to make surrealistic email chains.
- central hub for my development repos, so I can push/pull to share with other devices.
- a script to download certain podcasts regularly
One is a vpn router and a wifi AP, it also has Uptime Kuma. I need this to be reliable and rarely touch it except to improve its reliability. - Openvpn - HostAPD - Uptime Kuma (in docker) - A microservice invoked from Uptime Kuma that monitors connectivity to my ISPs router (in docker) - nginx, not in docker, reverse proxies to Uptime Kuma
The second acts as a NAS and has a RAID array, consisting of disks plugged into a powered USB hub. It runs OpenMediaVault and as many network sharing services as I can set up. I also want maximum reliability/availability from this pi, so rarely touch it. All the storage for all my services is hosted here, or backed up to here in the case of databases that need to be faster.
The third rpi runs all the rest of my services. All the web apps are dockerized. Those that need a DB also have their DB hosted. Those that need file storage are using kerberized NFS from my NAS. This rpi is also another wifi AP. This rpi keeps running out of RAM and crashing and I plan to scale it when rpis become cheaper or I can repair some old laptops.: - Postgres - HostAPD - nginx - Nextcloud - Keycloak - Heimdall - Jellyfin - N8N - Firefly-iii - Grist - A persistent reverse SSH tunnel to a small VM in the cloud to make some services public - A microservice needed for one of my hobbies - A monitoring service for my backups
All of these pis are provisioned via Ansible.
Also, I think it will be easier to teach my daughters (in a few years) how the web works by showing them the physical thing in operation.
- Self hosted LanguageTool instance. Spell/grammar checker like Grammarly, but the self hosted version avoids the privacy problems. - Write-only file upload under an obscure domain. A bit dangerous, but a life saver when someone wants to send you a 200MB file. "Just go to frequentrain.com and upload there". With desktop notifications on my side, text upload for quick note taking from any computer, etc. - Custom RSS f…
Keep in mind that DNS records, including subdomains, are public. Consider putting the service on a random page instead (e.g. "frequentrain.com/sunnysometimes") and/or using something simple like http basic auth if you're not already.
That said, this is a cool idea and I'll be stealing it :)
I ran a raspberry (model 1, then 2, 3, 4) since forever, which has been fun. Switched to an intel NUC recently as I had a spare and needed the compute power. Being able to run on 32 gb ram with an nvme disk feels good, but the pi has served my needs pretty well... - plex for streaming media - external hdd that a friend uses as offsite backup (he has mine) - home assistant, mostly fed by data from the... - mqtt broker…
Do the cheap NUCs let you install more than 8GB RAM?