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fudgefactorfive wrote: post #284
leonroy wrote: post #193

Over time I've tried to whittle down my homelab and move more of it to Microsoft 365/Google Suite/iTunes Store with mixed results. Currently my must haves are: * Router - pfSense - https://www.pfsense.org/ * Movies/TV/Home Videos - Plex * Minecraft Server - AMP - https://cubecoders.com/AMPInstall * Music - Roon - https://roonlabs.com/ * Automation - HomeAssistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/ * Unifi Controller *…

I really really loved Plex, then suddenly my networks internet connection went down, no biggie I thought, I have my collection on Plex. Plex no longer worked offline at all. Not sure if that’s fixed, but I always saw it as a file server with a UI and webplayer. Plex also doesn’t let me pay for one premium subscription for the server so my family can watch old family guy episodes longer than 30 seconds on a phone. The…

For offline access, you just need to configure that once with the CIDR of your local network(s), and then the next time you're offline the server will allow auth-less use: you'll still be you, but the server itself won't attempt to authenticate you through the internet.

Settings -> -> Network -> Show Advanced -> List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth

You can also toggle off some of the extra crap they are pushing:

Settings -> -> Online Media Sources

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Post by po1nter »

mekster wrote: post #103

Portainer looks popular but it's actually not easy to use, can't see which container is upgradable and doesn't even care to support mobile. I found an alternative which is still a very young project but I've replaced Portainer. https://github.com/SelfhostedPro/Yacht

I use watchtower to update my containers

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Post by poglet »

tomwojcik wrote: post #242

I'm late to the party but here's my list - cadvisor - simple graphs of resource consumption, insights per docker stack - cyberchef - a LOT of handy operations packed into one small app. Encode/decode any secrets you need and don't bother about privacy - dozzle - logs browser from all docker stacks - gogs - git mirror - heimdall - all apps main panel - minio - private S3 for my side projects - nextcloud - private goog…

Thanks for the info about photoprism. How does it handle videos, I have tonnes of home videos that I have no idea how to organise or manage.

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Post by livinginfear »

leonroy wrote: post #193

Over time I've tried to whittle down my homelab and move more of it to Microsoft 365/Google Suite/iTunes Store with mixed results. Currently my must haves are: * Router - pfSense - https://www.pfsense.org/ * Movies/TV/Home Videos - Plex * Minecraft Server - AMP - https://cubecoders.com/AMPInstall * Music - Roon - https://roonlabs.com/ * Automation - HomeAssistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/ * Unifi Controller *…

I second the recommendation for Synology DSM. The setup process is remarkably painless.

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Post by lolinder »

toby_tw wrote: post #276
tomwojcik wrote: post #242

I'm late to the party but here's my list - cadvisor - simple graphs of resource consumption, insights per docker stack - cyberchef - a LOT of handy operations packed into one small app. Encode/decode any secrets you need and don't bother about privacy - dozzle - logs browser from all docker stacks - gogs - git mirror - heimdall - all apps main panel - minio - private S3 for my side projects - nextcloud - private goog…

Why self host cyberchef? It runs completely in the browser, and you can load it from github pages.

Not OP and I've never seen CyberChef before, but personally I'm very uncomfortable pasting secrets into any web application, even an open-source one.

Self-hosting would at least give me the guarantee that the code I'm running is the same code I ran last week: If nothing left my browser then, it probably isn't leaving my browser today.

I don't get that guarantee with someone else's hosted version.

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Post by leonroy »

colordrops wrote: post #262
leonroy wrote: post #193

Over time I've tried to whittle down my homelab and move more of it to Microsoft 365/Google Suite/iTunes Store with mixed results. Currently my must haves are: * Router - pfSense - https://www.pfsense.org/ * Movies/TV/Home Videos - Plex * Minecraft Server - AMP - https://cubecoders.com/AMPInstall * Music - Roon - https://roonlabs.com/ * Automation - HomeAssistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/ * Unifi Controller *…

Is Amp closed source and/or require a license or payment?

AFAIK it's closed source, it's a perpetual license for $10. You can run it on 5 servers and it offers unlimited updates. I was wary initially but it's a solid, very well made and reliable product.

Surprising how much functionality and configurability it offers via a Web UI and it's all written by one person. They did a Q&A last year to discuss the product:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThigYganx1Y

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Post by Havoc »

Most of mine are already listed.

I get a hell of a lot of utility out of ansible scripts to deploy LXCs/VM though. Faster than spinning up something in cloud. Zero cost and locally accesible.

Gitlab CI has also proven to be a neat thing for various digital glue and deployments

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Post by poglet »

graftak wrote: post #254
runjake wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am out of the loop. What is “*arr”?

They’re media download managers where you can subscribe to your preferred media, often combined with plex or jellyfin (media servers). There’s Radarr (movies), Sonarr (tv shows), and Prowlarr (torrent/nzb search indexers). There’s also a ‘music’-arr but it’s name is lost on me.

Lidarr

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Post by some-human »

fudgefactorfive wrote: post #284
leonroy wrote: post #193

Over time I've tried to whittle down my homelab and move more of it to Microsoft 365/Google Suite/iTunes Store with mixed results. Currently my must haves are: * Router - pfSense - https://www.pfsense.org/ * Movies/TV/Home Videos - Plex * Minecraft Server - AMP - https://cubecoders.com/AMPInstall * Music - Roon - https://roonlabs.com/ * Automation - HomeAssistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/ * Unifi Controller *…

I really really loved Plex, then suddenly my networks internet connection went down, no biggie I thought, I have my collection on Plex. Plex no longer worked offline at all. Not sure if that’s fixed, but I always saw it as a file server with a UI and webplayer. Plex also doesn’t let me pay for one premium subscription for the server so my family can watch old family guy episodes longer than 30 seconds on a phone. The…

> Plex no longer worked offline at all.

In Plex settings you need to the IP addresses of devices you will allow to connect to your server without authentication. The setting is listed as "List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth". That way, if Plex or your internet is down, those devices will bypass a check for credentials and have access.

>Plex also doesn’t let me pay for one premium subscription for the server so my family can watch old family guy episodes

Set them up as managed accounts. You can have 15 users on one Plex pass subscription.

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