Self-hosting

My story to self-host everything!

According to the Wikipedia article we learn that it's all about hosting web services on own hardware. Owning both (software and hardware) sides of the experience.

Consuming Media

FreshRSS

You can test the service here: https://rss.p1x.in

Calibre Web

I use Calibre with synchronized database on all devices. Now I added web front-end to that database. It's super easy to check for a book I have or don't have. Also if someone want to "borrow" I can just login and download any of my owned books.

Office / Collaboration

CryptPad

This is very interesting and polished tool. That's how authors advertise it:

Collaborate in Confidence
Grow your ideas together with shared documents while Zero Knowledge technology secures your privacy; even from us.

I will make a more detailed review. It's already in a draft state.

You can test the service here: https://cryptpad.p1x.in

EtherDraw

This is a vector drawing program with collaboration. Anyone (with a link) can participate and modify the art.

You can test the service here: https://etherdraw.p1x.in

EtherCalc

Spreadsheet is one of the most essential office tools I use. It's my budget, notes, calculator. And for anything that needs column-based design.

EtherCalc is very limited and has very odd user interface. But it works. And I did not find anything competing.

You can test the service here: https://ethercalc.p1x.in

EtherPad

Another member of the Ether* family is EtherPad. It is a richtext word processor. As others it works in real time with multiple users. It is very simple but have one nice feature - embedded mode. It can be used as a whiteboard solution for any page/post.

I'll be testing EtherPad and decide if I want to keep it or use CryptPad instead.

You can test the service here: https://etherpad.p1x.in

Monitoring and analyzing

Portainer

Most essential tool, the one I install first, is Portainer. This nifty web app is a dream for any Docker administrator. I can edit, clone and manage all toe containers. The UI is clear and easy enough.

Awstats

The only true stats I prefer. This stats don't lie, don't use java-script and looks like a page form the 90's. It's perfect.

Matomo

This one is for serious commercial sites. It's the open and free alternative to the Google Analytic. But looks better.

Chronograf

Using cadvisor and collectd I have now professional dashboard with live measurements.

Communication

RocketChat

We don't use it yet. It's live right now for testing and backup if Discord will be down. It's as good or even better than Slack/Discord/etc. The main problem is that this fixes problem that I don't have. Discord is good for now. But this can change any time so it's good to have plan b.

You can test the service here: https://rocket.p1x.in

TheLounge

Slick and solid IRC web client. It does one thing and one thing only. This will be the main communication hub for upcoming events.

You can test the service here: https://irc.p1x.in

Databases

To run all of those services I needed few databases.

Redis
MariaDB
MongoDB
InfluxDB

Apache2

For all the HTML pages I use normal Apache2 with Let's Encrypt Certbot for SSL certification. Most pages are made from scratch. Some are powered by jekyll and bashblog.

Synchronization and Backup

For now I don't have a full backup solution. The server have RAID-1 setup with two HDDs. This is the last peace of the puzzle. I have some ideas how to handle it automatically. I just need to find a time to make it work. Soon!

Syncthing

TBC.

Rsync