Your friendly guide to what's running around here.
A small self-hosted alternative to Big Tech's cloud: tips for fellow homelabbers, plus simple step-by-step help for anyone invited to connect.
Why this exists
Big Tech would rather host your photos, messages, and shows than let you own them. This is my attempt to opt out: running my own services instead of renting space in someone else's cloud. If that idea appeals to you, the guides below cover how.
What's running around here
A few things from the guides below. Reload for a different set.
MQTT
The lightweight messaging protocol that lets smart-home devices and services talk to each other locally.
Read the guide
Portainer
A web dashboard for managing every Docker container on the server without touching the command line.
Read the guide
Proxmox
A self-hosted hypervisor for running virtual machines and containers, the open-source alternative to VMware or Hyper-V.
Read the guide