Cyber

I went from Joplin to Logseq (now Logseq OG)

Joplin just didn’t click for me, but Logseq saved my life when I took on a new role at work.

I’ve not switched from the markdown to the db version, but after 3 years of almost daily notes it’s ok, but it needs a good spec machine when you’re searching across all the files

I’m just going to wave the MythTv flag and wave it around a little.

Self-built box which is under clocked to run cool with a passive CPU cooler so it’s quiet

A few Hauppage TV tuner cards to record programs and then lots of torrents stored locally as I want to download / stream once.

No issues for years, decent TV UI for TV, films and music… and it just works.

It’s just not in vogue at the moment.

The NAS is on site, yes. It’s backed up to Hetzner - inc. it’s own /etc, /home, etc. so the NAS itself is kinda a 2-1 (2 backups, 1 offsite), but it would be a lot of rework to restore and that’s the device I’d need to recover everything else in case of a total disaster (like a house fire).

(🤔 better check the Hetzner encryption is noted in my keypass file)

I do need to get it’s config setup in Ansible though so it can be rebuilt automatically, but Ansible for single devices can be a little overkill and difficult to maintain.

Similar for my hypervisor box… damn… there goes some more evenings…

Nice philosophy.

I’m kinda in the middle ground here.

I backup “everything” from my raspberries, and just \home for laptops but for an actual disaster recovery I’d just do a clean install, get an IP address and then reinstall everything via Ansible, then drag my home data back off the NAS

But… I like that statement. I’ll use that at work.

I suggest you have 2 separate physical devices.

1 - a NAS 2 - a server that you’re running everything on.

Use OMV for the NAS if you’re not technical enough / want less maintenance and just keep your data there with only a backup app installed,

On the other device pick whatever you’re comfortable with, docker is the mainstream choice, you’ll get loads of youtube / forum / lemmy support, but there’s other options of course.

The advantage to this setup is that you can backup your server and if when you f*ck up you can restore it again.

Less eggs in more baskets

And as others have said, look at your router & internet security too

And not using php for a webui

Technically, all* could be. They’re just indexing the torrents that are out there.

*all = the ones that would list TV shows, etc. of course

I have this on my NAS, works well

Depends…

If someone’s just arrived home, the freezer door’s open, etc, then I’m using Home Assistant to speak / flash a light / etc.

If a device fails, then Uptime Kuma sends via to ntfy & gotify (I’m trying both atm to decide on one)

If it’s something I’ve done, then my partner tells me (arms folded, stern look)

I’m currently running both to decide which to use, what made you pick ntfy?

Not yet 🙂

Both services work well, but the (Android) app is also a consideration… Gotify appears to keep losing the connection, but as I have different alerts going via different routes I need to sit down and spend some quality time with these, which I don’t have at the moment.

SMART data will show the data you mentioned; age of the drive, max temperatire, etc.

Wow. Harsh comment.

Sorry, no disrespect intended, but I’m shocked. It’s like hearing someone say they drive a 1988 Toyota Cressida because it’s great…

How did you know I had an 88 Cressida? (jk)

You have good points there, but for a homelab, it does show some interesting insights (ie, I did an upgrade of my Raspberry Pi Zeros and saw how all their latency changed after the reboot… weird)

I’ve been using this for years as it just worked, but a recent update has broken it (a simple “v1.10 is earlier than v1.9” issue) and I had to rollback and have been waiting for someone to fix the bug for a few weeks, so, yep, the slowness of response is a fair point.

Ah, dunno, maybe I’ll look at some alternatives… one day…

What’s not to like?

Still alive & still maintained, and less resources than Grafana & Prometheus…

Uptime Kuma if I want something to alert me (still trying to decide between ntfy & gotify)

Home Assistant is also checking some stuff

Smokeping for a general, long term feel of the network

Watchdog to reboot my Raspberry Pi Zeros when they fall off the wifi

Taking this at different levels…

Offsite storage (assuming you have something at home): Hetzner storage boxes (2 different countries to choose from)

VPS for actually doing something, also Hetzner, but, I also use MythicBeasts for a UK specific host and they also host Raspberry Pi servers (not checked the price), so maybe that’s something to consider to dip your toe into the waters

They still are: Fairphone

That’s where I am today with my Fairphone.

I honestly held on to my old Nokia, replacing batteries and cases until Fairphone came along and then I jumped from 90’s tech to modern day.

0–>100% in 10 seconds (with a 2nd battery)

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, but you’re absolutely correct

This is the way

<insert Mandalorian gif here>

I have a mix…

I have a home built NAS running on Arch with local installation of Immich (ie not a container)

I also have a low power, passively cooed box with Proxmox installed to run VMs for Home Assistant, ansible, uptime kuma, smokeping, etc.

I only intended to run Proxmox to test it out (my Home Assistant was running on a Pi3 and getting too slow for Voice), as I’d been using ESXi for years at work.

I now want to migrate to Arch with Incus and move those VMs across, but as I currently only have the 1 host and hardware’s expensive, it’ll stay that way for a while…

(Bonus: I have a few RasPi Zeros scattered around the house too running various things bare metal)

Yeah, I get it. I do think containers encourage lazy integration - could be hard coded paths, or things like leaving apt in there, so no worries.

If you’re using Arch, Immich is in the AUR, that’s how I’m running it bare metal.

I have an ESP32 based switch between the power and my tablets which turn on /off the power between 80% and 20% using an automation in Home Assistant:

…esphome.io/…/sinilink-xy-wfusb-usb-switch-relay/

Been working well for a couple of years now, but still, the batteries in the tablets are gonna be the thing that determines how long this will work for.

@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com this is the very important bit:

Document every step. <— important

Whatever you do will make sense for about a day, you’ll have a rough idea of what you did the following weekend, after that… all gone.

And, whatever you do won’t be right first time, so you will be editing those notes - all part of the journey

This one.

You can setup recurring tasks, tasks that speak to you, tags, multiple reminders (good for birthdays: next month / week / today)

And locations (although I’ve not tried that yet)

I think you’re allowing icmp in, but not back out again

Wasn’t even aware of opentofu until now

@AlThePilcrow@lemmy.blahaj.zone I’m using restic to backup my NAS to a Hetzner storage box. (1TB for ~€3/month)

It’s easy, and you can SSH into the box to verify what’s actually there.