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Ask HN: What do you self-host?

5 pointsby hugodutkaover 2 years ago
I pay $7 a month for a server and I self-host a bunch of services for personal use:<p>- n8n (n8n.io) - Zapier alternative<p>- Privatebin (github.com&#x2F;PrivateBin&#x2F;PrivateBin) - encrypted pastebin for sharing sensitive data<p>- Headscale (github.com&#x2F;juanfont&#x2F;headscale) - open-source implementation of the Tailscale control server. Lets me set up a personal VPN easily.<p>- Argo CD (github.com&#x2F;argoproj&#x2F;argo-cd) - I use the VPS as single-node Kubernetes, and argo lets me manage my deployments.<p>- Hashicorp Vault (vaultproject.io) - For managing secrets.<p>I also wanted to self-host something like Gitpod or Github Codespaces, but there was nothing available. So I decided to build it. It&#x27;s at https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hocus.dev if you want to check it out.<p>What do you self host? I&#x27;m curious to see what else I could put up.

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theandrewbaileyover 2 years ago
A custom-written blog - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theandrewbailey.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theandrewbailey.com&#x2F;</a><p>Funkwhale - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funkwhale.audio&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funkwhale.audio&#x2F;</a><p>HAProxy - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.haproxy.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.haproxy.org&#x2F;</a><p>Pihole - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pi-hole.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pi-hole.net&#x2F;</a><p>ReadyMedia (formerly miniDLNA) - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;minidlna&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;minidlna&#x2F;</a><p>I&#x27;ve toyed with Jitsi (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jitsi.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jitsi.org&#x2F;</a>) and IRC (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ergo.chat&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ergo.chat&#x2F;</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kiwiirc.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kiwiirc.com&#x2F;</a>) but neither are useful enough to me to keep running.
argulaneover 2 years ago
I host quite a lot of different services<p>* wikijs - personal notes and wiki<p>* gitea - git server<p>* matrix synapse - for communicating in my friend group<p>* quassel irc client server<p>* miniflux - rss&#x2F;atom reader<p>* wireguard vpn - just the plain wg-quick config nothing fancy<p>* plex - media server for my smart tv<p>* PiGallery 2 - really fast photo album viewer<p>* webdav server using nginx and zfs - justed just as a general network file storage.<p>Its a old Dell R710 server that I host at a local hackerspace. It also has a external SAS disk shelf connected to it with 96TB of spinning disks in it.
gorbak25over 2 years ago
For me it&#x27;s generally k8s. I&#x27;m currently migrating most of my stuff to a new setup :) I want to give headscale a shot. I&#x27;ve used my k8s to run Gitlab CI jobs and some of my apps&#x2F;toy projects.
simonblackover 2 years ago
Simple stuff to the WAN: ftp file server, website, ssh login.<p>A few extra things on the LAN: Samba, mysql, rsync backup, Usenet News.<p>That is sufficient for me.