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Migrating to Proxmox

I have a machine that runs Ubuntu. I want that OS to be running as a VM in Proxmox on the same machine with minimal downtime and without knowing that this process will work without problems. Here is my story. This is not a guide. Don't expect to follow step

Monitoring with the TIG Stack

Monitoring with the TIG Stack

One day I'll implement Prometheus (a more free and open software) in place of InfluxDB but I haven't had the opportunity yet, so today we talk about the TIG stack: * Telegraf records data about the state of a machine, and sends it to * InfluxDB which stores the data as time-series

Traffic Management with Caddy

Traffic Management with Caddy

A quick refresher on the gateway model I employ: one machine is accessible from the internet, minimising the exposed surface area of my network. This machine is the gateway and serves all requests. From a DNS perspective, all of my subdomains are CNAME records pointing to the gateway. Nginx and

Self Hosting Foundations

Self Hosting Foundations

I've always had a passion for free and open source software. Naturally this has evolved into a self-hosting obsession. Some softwares that would otherwise be gated behind large upfront costs or subscription fees have perfectly serviceable free alternatives, at the cost of having to administer them yourself. I have a

Hello World

Welcome to the blog! I originally intended to build a website but have since decided that a blog would be perfectly adequate. I will use this blog to share my learnings. I often find myself learning from other blogs, so it's time to give back.