virt-manager for qemu. I also did some cloud init script with LLM to have a nice way of spinning up new vms with a server user, ssh and my access keys. VMs have also on big advantage. It’s easy to back up entire qcow2 disk image and then if necessary move entire VM to a different host.
I personally go with VMs. Except of some services that I run on Hetzner.
I got one Debian server that runs multiple VMs with tailscale. Then one Hetzner VPS with Caddy. This one acts as a public gateway.
Some things are still running bare metal, like Immich or Jellyfin because of apple hardware. However the level of entropy I have now is th opposite of all eggs in on basket. I sometimes forget what do I have where and have to look it up in my docs.
I use a mix of few things
I made a systems service that mounts a temp file from my ftp server (inside internet router) and that file is being used to unlock disks during boot. When it’s gone it would ask for password.
The vector is that someone steals my server while keeping the router in place. That’s my bet on what would happen if someone breaks into our flat.
This is an example of why fediverse is the future and the past. It’s a protocol that makes projects like this possible. Future - everyone should move here to tamper big tech influence. Past - it feels so like 2005 with everyone blogging and making widgets in JavaScript.
I’m sure some other Pole will come here and make even better version of this tho. We have this saying “where’s two Poles there’s three opinions” and while helping with UI translations I noticed this is not just a saying, it’s a fact. Especially when it comes to our language. :)
Polish: Po zajęciach proszę złożyć razem krzesła.
Literał: after lectures please stack chairs together.
I could translate it more literal to original but no one speaks like this so any close translation from English would sound weird for my taste.
In reality for me it’s German CERT sending me emails that my n8n is again out of date with tons of CVEs.
I think they are analogous. If you like your setup keep using it ;)
Hetzner storage box plus borgbackup (also to save on storage since it dedups).
Having one didn’t mean the other is not useful.
TIL rclone can encrypt. Storage box also supports borg if someone prefers. Borg is cool. It also deduplicates the archive saving a lot of space.
Nextcloud Linux client has an option to selectively sync folders no?
What? Last commit 54 minutes ago. Last release exactly one month ago.
At this point if I have to choose between French government looking at my email and yellow man minions I go with French.
Email is not encrypted.
Tbh I’d try mastodon. Pixelfed is cool and all but there’s not much traffic there.
Mailo.com. French company. They have quite a quirky UI. like one can tell it’s made by a backend guy and the junior version is made by his younger nephew but technical wise it’s perfect. All standards are there plus price is OK.
You can also use some tools for easier discovery of interesting people. Like my mastodon search. I sometimes use it and got few mutuals this way.
My Debian host has GUI installed. Sometimes it’s handy when i connect keyboard and mouse to do some repairs.