Just listening to SRE 93 and hearing you talk 'bout the good old times and having your own ipv4 address as a student and boy can I relate. Had a rj45 with 100/100 into my student dorm room until i left 1.5 years ago

good job.

just wanted to mention that ChatGPT can write ansible scripts for you. the only caveat is that the script will need some fine tuning and debugging since its rarely perfect, assuming thats due to the many different sources its pulling from. also wanted to mention NextDNS as an option for the kids wifi, as it has built in time limits and will keep track of what sites they go to. includes ad blocking by default. forward your internal dns to nextdns for a seemingly robust solution. thanks for all.

I'm a big fan of verifying throughput after every new wire pull. I know various testers can check for bad wires, length issues, & "certify" negotiation speed. But a 30-60 second iPerf test lets me know for sure if I'm getting what I expect. Just put a device on either end, one in iPerf server mode, one in iPerf client mode & run a time based test (for example: iperf3 -c 192.168.1.92 -d -t 60). It runs on Linux, Mac and Windows. I've even run it on a Chromebook. Longer tests = better assurance.

Take the UniFi pill Chris!

When you get the new OPNsense box built, I’d love to see some iPerf3 tests for throughput across the two 10G interfaces, both on the same vlan and across vlans. I’m curious how much of that 10G you can actually get with this setup.

what did you use to make the network diagram? Asking because it looks great

Hey Chris and Alex, I've had Nextcloud running a $5 VPS since 2016, and in general it's been very reliable. However, my Linux knowledge and experience has increased much since then (many thanks to JB shows for that!) and I'd like to redeploy it using more modern tools. My current instance is installed the old fashioned way; downloading the tar.gz from Nextcloud and setting up Nginx and PHP on the host system. My question is, what installation method would you use for a rock-solid Nextcloud instance in 2023? Whatever I do, I'd like to get a similar 6+ year runtime out of it with only updates/upgrades to manage. Thanks for all the great shows, guys! See you at LFNW in October :)

just a reminder that the way LACP works you only use both links when multiple clients are involved. I.e if you do a file transfer from your pc to your NAS you are only going to get 10G because the way the hashing works all that traffic will only traverse one of the LACP links. however if we’re say backing up a bunch of machines some of the traffic would go over the second link. but it’s never quite 50/50, one link will always tend to have more traffic than the other.

I am sending all my sats over I have accumulated listening to your shows on fountain.fm. I am really struggling with the fountain.fm and it's quirks so I'm heading back to pocketcast which has always just worked for me. love the shows and content. keep it up. thanks

Beautiful schemas, well done Alex! Dual carrier dual opnsense to follow? :) Also, I’ve been meaning to ask for a while; what about IPv6? Do you deploy / use it? I feel we as geeks should be pushing this so we can eventually end the CGNAT tyrany. Here’s fe80::1 sats to get you started. :)

Hi from the UK! Long time listener first time booster - My Origin Story: Started listening after Alex was on the Home Assistant Podcast, since then subscribed to everything (along with Joe's LLL family of shows;))),and I'm a Jupiter.party member too. Thought my first boost should be to the show that hoooked me to the network and was going to do this for Ep:100 but who has the patience?! Keep up the great work JB team-incredible content, production and community. Antony

Love the show. Love that you keep my own self-hosting-projects queue full. Cheers! gerberad

Keep up the great show! You help me a great deal to manage my home server. I’m currently running Ubuntu but run into issues of not remembering how I set stuff up years ago. I want to start from scratch w/ ansible thanks to you…

Speaking of LinusTechTips, maybe you should get in touch with them and have something at LTX this year. Like a booth showcasing the different DEs, the state of Linux gaming, maybe a PC where people can see how easy it is to install Linux (I'm sure LTT could help you with some for the event). Now that steam deck is a thing, many more people might be interested in Linux on the desktop. Thanks for the content!

if you like Obsidian but want better mobile sync, try Joplin. It has many features of Obsidian while having a plethora of syncing options on mobile, including WebDAV. plus it offers encryption where you control the keys, so it makes it ideal for a digital journal.

alex, do you mind sharing what cable analyzer you bought next ep?

Holy shit, AI Alex sounds pretty convincing for just 44 seconds of training footage! Also it sounds as if Alex would do an impression of the guy from the N-O-D-E YouTube channel. Give it a quick listen to see what I mean haha

Deep fake Alex sounds like it's reading an essay.

happy listener

These podcasting 2.0 apps should let you retry sending only the failed splits, or not send send the boost at all until all the boosts succeed. Usually it's only 1 or 2 nodes in the split out or 4 or so that fail. There should be a better way to retry than resending the whole boos

Any special plans for episode 100?

The only app I know that does scrubbing well is VLC. swiping left or right in the video moves x seconds relative to the current position where x is proportional to how far you swiped, compared to dragging the play head which moves to the absolute position where you drop it. This is the only good way Ives seen to move accurately in a long file. I wish more apps (podcast, audiobook, YouTube client, everything) would adopt this.

Hi guys! I do the SRE thing but I wanted to test boosts through Alby and my home lightning node. I managed to send one to the bitcoin dad pod last night, but when I tried a 2nd one, it would not go through (No path or some-such message). Let's see if this one makes it.....

Have you seen https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/

As I said on my Bitcoin Dad Pod boost, my podcast app doesn't support streaming sats (Podcast Addict), so sending some love out-of-band. Let me know if it's possible to set up a recurring boost.

Have you tried Libro.fm? It's very similar to audible and has monthly memberships at the same price as audible but you're buying from an independent bookstore of your choice but best of all you can download the audiobooks from the website in DRM free mp3s easily and with no hassle. Great show as always, love you all

Bravo for going farther down the UniFi rabbit hole! I love my gear. regarding things not coming back up due to dhcp not already being available, I strongly suggest making the infrastructure that your dhcp & dns depend on use true static IPs. I’m all for MAC reservations but you have to engineer out chicken & egg problems. Set a minimal number of static IPs & define a boot order so core services are up first.

top up from failed boost

top up from failed boost

I’m looking for a “docker host” distro that is tiny and minimalist, just enough to run docker and docker compose. Do you know if anything like that? …..Nixos? :)

Chris!! how are you using Linux and open source software to keep you children safe online? My girls are getting to the age of wanting to be plugged into their devices all the time. Our school has organised a number of lectures about online safety and bullying that’s truly frightening. We have the girls’ devices locked down via Apples parental controls and screentime, but children are pretty inventive when it comes to circumventing rules 😂Wondering if Pi-Hole could be of help?

Darn it. I was trying to boost a nice 10k but I forgot about fountain's fees and rounding. Have this as well.

Just a thankyou to Self Hosted because this is the show that got me onto the JB network where I learned to set up my data in such a way that I can destroy and rebuild my server and workstations in minutes (using podman with nextcloud and home assistant, and occasionally QEMU/KVM for other stuff), learned that I can use BTRFS and ZFS together, but most importantly, introduced me to Rust which I am using for my microcontroller projects from now on.

I bought a firewalla purple last year and I can easily block things like YouTube on devices on my network between certain hours. it's saved me lots of time setting things up, digging around and has alerts like X device has uploaded/downloaded a large file or taken 90% of the bandwidth in the last hour. also I can block certain geographic regions, it's my favourite device in my setup, set and forget

Thanks for the great shows!! I love how the V2V works on podcasting2.0, even it might be privacy concerning, I wish there is an app can monitor what apps I use on my Linux boxes & donate automatically SATs to each related open-source project, for now using separate payment options for each project, cheers :)

the remaining days from my fountain wallet as I move away from this buggy app. Love all you do guys and I’ll keep boosting from Alby.

Helloo, medium time listener (few years) here and I have finally parted ways with AntennaPod so I can start boosting in more! I have a question re databases in selfhosting. Do you tend to use Mysql/postgres for all your services or stick with sqlite? As the only user of my services sqlite performs well and backups are easy.. but I'm considering swapping things over to postgres - probably one instance with a DB per app rather than a new instance per app. Thanks for all the great shows! :D

Badger, please share your dhcp thingymajigg you scrapped from this show! Plz :)

This week I got around to setting up PhotoPrism and pointed it at my library of ~150k photos and videos and it has been great. In addition to NextCloud syncing from our phones, I'm gradually weaning the wife and I off of Google Photos. Thanks for the show - jellyfin sounds like it might be next on the slate to play with.

Hi guys, first time booster from down under. I listen to LUP as well, but wanted to boost the less-loved Self Hosted. I have to say, I switched to Fountain specifically for JB, but I haven’t been impressed by how it handles episodes, downloads, playback etc. I listen exclusively in the car, so CarPlay is essential for me - making it difficult to come to terms with - sticking it out for now, so I can boost in whatever I earn 😊 P.S. make sure you organise a road trip down here some time!

Challenge: “Amateur April” where y’all finally dive into amateur radio aka ham radio

If the person in 3rd place for the hard drive just needs a 6 port SATA controller to be able to attempt data recovery of their foster kids, I’d happily provide one. Chris knows how to find me in Matrix and via email. There’s a lot I can’t help with… this sounds like one I could.

I really wish something self hosted would play m4b audiobooks and have polish. Audiobookshelf gets the job done, but doesn’t excite me. According to https://bit.ly/3lXgMyi Prologue will start supporting Audiobookshelf 🤞🏻

@Alex there is no month that starts with ‘p’ but I propose ‘No Docker’ November.

Test boost, please ignore 😊

Hey guys! Short time United State Air Force listener here, less then 2 years. I have listed to every episode of LUP, Selfhosted, LAN, and the Extras. I love all of them and can't wait for a north east meet up so I can maybe join. You've sparked my tinkering interest with the wz_mini_hack in episode 88. I'm struggling to find a ethernet to USB adapter that will work though. Can you guys suggest one that's worked for you?  P.S. enjoy the sats, and keep up the great work!

Loving the Jellyfin January challenge, and I’m quite pleased with the results thus far; but I do have a challenge that I’ve not yet solved or I am too blind to see: the Plex “downloads” functionality is something I depend on. I have an android tablet that I have synced my son’s shows to that needs to be available when we are not able to access the server. What are your suggestions?

and now it is time for le boost. Happy Coder 500 ;)

tHAT'S qUAKERS! 1st time ever communicating with any media entity, ever. & ya, long itme listener. :) Everything on a pi! Apache, Jellyfin, Nextcloud, Wikimedia... The Jfin video processing is done on a Nvidia Jetson Nano 2GB and don't tell anyone but... my media is still hosted on a Win7 machine & shared out to the pi. Shhh!!! But hey! That pi is running tailscale and I can acces it from anywhere! Got another 8GB pi running Umbrel w/... well pretty much everything that's not bitcoin related :)

Love the show! It’s inspired me to take on some new projects and are starting to require a proper storage solution. I’m considering a consumer NASes from Synology and TerraMaster as well as contemplating building out a server with 4 3.5” drives. What is your opinions on consumer/pro-sumer NAS appliances where size and noise are at the top of my list? Ideally it needs to fit under a nightstand and not keep my wife and I awake at night. Any insight is appreciated, keep up the amazing work!

I ram 3 Intel NUCs with K3S Longhorn uses external 1TB usb hard drives. then I run metal-lb. I run FRR on opnsense my k3s servers peer with opnsense. so when I stand up a new service they ip of the services gets advertised back into my main network and I can then point dns to that ip. I’ve also integrated let’s encrypt for things that want to run behind my ingress service. been stable for about a year now

Hi gang, love your Jellyfin January challenge and hope the trend would continue through the year. Regarding donations and supporting projects: last year I decided on a specific amount of $ which I would donate each month to a project which a) I use extensively b) I would be very sad if it dissappeared c) doesn't have a comercial way to get funding. This year, jellyfin takes the funds for the first month :D thank you for the amazing content

Loving the jellyfin january challenge, I've been using jellyfin myself for a while but never got into anything fancy with it. Seeing all the features you guys use or want has given me some great insight into improving my own setup - and reminded me that it's been a long time since I rewatched ENT

+1 for Star Trek talk. Also excited for alternative Wyze Cam firmwares - can't wait to try this and get a little more control over stuff I use every day.

I love my UniFi gear and absolutely recommend it

for hotel rooms, I bought a small Roku that is not a stick, but instead uses a hdmi cable, and use it exclusively for travel. it has my accounts signed in and doesn’t require me to give the hotel any of my streaming account info.

Chris - matter / Zigbee does overlap with Wi-Fi channels… https://www.metageek.com/training/resources/zigbee-wifi-coexistence/ details this.

k3s is awesome and I’m glad to see you all playing with it

Let's be real. I might as well retract my entry. We all know who's getting that drive.

Keep up the great work guys, and i hope you're enjoying Jellyfin January!

I have a couple of TPLink APs. I ran an Omada docker container for a while but ended up ditching it because it doesn't expose all AP capabilities to configure centrally. Also managing the AP via Omada disables the web UI on the AP so some options basically become unavailable. Interested to hear your journey with just 1 AP. Keep up the good work! love the show.

I have a couple of TPLink APs. I ran an Omada docker container for a while but ended up ditching it because it doesn't expose all AP capabilities to configure centrally. Also managing the AP via Omada disables the web UI on the AP so some options basically become unavailable. Interested to hear your journey with just 1 AP. Keep up the good work! love the show.

Thank you both for all that you do. I'm not really that technical (I'm a truck driver) but I've always loved Linux and I love the whole idea of self hosting and data self sovereignty. My journey started with your show and so I've mostly only used the badger stack (Chris and the Badger is a great and comfy shirt BTW). At first it was Ubuntu server on a Pi4 but quickly built a 12th gen box mostly for SATA and fun. Also Jellyfin is great, if I can do it, anyone can. Love you both

I may not make it for Jellyfin January, but how do you think Jellyfin would run on an old Thinkpad E540? It's the only "spare" device I have around. I was hoping to get an ODroid soon, but currently don't have the spare funds. Car repairs come first!

Any advice on what wearables to use to track cardio performance? I'm nominally just looking for heart rate and calories burned. Without an account on some privacy dredging cloud service. I dug out my old Fitbit, but it's a paperweight without an account.

I guess I'm lucky I never got hooked on plex. I've been doing the jellyfin challenge for years, and I used emby before that. I have no complains except that it never worked with my Chromecast

anonymously (please dont read out my name on the show for this comment) i also wanted to mention stash.io as a media server. it is so well programmed and the automatic identification of scenes using perceptiol hashes is a great approach. I wish there was a fork focused on mainstream media. it has some great potential as a media server.

I've been using the linuxserver.io jellyfin docker container as my daily driver for about 9 months now. live Tv streaming over the internet and satip eorks like a charm and the media libraries are well supported. Tailscale solves the "problem" of external access beter than any reverse proxy could. I am more then willing to give up some of the more obsucre plex capabilities for the freedom and security of a locally hosted instance. IMHO it is just 1 or 2 years behind plex...

You beautiful knuckleheads! Spousal approval for production changes requires AppleTV apps. Because of this episode, I’ve found SwiftFin and evaluation will commence soon. I won’t be taking part in Jellyfin January, but you’ve gotten the attention of this Plex Lifetime Pass holder. Cheers and keep up the good work!

Happy new year!

Been almost totally Jellyfin for nearly a year… apart from live TV, still using ChannelsDVR for that mainly for the TVE intergration. I should try to bring everything into Jellyfin though!

where is this selfhosted.party? Also, how do I sign up for a full year? lastly, I didn't see a pay with Bitcoin option. Finally getting over here from BTC Dad and I like it, thanks.

Happy New Year Men!

I got two LANs one local and one remote. Is there a way to bridge both LANs with TailScale? if so, how would you do it? I got a Jellyfin server on the remote LAN but want to watch on a Roku on the local LAN that doesn't have Tailscale option

I’ve been using jellyfin for years. never used plex prior though. the game changer for me was when Chris introduced the audience to infuse. jellyfin on the backend and infuse for user facing is amazing. had the family approval factor for years.

Clearing out my Fountian wallet as I am moving to GrapheneOS! FYI, I found out about your show when Alex guest appeared on the Home Lab Show with Tom Lawrence on YouTube. Have you talked to Jeff from Craft Computing? I would love to see a collab sometime.

First time booster! I noticed the self-hosted sre rss feed is available for free on fountain. just thought you should know.

+1 for HDHomeRun. it's super nice to be able to tune into your local stations from any device. For home assistant leave notifications- you could try having an automation trigger based on your location and send a message to your wife with those deets. I do that with the slack module on my HA instance at the office to send a message to my wife in our family slack channel, and it works great. Although tasker might be more elegant like Alex pointed out, but if you want HA involved this works great!

Thanks for the HDHomerun tip! 👍

70/30/1 = 101% splits ?

grapine os the new veganischem.... I I'm almost starting to flash. I AM NO A VEGAN ;-)!!!

Appreciate what you do, thanks for the show.

First and last boost. Fountain just isn't feature complete and stable enough to be my daily podcast player (but it's close). Going back to Pocket Casts for now. I love the shows and wish y'all the best from my lurk corner!

To be up front, I went from Evernote to Joplin until I heard about the risk of data loss and the hot mess recovering data. I then tried Qownnotes, but I found it cumbersome to navigate. I tried Obsidian, but wanted a real self-hosted solution, so I settled on Zettlr last year. It was rough at first, but the code base has settled down and I'm really happy with it. It would be nice to have a mobile edition, but I really don't need it.

AKA Nomadicoder on Podverse. I don't take knowledgebase notes on my phone, only memo I can sync with my desktop, so I follow Michael Bazzell's recommendation and use Standards Notes for privacy because they encrypt. I'm on the free plan, and that suffices. for knowledge work, I use Zettlr on my desktop and use it for my zettlekasten. I put them into a Git repository and sync to Gitlab.

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Wanted to send some good boosts your way, love the show and all your Linux talk and self hosted support. Keep up the good work!

Long-time self-hoster but still new-ish with this boosting. Loving the show! Keep up the great work!

Hot boost from an OG SRE glad to hear JoeRess via JB! ZFS FTW! If you want more document management/info retrieval, how do you like Paperless* or Papermerge, maybe Mayan EDBS? Also, after much ado about home automation with lights and climate control, but what about door locks? Something like a self-hosted open-source Sesame w/no Internet connection needed, maybe with Bluetooth, NFC, ad-hoc WiFi? Many folks need non-invasive solutions that work w/existing locks, and manual override w/dumb keys.

put Joe in to the boost split's ;-) thanks