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In a cloud server (hidden from the public) www.keycloak.org - auth mostly for outline www.getoutline.com - my personal "notion" nginxproxymanager.com -

In a cloud server (hidden from the public) www.keycloak.org - auth mostly for outline www.getoutline.com - my personal "notion" nginxproxymanager.com - to proxy things Wireguard - remote access and interconnection between zones cockpit-project.org - to manage VMS github.com/coder/code-server - To remote develop 2x of docs.paperless-ngx.com/ (one for me and one for my partner) - I scan and destroy most of the letters I get. snibox.github.io/ - my terminal companion pi-hole (together with wireguard I don't have ads on my devices) uptime.kuma.pet - to be sure that things are online mailcow.email/ - for non priority domains docs.postalserver.io/ - mail server for apps and services At home (small 6w nic with): HomeAssistant - To control home lights Cups - share printers Wireguard - (connected to the cloud)

tunnuz 4y ago
How do you keep the server hidden from the public?
- cpach 4y ago
  One option is to use Tailscale or plain Wireguard.
- cientifico 4y ago
  I just don't assign public Ip addresses to private VM. Public (with different public ips) I have: * Mailcow * Postal * Code server (just a dev machine with public ip) * Wireguard * NginxProxyManager Private (without public ip) I have: * PiHole * containers (where i run most of the staff) * Monitoring
bmitc 4y ago
> 2x of docs.paperless-ngx.com/ (one for me and one for my partner) - I scan and destroy most of the letters I get. Ah, interesting. I have been considering finding a solution like that. How do you like it? Are there other alternatives you considered?
- derkades 4y ago
  I used paperless for a while but ended up just saving pdfs to directories instead. I can find what I need without fancy OCR features by organizing and naming files sensibly. And I am fairly certain this will still work in 40 years, while paperless, or even Linux, might no longer exist.
  - bmitc 4y ago
    That was sort of the approach I had been planning on going for (manual scanning and putting it in directories that get cloud backed up). I have a pretty good scanner app on my phone, and so just scanning after opening the mail for some important document or invoice, uploading to the document storage, and then shredding seemed to be pretty low fanfare.
    - fspoettel 4y ago
      Which scanner app are you using?
  - fdw 4y ago
    In the end, paperless also stores the original pdfs in a directory. You get some more goodies from it, like automatic OCR and a web interface, but your baselines is also included.
  - lannisterstark 4y ago
    Why not do both? Use rsync to do a one way sync by keeping a filter list to the paperless consume directory so whenever you drop any new documents to your original folder structures, it copies THAT to the consume and paperless consumes it?
- mrccc 4y ago
  I can recommend paperless. I am running it locally in a Docker container and sync database/files with iCloud (so they are backed up). I've been thinking about putting them on the actual web to access them anywhere, but so far having paperless "just" on my computer was enough.
apeters 4y ago
Even though I sold mailcow and stopped working on it in the past months, it warms my heart SO MUCH to see people using it. :) Really, thank you. I have some ideas for a proper successor which would be much more scaleable, modern, flexible and would be more focused to use existing transports for piggybacking mail. A fully and safely encrypted mail storage as well as a cool interface to invite for encrypted sessions etc. Smtpd and imapd using modern Python modules. — Providers found out it was easier to block private senders instead of developing good filtering mechanisms. I kind of understand this decision, but spammers simply abuse services like Sendgrid or create spam accounts on MS. So… nothing really changed in regards of spam. We just lose actually *wanted* mails or have to look into the Junk folders more often, all while newsletters get on the priority lane. That makes me unsure about developing anything in this regard. :( André
- ralgozino 4y ago
  Hi Andrè! I just wanted to thank you for mailcow! We used it a few years ago at my previous job to getting a new domain up & running and got a porfessional, best-practices-configured email server in no time. Great experience also for day 2 operations! Nothing like the other mail solutions available at that time. Wishing you the best in your next endeavors!
  - apeters 4y ago
    Thank you! :)
- tsujamin 4y ago
  I absolutely _loved_ mailcow. Worked out of the box way better than my hand rolled solution, and ended up using it for some small orgs too. Thanks for all your work on it!
  - apeters 4y ago
    Thank you very much. :)
- pmontra 4y ago
pjc50 4y ago
You can run pihole in the cloud? That is very useful information.
- sgjohnson 4y ago
  Why wouldn’t you be able to? Pihole is just dnsmasq with a frontend.
  - jon-wood 4y ago
    The biggest curse of the Raspberry Pi is a whole heap of stuff that has gone from “needs a UNIX server” to “but surely that requires an underpowered UNIX server with a very specific distribution of Linux”.
    - FeistySkink 4y ago
      Pi-hole runs just fine in Docker [1]. You don't need a Pi to run it. [1]. https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/ https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/
- crtasm 4y ago
  You should not open its port to the internet at large (look up: open resolvers) but yes you can run it anywhere and access over VPN, etc.
- yanokwa 4y ago
  You could also use https://nextdns.io https://nextdns.io. It’s basically pi-hole in the cloud.
  - xref 4y ago
    I pay $20/yr for their service it’s so good, and I can turn on/off quickly per-device when I need normal dns to work, instead of having to ssh and tweak pi-hole or whatever across the whole network
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gureddio 4y ago
Thanks for sharing this list! I wasn't aware of nginxproxymanager. This is something I've been doing semi manually for years. It looks like it'll slot right in and save me some work

tunnuz 4y ago

How do you keep the server hidden from the public?

cpach 4y ago
One option is to use Tailscale or plain Wireguard.
cientifico 4y ago
I just don't assign public Ip addresses to private VM. Public (with different public ips) I have: * Mailcow * Postal * Code server (just a dev machine with public ip) * Wireguard * NginxProxyManager Private (without public ip) I have: * PiHole * containers (where i run most of the staff) * Monitoring

bmitc 4y ago

> 2x of docs.paperless-ngx.com/ (one for me and one for my partner) - I scan and destroy most of the letters I get. Ah, interesting. I have been considering finding a solution like that. How do you like it? Are there other alternatives you considered?

derkades 4y ago
I used paperless for a while but ended up just saving pdfs to directories instead. I can find what I need without fancy OCR features by organizing and naming files sensibly. And I am fairly certain this will still work in 40 years, while paperless, or even Linux, might no longer exist.
- bmitc 4y ago
  That was sort of the approach I had been planning on going for (manual scanning and putting it in directories that get cloud backed up). I have a pretty good scanner app on my phone, and so just scanning after opening the mail for some important document or invoice, uploading to the document storage, and then shredding seemed to be pretty low fanfare.
  - fspoettel 4y ago
    Which scanner app are you using?
- fdw 4y ago
  In the end, paperless also stores the original pdfs in a directory. You get some more goodies from it, like automatic OCR and a web interface, but your baselines is also included.
- lannisterstark 4y ago
  Why not do both? Use rsync to do a one way sync by keeping a filter list to the paperless consume directory so whenever you drop any new documents to your original folder structures, it copies THAT to the consume and paperless consumes it?
mrccc 4y ago
I can recommend paperless. I am running it locally in a Docker container and sync database/files with iCloud (so they are backed up). I've been thinking about putting them on the actual web to access them anywhere, but so far having paperless "just" on my computer was enough.

apeters 4y ago

Even though I sold mailcow and stopped working on it in the past months, it warms my heart SO MUCH to see people using it. :) Really, thank you. I have some ideas for a proper successor which would be much more scaleable, modern, flexible and would be more focused to use existing transports for piggybacking mail. A fully and safely encrypted mail storage as well as a cool interface to invite for encrypted sessions etc. Smtpd and imapd using modern Python modules. — Providers found out it was easier to block private senders instead of developing good filtering mechanisms. I kind of understand this decision, but spammers simply abuse services like Sendgrid or create spam accounts on MS. So… nothing really changed in regards of spam. We just lose actually *wanted* mails or have to look into the Junk folders more often, all while newsletters get on the priority lane. That makes me unsure about developing anything in this regard. :( André

ralgozino 4y ago
Hi Andrè! I just wanted to thank you for mailcow! We used it a few years ago at my previous job to getting a new domain up & running and got a porfessional, best-practices-configured email server in no time. Great experience also for day 2 operations! Nothing like the other mail solutions available at that time. Wishing you the best in your next endeavors!
- apeters 4y ago
  Thank you! :)
tsujamin 4y ago
I absolutely _loved_ mailcow. Worked out of the box way better than my hand rolled solution, and ended up using it for some small orgs too. Thanks for all your work on it!
- apeters 4y ago
  Thank you very much. :)
pmontra 4y ago

pjc50 4y ago

You can run pihole in the cloud? That is very useful information.

sgjohnson 4y ago
Why wouldn’t you be able to? Pihole is just dnsmasq with a frontend.
- jon-wood 4y ago
  The biggest curse of the Raspberry Pi is a whole heap of stuff that has gone from “needs a UNIX server” to “but surely that requires an underpowered UNIX server with a very specific distribution of Linux”.
  - FeistySkink 4y ago
    Pi-hole runs just fine in Docker [1]. You don't need a Pi to run it. [1]. https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/ https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/
crtasm 4y ago
You should not open its port to the internet at large (look up: open resolvers) but yes you can run it anywhere and access over VPN, etc.
yanokwa 4y ago
You could also use https://nextdns.io https://nextdns.io. It’s basically pi-hole in the cloud.
- xref 4y ago
  I pay $20/yr for their service it’s so good, and I can turn on/off quickly per-device when I need normal dns to work, instead of having to ssh and tweak pi-hole or whatever across the whole network

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gureddio 4y ago

Thanks for sharing this list! I wasn't aware of nginxproxymanager. This is something I've been doing semi manually for years. It looks like it'll slot right in and save me some work