Best of self-hosting — September 2024

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    Why I still self host my servers (and what I've recently learned)

    The post discusses the author's experience with self-hosting a range of services using a Proxmox cluster, Mikrotik networking equipment, and external VPS. The author values independence and the learning opportunities that self-hosting provides. He recounts troubleshooting various issues including power outages, redundant DNS, hardware failures, and VPS downtime. The author concludes that self-hosting improves your technical skills and offers autonomy from corporate control.

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    self-hosting with sst on a $5 vps.

    Learn how to use SST to self-host Plunk on a $5 VPS from Hetzner Cloud with a custom domain and HTTPS. The guide includes setting up AWS, Hetzner, and Cloudflare, installing necessary tools and services, and deploying the application. Secure your setup and manage your server efficiently.

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    Yooooomi/your_spotify: Self hosted Spotify tracking dashboard

    YourSpotify is a self-hosted application that tracks your Spotify listening history and provides a dashboard to explore statistics. It uses a web server that polls the Spotify API and a web app for displaying the data. You need a Spotify application ID, public and secret keys, and you can follow a docker-compose file for installation. The app can import past listening history and has custom settings for user timezones and registration management.

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    Lissy93/portainer-templates: 🚢 500+ 1-click Portainer app templates

    A collection of over 500 ready-to-go Portainer App templates is available, allowing for easy deployment of various services with a single click. The templates can be added to Portainer's App Templates settings through a specific URL or self-hosted using Docker. The repository also supports combining custom templates and includes scripts for generating the `templates.json` file, ensuring everything conforms to Portainer's App Template specifications.

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