For large server estates it makes things a breeze to manage, that and semaphore.

sure

I can say that is more than some companies do, yes you need 2 copies of import data in 2 locations. And test the backups work at least monthly.

Where I work we do the same sort of thing, incremental database backups hourly and then shipped to off site s3. A full database backup everyday day and shipped to off site s3, test restores every month to check it works - a full plus incremental.

This gets gets us past all the audits for ISO and cyber essentials and the NHS thing.

Just a reminder that you can host on a group of pis and still have all that good stuff, it won’t be as fast as x86 stuff. But spread the load and things can be quick.

Yes you do need backups of import data, but you don’t need to have data backups and images backups. If you can rebuild the host the data was on thats fine.

I did run my homelab on about 9 pi’s, all connected like spaghetti. If the NFS pi fell over it took out the lot.

So yes you can use pis as a homelab

Do you maintain all that stuff?

Like patch it and back it up?

If not then your doing it wrong!

I started running everything I could, but found the upkeep a pain. Didnt use most of it.

So I now only keep hosted stuff I use, if I don’t access it once it’s running then it goes in the bin.

God yes, where I work I cover most of that.

There for self hosting is part of how I work, I need to know networking, how to administer Linux servers and even how to debug applications from logs.

It’s all skills that you need to learn, that’s not gate keeping it part of self hosting.

I would echo that, if you have read the manual and still can’t fix it then forums are the place. I see so many posts that start with “I’ve tried nothing and I’m all out of ideas”

Self hosting is a skill that needs learning, you can’t start at the top.

Learning to read manuals and how to find the bit you need is part of that skill.

Was about to add that very idea, maybe I should write a compos file with postfix setup

Just putting it out there, as a Linux sysadmin for over 400 VMs. Even I don’t want to be cli running my media, that’s why I use jellyfin.

It’s good that people know you can do it, but most won’t as they just want to click a button to get going.

Can confirm, went from a pi4 to a pi5 with nvme drive, backup from the old host and restore to the new host. You will need to download the backup to your computer first.

this could be my picocms replacement, I know its for doc sites but I love how simple it is.

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started off in a Vauxhall Corsa with no power steering or windows, yes a full manual car. Except choke

I did drive some of my mums auto cars, remembering that they dont have a clutch is the problem.

Today on “why is my website broken?”, its the turn of Microsoft to brake things.

I found someone a while ago that used this

floor - type - subtype - room - thing

You end up with a name like

00 - switch - plug - living room - lamp

Have you checked out shelly stuff, the new gen4 can be WiFi also ZigBee or thread.

I would put it in the light fitting

can confirm, its always DNS. Even when it looks like a network issue, its DNS

That makes me very odd, I started with mandrake. Got very frustrated with the hand holding and moved to Debian, I’m not touching Ubuntu with a 10 foot clown pole.

Who in their right mind uses yaml for network config?