Hi ! First post ! As I’m hosting this website on my own server, I figured it’d only be proper to show what I’m working with (software side as I’m going to change hardware very soon), what I’m hosting it on.
Overview
For now, I only have a single machine so I am virtualizing everything. In the future, I’ll have dedicated machines for some of my services (a Raspberry Pi for Uptime Kuma, a dedicated machine for a firewall, etc).
I’m running a Proxmox hypervisor from which I am running two VMs (soon to be combined and a new one to be added for a different purpose)
Virtual Machines
First VM I made was to run a Minecraft server for my friends and me to play on. On it, I am running PaperMC, an optimized Minecraft server software, not on the default port, but with a system to forward the default game port to my chosen server port. It’s also running two web servers for a dynamic map plugin and an analytics/statistics plugin. I’m writing a Docker image in order to move it to my second VM.
My second VM is running Docker/Docker-compose. I currently have five containers running :
- Dashy, my dashboard, only accessible locally
- Nginx Proxy Manager to connect my subdomains to my web apps (the ones running in Docker as well as my Minecraft’s server dynamic map)
- Two WordPress website, the one you’re on right now and one for a friend
- And lastly, Uptime Kuma, in order to monitor my apps uptime. If one goes down, I instantly receive a mobile notification
It’s a simple setup for now, but as I learn more and more and eventually get more hardware, I’ll add more things to it : dedicated firewall machine, Jellyfin media system, FOSS alternatives to popular SaaS, etc.
I don’t know how frequent these posts will be, it’ll be more of a personal history to know when I did what and get insights into how I did it at the time. There will be updates on my HomeLab as well as more personal projects that I want to keep track of.
Regardless, if you’re reading this, thank you, and have a great day !
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