//filebrowser-pub// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:filebrowser This tutorial is for Debian Trixie users seeking to set up a secure and public-facing Filebrowser instance. This is to assist with uploading and managing music/media on Navidrome, Jellyfin, and other similar instances. Do not proceed with this tutorial until you’ve learned how to set up a public facing VM/VPS and…
//jellyfin// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:jellyfin This tutorial is for Debian users wanting to set up a production-ready Jellyfin server. This instance runs on a VM inside my virsh+qemu stack recently recapped in detail in this article. This VM is set up with a LAMP stack, a reverse proxy with Let’s Encrypt, automated syncing, scanning, and some…
//classic-bridging// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:classic-bridging This tutorial is for Debian users who want to create network bridges, or virtual switches, on production hosts. By production hosts, I mean something that’s designed to run virtual appliances (VMs, containers, etc.). This tutorial assumes you have access to PTR records and/or have a block of external IPs. In this…
//navidrome// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:navidrome This tutorial is for Debian Trixie users seeking to set up a production-ready Navidrome server. I used virsh+qemu to make a VM sufficient storage, and the VM is set up with a LAMP stack, a reverse proxy with Let’s Encrypt, automated syncing, scanning, and some hardening measures. Im using fpm with…
//mailserver// Wiki Entry: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:mailserverSlides: https://nextcloud.haacksnetworking.org/index.php/s/s6wAL5p7jKHc9DbSeaGL Presentation: https://content.haacksnetworking.org/w/nsMwnJhLnfMrs17W5cAdWg Introduction Contrary to popular belief, it’s entirely possible to self-host email servers. Like others, I listened to the propaganda that “it’s no longer feasible to self-host email” or “it’s too complex and servers won’t respect your mail health anyway” or other such explanations. In 2014, while running workshops…
Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:monitorvitals This tutorial is Debian GNU/Linux users wanting to regularly monitor the temperature and SMART health of their hard drives, as well as a slew of helpful zfs reports. Any production server I build includes these scripts and techniques. I set the vitals script to send me an email each hour, with the…
//managingbots// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:managingbots This tutorial is designed for Debian OS and LAMP stack users that want to track and or prohibit bot scraping (or other url requests) that might harm server performance and/or cause it to fail. In my case, I have a multi-site WordPress that includes my tech blog, poetry, and teaching blog.…
//rustdesk// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:rustdesk This tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux who want to setup a self-hosted RustDesk instance. This tutorial is designed for a public facing instance/domain which uses an apache2 reverse proxy to serve TLS requests back to the gohttp server listening on port 8000. TLS certs are handled by Let’s Encrypt…
//openwrtmt6000// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:unbounddns This tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux who want to run their own recursive DNS server using the Unbound project. In this scenario, I am using GL.iNet MT6000 router and a separate AP. The router handles all dhcp/dns for the LAN / private subnet. In the openWRT config on the router’s dhcp server, I specify…
//openwrtmt6000// Latest Updates: https://wiki.haacksnetworking.org/doku.php?id=computing:openwrt This tutorial reviews the unique manner in which I was able to get public and private interfaces/subnets/vlans set up on two GL.Inet MT6000s. One device is used as the router and has WiFi setup for emergencies, an openvpn server for external access, and public and private lan interfaces/subnets/vlans. The other device…