Not everyone self hosts, but I do. I get asked a lot as to why, so I’ll try and answer. Spoiler, I’m paranoid and a nerd.
All in The Network
My Pi-hole Rabbit Hole
Running Pi-hole in recursive mode has a lot of benefits - especially if you run your own mail server.
Network Revamp 2023
To save on server room space as well as power consumption, I migrated three tower systems to Intel NUCs and rack mounted them. Here’s why.
The Mastodon Migration
It went perfectly smooth, until it didn’t. Full instructions on migrating a Mastodon instance to new hardware, including a few of my mistakes so you can learn from them.
Cleaning Up The Rack
The new rack looks great. You should have seen the old one…
Mastodon and Self-Hosting
Hosting your own Mastodon instance isn’t for everyone, but if you decide to do it, it’s probably easier than you think.
Locking Down Accounts
If you set up SSH on a server, you should also lock it down.
Daemon
To properly run a mail server, you need your DNS in order. This is my over-the-top method to do just that.
Talon
There are reasons I run my own mail server, they may seem paranoid but they are not. Well. not too paranoid...