mirdaki

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by mirdaki 1y ago
I can touch on it more. Docker and compose files are great for getting things going, contained, and keeping everything declarative But I found the more services I used with Docker, the more time it took to update. I didn't want to just
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Hey, I ruled out a mail server for external, since I've heard many people have issues with other providers (Gmail, Outlook, etc) randomly blocking email. Didn't feel I could rely on it Having an internal only mail server for notif
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Oh that sounds really rad! Certainly could have it's use cases. I really appreciate how NixOS enables projects like this. Best of luck with it!
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Yes! On top of the data safety features of ZFS, the fact you can encrypt a dataset and incremental send/receive is a fantastic ability
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Thank you! It's all a journey, hope flame works well for you!
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Oh thanks for pointing it out! I've updated it so clicking on the diagram opens it up directly
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by mirdaki 1y ago
That is a great question I don't actually know the answer to. I need to grab something to track it
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I found the Tailscale client experience is quite nice and headscale had built in OIDC support (so easy auth for my users) If I started this setup later I might have also used pangolin, which also provides a nice management interface on top
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Yes it is, rock on!
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Thank you for the work and the kind words! I've had a great experience with LLDAP. Really appreciate it
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by mirdaki 1y ago
It is something I considered. Ultimately I didn't want to depend on Clouflare (or any other provider) for something as core to my setup as my remote access But it's a totally valid option, just not one that fit with my preferences
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I do have to sit down and walk folks through setting up Tailscale, Nextcloud, etc on their devices. So far though, I haven't had any complaints once that is done. Nextcloud just syncs in the background and they can navigate to sites li
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by mirdaki 1y ago
It's entirely because I've used it before. I just wanted something familiar to solve a problem quickly. I also think it looks nice. I'm not too worried about the security implications, since it is behind Tailscale and Autheli
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I've done two kinds of testing On my NixOS laptop I you can setup services I'm interested in trying, but just run them locally. So I don't setup things like SSL (you can, it sometimes just makes getting a new SSL cert for tha
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by mirdaki 1y ago
The big difference for me was NixOS provides really simple rollbacks if something goes wrong, where with Ansible and compose files, that's possible, but you have to do it yourself But also if you're setup is working for you, I thi
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by mirdaki 1y ago
With previous setups, I was certainly guilt of not upgrading and doing the maintenance needed. That's one reason why I like using NixOS and ZFS. Both provide really easy rollback options. So all I need to do is run an update and rebuil
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by mirdaki 1y ago
The services we use, like Nextcloud or Mealie, are designed for folks to have their own user accounts. SSO means they can use the same login across all of them without me having to manage that for them (and also avoids me having to know the
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Thank you! The naming add a little bit of extra fun to it
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Nice! I have a friend who is starting to program his infrastructure/services from scratch. It's a neat way to learn and make things fit well for your own needs
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Oh yeah, I don't think the way I went about it was necessarily the most cost effective. I bought half of them on sale one year, didn't get around to setting things up, then bought the other two a year later on another sale once I
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by mirdaki 1y ago
This article ( https://xeiaso.net/blog/paranoid-nixos-2021-07-18/ ) walks through a lot of the steps I've done on all my NixOS systems As for Nextcloud vs a restic server, Nextcloud is heavier, but I do benefit
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I've found a lot of docs (Proxmox and TrueNAS are both guilty of this) assume you have existing domain or tool knowledge. I'd recommend checking out some videos from selfhosting YouTubers. They often explain more about what's
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I think that's a fair point. Kinda like with Arch, you do have to know what you want to setup NixOS right now I really like what's happening in the ublue space were folks are tweaking and optimizing distros for specific use cases
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Lol, yeah. It was a journey to get to it, and a slightly shorter journey to feel comfortable with it, but it has won me over
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Everyone will have different goals and preferences. For instance, my dad just wanted a way to backup and remotely access some files, so we got him a Synology NAS. It's great for it's target users and if you're one of them, aw
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Agree. If low cost and maximum value is you're goal, grab a used one of these or similar speed laptop (and you sort of get battery back up in that case) Really, any machine from the last decade will be enough, so if you or someone you
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I think planning for what happens once you aren't there to manage the setup (whether it be a vacation, hospital stay, or death) is important. It's not something I built specifically to make easy and I should think more on it The m
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by mirdaki 1y ago
No I haven't heard of it before. I do like the idea though, especially for side projects. Thanks for sharing, I'll look more at it!
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by mirdaki 1y ago
I certainly didn't take to Nix the first few times I looked at it. The language itself is unusual and the error messages leave much to be desired. And the split around Flakes just complicates things further (though I do recommend using
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by mirdaki 1y ago
Appreciate that! Simple login and access was certainly the hardest requirement to hit, but it can be the difference between people using something and not And I agree with the feeling that open source is everywhere, up until a regular user

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