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R u n n i n g a S e r v e r
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tech / running_a_server
Holdings: 23 works (144.9 K)
Largely about configuring software as daemons to provide services.
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TEXT The Missing Link in My TLS Chain (2026-01-25, 2.0 K)
Debugging session for a TLS chain bug where some clients could reac...
TEXT immich (2025-12-31, 5.9 K)
Setup guide for a self-hosted Immich photo and video system on a De...
TEXT Fixing a Full /boot in an `apt` Error Loop (2025-09-29, 1.1 K)
Recovery guide for when /boot fills up and apt upgrade gets stuck i...
TEXT Use ii to log IRC (for scripting purposes) (2025-09-29, 2.1 K)
Uses the ii IRC client as a minimal logger so gopher pages can surf...
TEXT Music server with Music Player Daemon (2025-03-11, 6.6 K)
Sets up a music server with MPD to stream to an xbox, an Android at...
TEXT XMPP: audio/video call support (prosody) (2025-03-09, 2.3 K)
Adds audio/video calling to a Prosody XMPP server on Debian by conf...
TEXT How to set up a Mumble server (2025-03-08, 3.3 K)
Sets up a Mumble voice-chat server — low-latency, strongly encrypte...
TEXT LetsEncrypt renewal hooks: I was doing it all wrong! (2025-03-02, 799 B)
Catalogs a LetsEncrypt hook misconfiguration where the author used ...
TEXT Counter-Strike 1.6 Server (Linux) (2025-02-25, 17.7 K)
Counter-Strike 1.6 server setup on Linux (Debian), with nginx and L...
TEXT Out of disk space! (2024-12-04, 868 B)
Steps to take when a Debian server runs out of disk space: diagnosi...
TEXT Server upgrade! 4x RAM + GPU! Including CUDA+ollama! (2024-12-04, 3.6 K)
Server upgrade writeup: quadrupled RAM plus a Quadro P620 GPU, incl...
TEXT Simple, quick VPN server using WireGuard (2024-12-04, 3.9 K)
Why the author prefers exposing a WireGuard VPN instead of SSH dire...
TEXT Running Bitcoin on my server (2024-11-26, 5.9 K)
Notes on self-hosting Bitcoin by running bitcoind on a Debian serve...
TEXT Restic on LTFS (2024-11-18, 4.3 K)
Using restic with LTFS to back up to LTO tape the easy and fast way...
TEXT Simpler Encrypted LTO Tape Archives (2024-11-18, 5.0 K)
Simpler encrypted LTO6 tape backup workflow on Debian, meant as an ...
TEXT Making my server quieter (2024-11-18, 566 B)
Making a home server quieter through BIOS fan curves and additional...
TEXT Dynamic DNS in Linux (Debian) (2024-11-16, 525 B)
Dynamic DNS on Debian using afraid.org (freedns) with a cron-driven...
TEXT Restic Backup Entire Server (2024-10-13, 4.5 K)
Restic backup recipe covering an entire Debian server. Chooses rest...
TEXT Torrents for data longevity (2024-10-01, 8.2 K)
Creating torrents for data longevity on a Debian server using trans...
TEXT High latency: how DNS and NAT was to blame (2024-09-05, 4.8 K)
Debugging persistent high-latency on a gopherhole, ultimately trace...
TEXT Set up an XMPP Server (2024-04-22, 14.1 K)
Sets up an XMPP server on Debian for hosting your own encrypted mes...
TEXT Set up an IRC server (2024-03-30, 21.3 K)
Journey setting up an IRC server on Debian 12 with ngircd plus athe...
TEXT Archive using LTO Tape + zpaq (2024-01-01, 25.4 K)
Archival setup using LTO tape with zpaq compression and encryption....
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