If you want to keep your Homelab under control without messing around with complex tools like Prometheus or Grafana, Beszel is for you. This streamlined monitoring tool gives you everything you need - from system metrics to Docker statistics and configurable alerts - all with a minimal footprint. Read more
Imagine you've set up a fantastic home lab. There's a Home Assistant running for your smart home, a Nextcloud for your data, maybe a Plex server for media and a Pi-hole to block ads. All of these services work wonderfully - but they have one huge problem: they are Read more
Portainer is an open source management platform designed to simplify and automate the management of Docker and Kubernetes environments. It offers a user-friendly web interface that allows even less experienced users to effectively manage container orchestration platforms. These are some key features of Portainer: Portainer is particularly useful for organizations looking to get started with Docker. Read more
What is Healthchecks.io? Healthchecks.io is a monitoring service specifically designed to monitor periodically executed tasks (like cronjobs). It works by waiting for a "sign of life" from your scripts - a so-called "ping". When a scheduled script is successfully executed, it sends a ping to Healthchecks.io. If this ping does not occur, Read more
Some time ago my WordPress website crashed fatally after a failed plugin update. The really fatal thing was that I didn't notice it at all. For more than a day, when calling my website, only an error was displayed. But why didn't I get any information about it? That is unfortunately Read more
In the era of microservices, Docker is considered the non plus ultra. Even front-end applications like Angular or back-end applications like Spring Boot (Java) can be easily used in Docker containers. When presenting an application to a larger group, this can come in handy. When using your own server Read more