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...
The digital landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Privacy scandals, rising subscription costs for cloud services and increasing restrictions from big tech companies have led many people to look for alternatives. At the same time, internet connections have become faster and more affordable, hardware is more powerful and self-hosting guides are more accessible. Thanks to these developments Read more...
Imagine always knowing exactly who is in which room of your home - and all automatically. With Home Assistant, an ESP32 and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tracking, you can achieve precise room presence detection. In this blog article, I explain step by step how you can do this with the Read more...
Wallos is an open source web application designed to manage personal subscriptions and expenses. It offers features such as subscription tracking, category management, multi-currency support with exchange rate integration and privacy protection. Users can also benefit from customizable categories, mobile accessibility and various notification methods. Wallos enables easy management of expenses and Read more...
Docker has revolutionized the way developers develop, test and deploy software. In this article, we compare two basic tools that are used when using Docker: Docker Run and Docker Compose. We use Portainer and Docker Networks as examples to illustrate their application and Read more...
In this blog article, I will show you how to set up an Ubuntu Virtual Machine (VM) with Docker and all the essential tools. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the entire process, from installing the VM to setting up Docker and installing the necessary tools for your development work or 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...
