You’re Invited – Portainer Ambassador Event Series featuring David Burgess, aka DB Tech Portainer recently started their new Ambassador Program and I was invited to be one of the original members. As a way to grow the Portainer community, they’re starting a new “Ambassador Series” where they will be interviewing their ambassadors to get to know them and to learn … Read More
Self-Hosting & Home Server Security Tips
In this video we’re going to look at how to help secure your home server to make sure that only the people you want to have access to your applications will be able to access your server. I’m not a security professional or a network professional, but I’ve picked up a few tips to help keep your server safer. So … Read More
Turing Pi – Installing I2C and Turing Pi Scripts
In this post we’re going to look at how to install I2C and the Turing Pi scripts to make remote management of your Turing Pi cluster even easier. If you want to get your own Turing PI, check out this link (affiliate link) and get 10% off your order!! I2C is a serial protocol to connect low-speed devices like microcontrollers … Read More
Turing Pi – Flashing Compute Modules and Setting Up Docker Swarm – Ep 2
In this post we’re going to continue looking at the Turing Pi. Specifically in this video we’re going to flash compute units and get a swarm up and running. I’d like to give another shoutout to Turing Pi for sending the board and the compute units over for me to take a look at. If you want to get your … Read More
Turing Pi – Intro to Raspberry Pi Clusters Ep. 1
The folks over at Turing Pi reached out and asked if I would be interested in taking a look at their Turing Pi device. If you want to get your own Turing PI, check out this link (affiliate link) and get 10% off your order!! The Turing Pi board allows for up to 7 compute modules to be installed and … Read More
Yacht Installed on Docker – Portainer Alternative
In this video we’re going to take a look at a Docker application called Yacht. “Yacht is an alternative to Portainer that aims to make docker more accessible to the everyday person and is focused on selfhosters instead of the enterprise.” – SelfHostedPro While Yacht operates very much like Portainer, I feel like the interface is more user-friendly and information … Read More
PaperMerge Installed on Docker – OCR Document Management System
In this video we’ll look at how to install Papermerge on Docker via a LinuxServer stack in Portainer. Papermerge is designed for scanned documents. Perfect software that will help you reduce paper clutter and keep your business organized. Instead of keeping documents, receipts, and letters in drawers, cabinets, or around your office desk you can scan and feed them to … Read More
WGER Installed on Docker – Self-Hosted MyFitnessPal (Almost)
If you have had a 2020 like I have, there’s a chance that all the social distancing has left you sitting on the couch watching Netflix and, unfortunately, with a few extra pounds around your midsection. In this post we’ll look at installing an application container called “wger” that will help you keep track of your new exercise plan. “wger … Read More
Whoogle Installed on Docker – Your Own Private Google Search
In our continuing effort to de-Google our lives, we’re going to take a look at hosting our own search engine to replace Google for our home use. We’re going to install Whoogle on Docker. “Get Google search results, but without any ads, javascript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and … Read More