Hey there! Thanks for joining me today to explore a new Docker service that I believe can save us both some time and headaches. In this post, we’ll delve into a Docker service called Redeck. As someone who spends considerable time reading and curating interesting self-hosting content, I often struggle with organization. Redeck may just be the solution! The Problem with …
How to Update Portainer to the Newest Version
In this blog post we’ll look at a couple of ways to update Portainer on your system. First we’ll look at how to update Portainer using OpenMediaVault. Then we’ll look at how to update Portainer on a standard Docker setup. OpenMediaVault Setup If you have OpenMediaVault installed, the process is super simple. Just login to OMV and go to OMV-Extras, …
Matomo Self-Hosted Google Analytics Alternative on Docker
In this video we’ll look at installing Matomo, a Self-Hosted Google Analytics Alternative, on Docker Take back control with Matomo – a powerful web analytics platform that gives you 100% data ownership. Be in full control with data ownership and privacy protection With 100% data ownership you get the power to protect your user’s privacy. You know where your data …
Run All Your Docker Containers through a Gluetun VPN Container
Today we’ll look at how to setup a Gluetun VPN container and then we’ll setup a couple of other containers to run their internet traffic through that Gluetun container. You’ll need a VPN provider for this to work. I use PIA for my VPN. Link for that below. Here’s a link to the command that I run in the video: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Update Portainer to Version 2.0 – Super Easy!
In this post we’ll look at how to update Portainer from version 1.24.1 to 2.0. In the accompanying video, I show a couple of methods that don’t work. We won’t be covering that in this blog post. We’re only going to focus on how to do it the right way. To update Portainer to version 2, we’ll need to open …