Docker

Intro I run a Windows Server 2022 VM in my homelab as my primary Active Directory Domain Controller. It handles LDAP identity for Authelia, Windows, and even Linux (through FreeIPA). Because my entire homelab’s authentication has no redundancy, I wanted to set up an offsite replica (technically an …

Intro In the search for an open-source Google Analytics alternative, two options stood out Matomo and Plausible. I wanted the tool to be privacy-friendly and that it did not require cookies, avoiding those pesky consent prompts. I did not find a straightforward guide to self-host Plausible with a …

Intro I started using Notion’s free tier as a knowledge bank for a side project. It’s measley 1000 blocks were capped quickly and searching for an alternative lead to Outline. Outline is 100% free, selfhostable, and has a very similar featureset. Most of the guides out there configure …

Intro To better protect my web accessible services, I decided to use Fail2Ban in conjunction with Cloudflare’s WAF to block IPs with more than 3 failed login attempts. I already leverage Cloudflare’s CDN and geo-blocking capabilities on my homelab, so I opted to utilize their WAF to …