Self-Hosted
Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones.
A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.
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121: Forbidden Fruit
Special guest Casey Liss from the Accidental Tech Podcast joins the show to discuss his homelab, how he uses HomeBridge, and his delightfully complex garage door sensor system.
Then Alex and Casey do their "best" to convince Chris the Apple Vision Pro is an excellent remote admin tool. Special Guest: Casey Liss.
2024-04-19Länk till avsnitt
120: Can a VPS Replace a Homelab?
Alex goes head-to-head with budget VPS providers, which gets us into a classic debate.
Plus we sit down with Adam Morales from Unraid to get the inside scoop on recent changes and exciting upcoming features.
2024-04-05Länk till avsnitt
119: Why So Many Llamas?
Alex rolls back a major server upgrade, and we have fun playing with local large language models. Special Guest: Wes Payne.
2024-03-20Länk till avsnitt
118: How Hard Could it Be?
Alex's new Epyc server build, and Jon Seager from Canonical joins us to chat about Nix in the homelab, packaging Scrutiny, and how Nix fits with existing infrastructure management tools. Special Guest: Jon Seager .
2024-03-08Länk till avsnitt
117: Unraid as a Service
We chat about VMware's rug pull with Bret, aka Raid Owl, and then get into Unraid's big changes and more. Special Guest: Raid Owl.
2024-02-23Länk till avsnitt
116: Making it all Connect
Alex has been deep-diving into container networking, and Chris is trying to steelman Plex's new rental service.
Plus, why are we building our containers with Tailscale networking now, and the latest from the Home Assistant project?
2024-02-09Länk till avsnitt
115: A NAS in Every Home
Brian Moses joins us and shares his most recent NAS build and love for 3D printers. Then Alex gets into the hardware he's deploying around the house, and why we don't see eye-to-eye on ZigBee. Special Guest: Brian Moses.
2024-01-26Länk till avsnitt
114: Unintended Consequences
We kick off the new year with new apps in our home lab you?ll want to try and a new way to do networking.
2024-01-13Länk till avsnitt
113: State of the Homelabs 2023
We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-12-29Länk till avsnitt
112: Red Light, Green Light
Alex shares a new build integrating WLED, and Chirs reviews hardware that can get you started with WLED in 45 seconds.
Then, one last big update on the Year of Voice and our thoughts on self-hosting push notifications.
2023-12-15Länk till avsnitt
111: pfSense Makes no Sense
We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more. Special Guest: Wolfgang.
2023-12-01Länk till avsnitt
110: Google Photos Replacement
That man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15. Special Guests: Alex Tran and Brent Gervais.
2023-11-17Länk till avsnitt
109: Alex?s Backups Disaster
How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server.
2023-11-03Länk till avsnitt
108: Year of Voice: A Bigger Deal Than You Think
Home Assistant's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, shares details about the Year of Voice, recent legal actions from Mazda, and the results of a recent third-party audit.
Plus, our recommended Nextcloud setup, converting dumb devices into smart ones with ESPHome, and more. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Listener Jeff, and Paulus Schoutsen.
2023-10-20Länk till avsnitt
107: Laptop Dumpster Diving
With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new.
Plus, getting practical about your home media setup, bringing Spook into Home Assistant, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-10-06Länk till avsnitt
106: The Plex Situation Just got Worse
Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more.
2023-09-22Länk till avsnitt
105: Sleeper Storage Technology
Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more. Special Guest: Antonio Musumeci.
2023-09-08Länk till avsnitt
104: Name-Not-So-Cheap
Alex does a significant overhaul of his website and unpacks a new GitHub action workflow. Chris finally achieves complete local voice control of his network, we complain about the state of domain name sellers, and more.
2023-08-25Länk till avsnitt
103: Archiving the Internet
A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more.
2023-08-11Länk till avsnitt
102: NixOS is a bit Flakey
Alex shares a suite of self-hosted apps that replace Reddit. Chris is struggling with Jellyfin, and we discuss where NixOS is killing it and where we think it falls down.
2023-07-28Länk till avsnitt
101: Joining the Federation
The advantages of Federating a local and remote Nextcloud, Chris replaces Google Home Hub's photo powers and the new docker-compose feature that will change Alex's entire setup. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-07-14Länk till avsnitt
100: Our Essential Apps
We cover our must-have self-hosted apps, reflect on the state of Self-Hosting now, and discuss what's new in Proxmox 8.
2023-06-30Länk till avsnitt
99: Lemmy at em!
We dive into Lemmy, a self-hosted Reddit alternative. Plus, a couple of easy-to-deploy tools that make life better.
2023-06-16Länk till avsnitt
98: The One with 45Drives
We chat with 45Drives about their ambitions to build a home-lab server that bridges the gap between enterprise-level servers and consumer-grade NAS products. And more.
2023-06-02Länk till avsnitt
97: Tempted by the Fruit of Another
Alex tempts Chris with his Obsidian ways, our thoughts on Drobo going bankrupt, and Photoprism adding paid tiers. Plus, the slick suite of tools you'll want to run on your LAN.
2023-05-19Länk till avsnitt
96: Outdoor Home Assistant
Why Chris needs ANOTHER Home Assistant instance and a major breakthrough for self-hosters. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-05-05Länk till avsnitt
95: Docker U-Turn
We debate if users learned their lesson from the Docker Hub drama, and the silent self-hosting winner going from strength to strength. Proxmox gets some big updates.
Plus, our thoughts on the state of self-hostable AI tools.
2023-04-21Länk till avsnitt
94: Full Power
Chris integrates full home power monitoring into Home Assistant, while Alex tames the AI and rushes to replace Dark Sky. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-04-07Länk till avsnitt
93: The Podman Perspective
Alex goes all in on Rootless Podman, Chris is saving his Nextcloud install from disaster, and a special guest joins us. Special Guest: Alex Ellis.
2023-03-24Länk till avsnitt
92: Rip it all Out
Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2023-03-10Länk till avsnitt
91: Total Network Rebuild
Alex has been swapping hardware and standing-up services. It's a network rebuild episode and more!
2023-02-24Länk till avsnitt
90: Proxmox ClusterF
Alex has major Proxmox problems. What happened, and the fix for now. Plus, the real downside to Wifi cameras and the batch of network gear on the way.
2023-02-10Länk till avsnitt
89: Jellyfans
Join us for the surprising conclusion to our month-long challenge. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Catherine Kretzschmar.
2023-01-27Länk till avsnitt
88: Great Scott!
Alex dives deep to find out if Kubernetes is overkill for the home and finds solutions to simplify things. And Chris has a new firmware that turns his favorite network cameras up to 11.
Plus an update on Jellyfin January.
2023-01-13Länk till avsnitt
87: Jellyfin January
We kick off our Jellyfin January challenge and invite you to join us. Plus, Chris has some new hardware and our thoughts on the trouble at the Matrix foundation. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2022-12-30Länk till avsnitt
86: Disqus-ting Tracking
What disgusted Alex about Disqus, and how he replaced it with a Self-Hosted solution, a hot HDHomeRun tip, and an update on Chris' hunt for the perfect notes app.
2022-12-16Länk till avsnitt
85: Wendell's Hot Pi
Wendell from Level One Techs joins us to catch up on low-power hardware, his home automation setup, and thoughts on so much more. Special Guest: Wendell Wilson.
2022-12-02Länk till avsnitt
84: Hidden NAS
We're chatting about workstation builds for a home NAS with Joe Ressington this week. Chris chews on the news of the Evernote buyout and his challenges with Zigbee. Special Guest: Joe Resington.
2022-11-18Länk till avsnitt
83: Unintended Upgrades
Sometimes your best upgrades are unplanned; Chris just got his Home Assistant Yellow fully deployed.
2022-11-04Länk till avsnitt
82: Roon Ready Ruh-Roh
Alex gives Roon Labs whole home audio a try but discovers a critical design flaw while Chris checks out his new ODROID-H3+ and plans his next epic build.
2022-10-21Länk till avsnitt
81: The Badger Stack
Chris' Raspberry Pi server is dead, and Alex has a few ideas for his next build. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2022-10-07Länk till avsnitt
80: Solving Whole Home Audio
Alex is replacing his Chromecast and Google Nest Mini with an open-source solution, and why we?re all getting a little hyped about Matter. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2022-09-23Länk till avsnitt
79: Google is a Hostile Actor
We've made some changes since the last episode, and share why we have doubled down on Self-Hosting as much as possible.
Plus, Chris tries out Immich, a high-performance Google Photos alternative.
2022-09-09Länk till avsnitt
78: We Should Know Better
We learned some really hard lessons this week, and reflect. Then Chris finds the perfect temperature sensor, and Alex finds a beautiful media discovery app.
2022-08-26Länk till avsnitt
77: Automations Gone Wrong
What is it like to live with another man's automations? Brent spills all.
Plus, Chris tries out a few more Shelly devices and reports back. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.
2022-08-12Länk till avsnitt
76: Solid as a Rock
Alex runs us through his new and improved off-site backup setup, and Chris is trying out some Shelly devices.
2022-07-29Länk till avsnitt
75: In-Flight Changes
Our thoughts on the new Works with Home Assistant program, some changes to Alex's off-site backup server, and a million bits of great feedback.
2022-07-15Länk till avsnitt
74: A Pi For Every Problem
Our guest this week has more Raspberry Pis than anyone we've ever met. We get insights into all the projects he used them for, what's worked great, and what's not worked at all. Special Guest: Jscar_Hawk.
2022-07-01Länk till avsnitt
73: 100 Days of HomeLab
A special episode today as TechnoTim joins Alex to discuss everything Kubernetes and HomeLab. The #100DaysOfHomeLab initiative from Tim is just getting started, find out what it?s all about in today's episode. Special Guest: Techno Tim.
2022-06-17Länk till avsnitt
72: First Account is Free
A quick-fire round of projects this week, your feedback, and a discussion about the future of Self-Hosting.
2022-06-03Länk till avsnitt