Previously, I shared a lot of content about “home servers,” but some friends feedback that the information was too scattered, leading to many questions after reading. Therefore, I organized the entire process of building a home server and shared my experiences with everyone: Step 1: Choose Hardware The threshold for a personal server is lower … Read more
Many readers, like myself, might utilize idle devices or specialized equipment at home to set up servers. The need for convenient management of server applications is a hard requirement. Today, I would like to recommend a related open-source project: Tipi. Tipi is a management tool suitable for personal home servers, integrating many services (such as … Read more
This article documents the process of building a backup server. Introduction This year, I considered building a dedicated machine for data backup. Firstly, due to increased travel demands this year, the historical devices have been used for several years, and I need a newer device to take over; secondly, I want to verify the reliability … Read more
With the rapid development of the internet and increasing bandwidth, people’s demands for the internet are no longer limited to just browsing. The need for home servers has also become more prominent. Apart from spending a lot of money on ready-made NAS servers, building your own machine as a server offers better cost-effectiveness and expandability … Read more
1. Upgrading Hardware Added memory and hard drive to my home server. The current configuration is: Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q commercial mini PC I3-6100T 32G + 4G 240G SATA MLC SSD 512G NVMe PCIe 4.0 TLC SSD. ESXi base system installed ALMA 9 + 1 Panel running Docker containers Win10 LTSC 2021. 2. Port Mapping I … Read more
Zhaoolee has started a long series on GitHub titled “Raspberry Pi Doesn’t Gather Dust” https://github.com/zhaoolee/pi. It has currently been updated to 18 articles, mainly focused on using Raspberry Pi to install Ubuntu as a home server. image.png Coincidentally, I have an idle Raspberry Pi 4B on hand, and I plan to deeply explore the Raspberry … Read more
Recently, I have been organizing my collection of e-books to make them accessible online. Although the Calibre desktop application is powerful and can enable local HTTP services, the HTTP interface is rather simplistic. I discovered an open-source project called Calibre Web, which has a very nice interface, supports multi-user management, and can be deployed directly … Read more
Jellyfin is an open-source free private cinema (media management) system that helps us manage the film and television resources on our hard drive and add beautiful posters. Jellyfin can record our playback progress; for instance, if a movie is played to 10 minutes and 20 seconds on device A, it can continue from the same … Read more
This year during the New Year, I brought back a DIY small server and set it up at home to create a resource sharing service, allowing family members to store and share some photos and videos taken with their mobile phones. However, since I’m not usually at home, if any issues or failures arise, I … Read more