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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hi all!

So I want to get back into self hosting, but every time I have stopped is because I have lack of documentation to fix things that break. So I pose a question, how do you all go about keeping your setup documented? What programs do you use?

I have leaning towards open source software, so things like OneNote, or anything Microsoft are out of the question.


Edit: I didn't want to add another post and annoy people, but had another inquiry:

What ReverseProxy do you use? I plan to run a bunch of services from docker, and would like to be able to reserve an IP:Port to something like service.mylocaldomain.lan

I already have Unbound setup on my PiHole, so I have the ability to set DNS records internally.

Bonus points if whatever ReverseProxy setup can accomplish SSL cert automation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My documentation is a folder with the docker compose files I am using. And some notes in Nextcloud Notes if needed.

My reverse proxy is Traefik, since it's docker aware. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Traefik or Caddy are the 2 I am bouncing back and forth between currently. I may spin up a nextcloud instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This might be a bit late, but from my perception Traefik has a touch more of a learning curve, but it integrates much better with solutions like Authlia/Authentik and Prometheus than Caddy does.

I might be wrong, I've never used Caddy, but that's my perception.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Good to know. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Came to write basically this. I would try caddy but my compose file is 600 lines long now and half of that is traefik labels, I can't be arsed with the migration.