talks/homeserver.md

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# <!--fit--><!-- _class: lead -->The Home Server Talk

\- _nemo_

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# about me

- Nemo
- [@captn3m0](https://twitter.com/captn3m0)
- [@razorpay](https://razorpay.com) (:money_with_wings: :credit_card:)

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# agenda

1.  the hardware
2.  the software
3.  the alternatives
4.  the CTA

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# motivation?

1.  owning your data
2.  de-googling
3.  backing up your data locally
4.  learning/experimenting with tech
5.  playing mario

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# time?

_<5 hr a month_

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# Raspberry Pi 3

- :memo: 1GB RAM
- :globe_with_meridians: Wireless/BLE/Ethernet
- :chains: 4 USB ports
- :musical_note: Audio/HDMI/Composite VGA
- :zap: 2.5A
- :money_with_wings: ~3k INR
- :camera:, GPIO

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# A VM on the :cloud:

- Scaleway: 4ARMv8/2GB/50GB - 300 INR
- AWS Lightsail: 1vCPU/512MB/20GB - 250 INR
- Digital Ocean: 1vCPU/1GB/25GB - 350 INR

_Beware of Persistent Storage cost_

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# Other Alternatives

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1.  Intel NUCs
2.  [Hetzner Server Auctions](https://www.hetzner.com/sb) (20-50USD/mo).
3.  NAS/Network device.
4.  Gamer? [`r/pcmasterrace/wiki`](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/builds)

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# system76 Meerak

![bg](https://d1vhcvzji58n1j.cloudfront.net/assets/products/meer4/hero_wide-7cf0ee6536_2560.jpg)

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# my build

- TODO

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# software

1.  docker
2.  kubernetes
3.  ansible/puppet/chef
4.  [tool-of-your-choice](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FCgqz1Ci7_VCz_wdh8vBitZ3giBtac_H8SBw4uxnrsE/edit#gid=0)

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# software

1.  docker **\***
2.  kubernetes
3.  ansible/puppet/chef
4.  helm?

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# containers?

- secure
- declarative configuration
- orchestration is 100x easier

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# what I run

## Monitoring

- Prometheus
- Grafana
- speedtest-exporter
- ACT Exporter
- CAdvisor

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## Media

- Airsonic (:musical_note:)
- Jellyfin (:movie_camera:)
- Kodi (:tv:)
- Audioserve (:studio_microphone: :book:)

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## Content

- NextCloud :cloud: :white_check_mark:
- Miniflux (:newspaper_roll: `RSS`)
- Timemachine (💻 ⏮)
- wiki.js
- Radicale :date: :card_index_dividers:
- RSS Bridge
- Resilio :arrows_counterclockwise:
- Gitea

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# networking

- Public+Static IP Address
- Floating/Elastic IP

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# really into networking?

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# really into networking?

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# really want a cluster?

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# configuration

- terraform + docker
- kubernetes + helm
- ansible + galaxy
- docker-compose

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# terraform

```json
module "requestbin" {
  name   = "requestbin"
  source = "./modules/container"
  image  = "jankysolutions/requestbin:latest"
  web {
    expose = true
    port   = "8000"
    host   = "requestbin.bb8.fun"
  }
  networks = "${list(module.docker.traefik-network-id)}"
}
```

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# docker

```json
"Labels": {
    "traefik.docker.network": "traefik",
    "traefik.enable": "true",
    "traefik.frontend.headers.STSSeconds": "2592000",
    "traefik.frontend.headers.browserXSSFilter": "true",
    "traefik.frontend.rule": "Host:requestbin.bb8.fun",
    "traefik.port": "8000",
    "traefik.protocol": "http"
}
```

`docker run --tags ... --network traefik jankysolutions/requestbin:latest`

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### OTA Updates

```json
provider "docker" {
  host      = "tcp://docker.vpn.bb8.fun:2376"
  cert_path = "./secrets/tatooine"
  version   = "~> 2.0.0"
}
```

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# Docker API

1.  Manage networks,
2.  Containers,
3.  Configuration

All over a API, but only for one host.

docker swarm, but

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# self-hosting references

- [kickball/awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted)
- [linuxserver.io](https://www.linuxserver.io/)
- [r/selfhosted](https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted)

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