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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/phase-3- on 2025-01-03 21:46:50+00:00.
This week marks a year since I bought my HP Elitedesk G4 on Facebook marketplace and properly started selfhosting!
The original plan was to just move the *arr suite and Plex off the 2014 Mac Mini I was using, but that was only the beginning. I now have a separate hardware NAS for better storage, as opposed to just using external desktop hard drives, and have also setup a similar system at my employer. I also moved to using nzb for my primary *arr suite sources.
Some highlights:
- PaperlessNGX for document storage and management, this has worked great for organising our receipts and important documents, and making them easy to find.
- Immich for photo management, this was the tool that helped me start storing our memories better, and also gave me more motivation to capture the moments and key events.
- n8n for automations
- ntfy for receiving notifications
- cloudflare tunnels for remote access to services via a domain name
- TrueNas for my hardware NAS, with Time Machine backups for our MacBooks
I’m also running an uptime monitor, website inspector, stirlingpdf, an seo analyser, plus more.
It has been a great experience, and one that I have thoroughly enjoyed. Despite the frustrating moments when things just don’t seem to work, it’s always a great feeling to find the solution and get things running well.
This year I’m keen to try out a few more services;
- A link / bookmark manager
- pihole or adguardhome
- Home Assistant
If you’re thinking about try self hosting, would definitely recommend.