Matt The Horwood

I would say that for just file sync nextcloud is over kill, but I have invested a lot of time into getting my nextcloud install rock solid. Upgrades are painless and am about to move it to a new host.

So use it for file sync, including backups from things. Calendar & contact sync, RSS reader, kanboard, photo sync and more.

can recommend Nextcloud, we have used it as we cant move PID outside of the UK. Also there is a Nextcloud all in one setup that will get you a fully working Files/Office/whiteboard suite

I do this too, with Pi Hole as well.

I can recomment OVH for domains and DNS hosting, I use them and have not had any issues setting up custom DNS records. Also they have an API that will allow you to get certificates with certbot and lets encrypt, even a wildcard.

no, its based on kodi. but there are themes you could try

have a look at OSMC, you write it to the Pi SD card and it gives you Kodi all setup and ready use. you can even use your TV remote to control it

this is a command I use to get the loacl weather

/usr/bin/curl -s \
  --form-string "monospace=1" \
  --form-string "token=YOURTOKENHERE" \
  --form-string "user=YOUR USERID"  \
  --form-string "title=$(/usr/bin/curl -sk wttr.in/melksham | grep "Weather report")" \
  --form-string "message=$(/usr/bin/curl -sk curl wttr.in/melksham?0ATQF)" \
  https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json > /dev/null

me too, pushover for the win

I use nextcloud for a lot of stuff, so added the news app. In that I have a lot of GitHub repos I want to know get updated and things like the register and BBC news UK.

Edit: that also have a mobile app for just the RSS feeds

Can confirm that nextcloud photo back is for the most part rock solid, they have had some issues when Android changes something and that mess up the process.

But I took have been running it for years, of your nextcloud install is ropey then your photo sync will be.

I have that setup, my domain is hosted by OVh and they have an API that you can use to get a wildcard certificate with.

At home I run pihole and that has some sites in as local IPs, but if you look the same site up from OVH you would get an internet IP

I would recommend OVH for DNS, they have an API and are on the list for that tool. Also you can use the API to get lets encrypt certificates

My solution to that issue is to share my media over NFS with a raspberry pi connected to the TV, the pi runs OSMC (https://osmc.tv/) and has the media direct. you can control OSMC on the pi with your TV remote

Please for the love of mike, update your servers frequently!!

I login to all my servers weekly for updates, both OS and software

I do that too, my home doesn’t have IP V6 at all here in the UK. so my dedi proxy’s ipv6 to my home.

Also be advised that wordpress will attract all the internet to try and hack in, so make sure you keep everything up to date

Ive done my instanae

Would recommend OVH for both domain name and DNS, they have DNS APIs so you can get certificates from lets encrypt with ease. Also you could update your zone when your home IP changes

What your after is DNS fail over or round robin, round robin would be my option as both sites could be independent

I would start with a Debian os base, install docker and turn it into a swarm manager. Then look at stacks and how services work, if you find your running your host too hard. You can add a work host and stread out.

Once you have docker swarm running, get portainer running. I use portainer as a visual whats happening on my swarm, but I use the docker cli to start and update all my stacks. I have my stacks in a git repository so that I have a backup and history of what changes I did.

Now your a docker master, of sorts.