Hey everyone!

I’m excited to announce the release of Astroluma v1.0.1! This update brings a host of new features, bug fixes, and improvements.

What is Astroluma:

Astroluma is a feature-rich, productivity oriented, user-friendly dashboard designed to help you manage multiple aspects of your daily tasks and services. Built with flexibility in mind, it allows you to control various features like task management, device monitoring, app integration, and real-time weather updates, all from a single platform. With its responsive design and dynamic configuration options, Astroluma offers a unique blend of customization, usability, and productivity.

Here's a changelog of what's new:

Enhancements & Fixes:

Stream Hub:

• Resolved mixed content issues – now streaming over SSL is functioning as expected.

TOTP:

• Double-click to copy TOTP codes for easier management!
• Fixed scrolling issue with TOTP display for better usability.

Icon Pack Support:

• Introduced icon pack functionality with selfh.st as the default icon provider.
• More icon packs can be installed. At the moment 3 icon packs are supported. More coming soon. Check the list at https://getastroluma.com/icons

Folder Management:

• Redesigned the process for moving links and folders between directories. Now smoother and more intuitive.

Featured Tag:

• Added a "featured" tag to help highlight important listings for easier access.

User Interface:

• Various UI improvements to enhance the user experience across the platform.

Security:

• App integrations now run in a sandboxed environment for better security.

Docker Compose:

• Added alternate configuration options in the docker-compose.yml. Credit: HighPriest

Astroluma Portal Updates:

Custom Docker Compose:

• We've added an Astroluma Compose tool that generates tailored docker-compose.yml files based on your specific requirements. Please give it a try at: https://getastroluma.com/compose

New Portal Features:

• Sections for credits, FAQs, screenshots, icon packs, and contact information to make navigating the portal easier and more informative.

Github Repo: https://github.com/Sanjeet990/Astroluma
Website: https://getastroluma.com/

Check it out and let me know your thoughts! You can find the release Astroluma's GitHub page. Please feel free to contribute or suggest improvements.

As always, thank you for your support! 🙏

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Thought I would share verbatim my post from my cheesy wordpress site I share with friends and family, this from my 'self-hosting shijzer' post.

Love you guys.

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Bang into this stuff these days:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted

Things I have set up so far and either got working or played with lately;

• Proxmox latest running on an
• old i9 Core Intel mini Dell desktop. 2 x 500GB SSDs one M.2 and the other SATA3. 32GB DDR4 RAM. 3TB brick drive on proxmox passthru USB to the main server VM.
• Debian bookworm! God, I love Debian. Probably sexier distros but for a cli multi function workhorse you can’t beat it. On one VM so far, I have running:
  • Apache2 and nginx together in harmony
  • IceCast2 – easy installation in the end. Some config. Running in daemon mode
  • LiquidSoap. This runs a playlist for mp3s etc and also auto starts via cron. This feeds into the IceCast. Virtual proxmox audio int. 24/7 selfhosted internet radio!
  • PiHole – can run on plain Debian. Excellent backup ad blocker for the whole house, after uBlock Origin
  • PerForce HelixCore for a son. Never used it, but they love it for collaboration.
  • Samba file share of the 3TB storage drive. This is where the content for JellyFin and the LiquidSoap is.
  • Docker – well, of course. Although, I'm not totally sold on running EVERYTHING as a container.
  • JellyFin. Love this so much. Not very experienced with Plex and its landscape but JellyFin is meant to be freindlier, so I run this. So easy to install. Works amazingly.
  • Kavita – a kind of homeflix for your own books. Supports epub but not all other formats. Runs as a docker container
  • ufw – works for me and loving it. Probably I am not that secure : | The hypervisor is behind 2 firewalls.
  • Immich – excellent Google Photos replacement
  • Navidrome – very nice Spotify self-hosted alternative

Other VMs

• Zentyal Dev multi function server. Runs with a base Ubuntu I think. Good as an OpenVPN server.

• GUI Linux MINT VM. This works really well with the Spice remote access protocol via Proxmox. Very stable.

• Old Debian VM I have had for 7+ years, used to be Jessie – then migrated thru Stretch and Buster! Now its Bullseye. Need to make Bookworm. Used to be on VirtualBox on Windows then migrated it to a proxmox VM. Its an interesting project to keep going. Its also my KDE Linux for using desktopy stuff via Spice which works really well.

• Windows VM, 2022 server. Honestly, I don’t use it for anything yet. Just to have it there.

• Windows 10 Pro VM, same as above – was for the Mrs to do her ebooks and audiobooks on, but she is scared by it being ‘Virtual’.

Hi all,

I'm trying to install a secure voice chat on my Linux server to speak with my wife using end-to-end encryption.

I've tried Rocket.Chat and Mattermost, but they both require creating a cloud account after the Docker installation is complete!

Of course, I can't rely on any solution that requires the cloud, how can I be sure it will not block me once or act as a man-in-the-middle? I need a truly self-hosted solution.

What other app could I use for this? Or do you know how to bypass such requirements for the apps listed above?

Hi all,

As per title, I currently have a 10TB plan with Google which is paid for by work as I traditionally have used Google photos/drive for work purposes almost exclusively.

I also have a 50TB server on which I have Nextcloud installed in a docker container. I also have Immich for photo storage which works great - no issue here beyond the lack of fun features that Google has rolled out in recent years.

I think my question is how did you guys find the transition from Google/Dropbox etc to Nextcloud/equivalent?

One issue I am having is the work IT guy was born in I think 1873, and so anything that isn’t Microsoft circa 2012, he believes is witchcraft. Therefore I have been having some issues with the firewall blocking my reverse proxy (nginx) to my server. Is this a certificates issue? I have realised that I have the same issue with WireGuard as well, on the work network, and also some public networks - say 20% of the time?

I do have the option to move to Nextcloud, but maintain the Google as a backup, mirroring both my files and photos in real time, but just not actually “use” the Google - it just feels slightly redundant to me.

Any feedback would be cool!

Edit:

The Google account is in my name/my plan, I expense the fee through work so there’s no realisable benefit to closing it/not using it cost wise

The 50TB is mine at my address, but previously used solely for homelabbing/meda server, and I’ve been pretty lazy with it beyond digitizing the DVD collection/as a DVR

Hi everyone,
I want to replace as many closed-source services as possible with open-source alternatives, and now I’m tackling Spotify. I’m looking for a complete stack to replicate Spotify’s key features, and I’d love your guidance.

Here’s what I need:

1. Search and Play: A search bar where I can quickly type the name of a song or artist, then play it or add it to a playlist—all from a single interface. (I assume it should need to download, maybe it should download from youtube using ytdl ?)
2. Compatibility:
   • It must work on iOS.
   • CarPlay compatibility is essential.
   • Siri integration would be a dream feature.
   • If possible, docker (compose)
3. Recommendations: A way to discover new music or get recommendations, so I don’t end up listening to the same songs all the time.
4. New releases: A feature to track and display new releases.

What I’ve explored so far:

• SpotDL: For downloading my existing Spotify playlists.
• Manet: An iOS app with CarPlay (but relies on Jellyfin, and I already have a Jellyfin for video medias).
• Jellyplist: can't get it work with docker compose

The problem is, I can’t seem to figure out how to combine all the necessary “bricks” into one seamless system. What am I missing? Is there a known solution that ticks all these boxes?

Sorry if it sounds like an AI talking, I'm not an english native speaker so I wrote my message first and put it in an AI to make it more clear for the sub.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Local home server hosted llm and image generation doesnt look viable for me as I would have to get a new external GPU and connect to my home server and the cost of gpus is high especially with a external gpu enclosure and ideally I would be able to access outside of my home network and would love it to scale with new improved LLM, image and video generation as models improve. I want to be able to use LLM for my own notes and files as well as use it for coding support and idea generation. For image and video creation I would like high quality image output without the restrictions of these online sources. I've started looking at runpod but thought there would be others with experience and advice over here...any thoughts suggestions and cost effective solution ideas would be greatly appreciatd. I would be looking to use openwebui as the access frontend. It would also be great for future use cases if I could deploy other connected workflow capabilities and chat bots/agents as my use cases extend. I have looked at runpod for gpu ai access and it looks like it might be a viable cost effective solution....also could use aws bedrock or azure but fear cost would be crazy high with aws and azure.

Trying to decide if I should use custom domain for personal email or not. What do you think about it. My main question is can i use a domain for personal use even if i dont have a business or website

thanks in advance

Hey all,

For quite a long time now I’ve been working Pinepods. It’s a Rust based podcast management system that manages podcasts with multi-user support and relies on a central database with clients to connect to it. It’s complete with a browser based client where your podcasts, settings and progress follow you from device to device due to everything being stored on your server. There’s installable clients on just about every platform - now including a beta build of an Android client! (Also a flatpak, aur, Mac, windows, deb, appimage, and rpm client as well)

Over time this project has really grown into something great, and many quality of life features have been baked in. The experience of using Pinepods at this point is getting close to some of the larger self-hosted projects such as Immich, and as feature complete as a client such as AntenaPods. I can’t believe that a project hasn’t previously heavily focused on becoming a fully feature complete Self-hosted Podcast platform because of how rooted in the spirit of open source the podcast ecosystem is built to be.

So many nice to haves have been added at this point:

• Chapter support
• Sorting/filtering/searching throughout
• RSS feed hosting for other apps to use
• Great mobile support everywhere (PWA, beta android client)
• Nextcloud/Gpodder sync support -Postgres or MariaDB
• Simple API’s for things like Homepage Widgets!

And lately I’ve even been working on a feature that allows you to subscribe to hosts! This will let you follow them from show to show. I’ve built a side project called PodPeopleDB for that: https://www.pinepods.online/blog/2024/12/08/podpeople-db

Chances are, if there’s a feature in a podcast app that’s a must have for you, it’s already built in, and if it isn’t, I want to know about it so I can add it!

If you’re on the fence you can try it out without installing the server too! Check the website for more info!

Now is the perfect time to check it out and enjoy continued feature updates! Feel free to open issues or PRs if you experience any problems. Or drop a line on the discord. I’m happy to help!

GitHub: https://github.com/madeofpendletonwool/Pinepods

Official site: https://pinepods.online

In case you’re unware. What is podcasting 2.0

I use teamspeak for 99% of my time, but lacking web interface would be a hard time asking my friend to download and config there mic (turning off the auto leveling or enable reduces echos..).

What I truly can't leave teamspeak is its audio quality. I genuinely put a music bot in my teamspeak to listen to music with my friends. I know discord can do that also, but yknow I have paid all my money to my own server <3.

I have checked Revolt. But I don't see any quality option in there official website. I have checked Matrix but also the quality is not that great for listening music.

TL;DR, high quality, dual audio channel, has web interface, teamspeak alternative.

Soryy I have seem a lots of posts that ask about teamspeak alternatives but I didn't found anyone that mention audio quality though...Yeah nothing fancy is needed. If this is already solved, my apologised.

Hey everyone,

I’m turning my old laptop into a home server and could use some advice. I’ve already installed Ubuntu on it and set up OpenSSH to control it from my main laptop. I’m also installing CasaOS to make managing everything easier.

The plan is to: 1. Use Plex or Jellyfin to stream movies and shows. 2. Set it up as a place to store and access my phone’s photos and videos, like my own Google Drive.

Here’s where I need help: 1. Which is better for a basic media server setup—Plex or Jellyfin? Any tips to keep it running smoothly on an older laptop? 2. For photo/video storage, I’ve heard about things like Nextcloud or Seafile. Are they good for auto-backing up photos from my phone? How easy are they to set up? 3. Any general tips for getting the most out of this setup? Stuff like performance tweaks or things to watch out for?

If anyone’s done something like this, I’d love to hear how it worked out for you. Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I am fairly new to the self hosting world and I would like to get your opinions. First thing first I wanted to host a screen sharing application so that I can reach my server even if I am not home. I used deployed the server on docker but it requires some exceptions to be made in port configuration. So, I created exceptions in my ufw config for those and then added port forwarding through my router. They are tcp/udp ports. I isolated my mini pc server in the home network as well.

I tried to use cloudflare tunnel but it seems I can’t do this unless I’m on enterprise plan or smth

Things work but I’m not sure how secure it is. Can someone advise me?

Somebody set me up a Roundcube a few years back and having fought with it for a few years, I’m finally moving to a Microsoft business license.

As far as I can see, I can only export emails individually from Roundcube and have THOUSANDS 😭. Does anyone know of a way to do this in bulk? TIA!

I'm new to self hosting but not to hosting webservices. At my organization I host a bunch , but we have essentially unlimited resources compared to my homelab. If I need a new setup, I can spin up 2-3 commodity desktops at work and load share between them, if one goes down I shrug and make a new one. So far we've only ever lost one out of like 50, but at home I have...exactly one commodity desktop. In fact, it's worse than that - it's an 8 year old mini computer. I've put a ton of stuff on it, just playing around, and I notice that my CPU load is always about 1.25/8, and one of the CPUs is always doing *something* to put its utilization above 20%, even when I am doing nothing on the server except for looking at my utilization.

My homelab setup won't change any time soon, so right now everything relies on this one extremely nervous little computer. I'm wondering if there is some kind of obvious rules about utilization vs. lifetime of components? I figure I'm already running this thing on borrowed time, but I can take a bunch of services off if need be. Probably way worse is that I have zero way to back anything up. Right now it isn't holding anything critical but it *is* holding data that would be a pain to recreate. Until I can get a second system or something redundant this is all I've got...

Hello all,

wondering best practices. I'm planning on running services with DB back end. I am curious on best practices for setup. Should the DB be married to the same container/vm of service requesting or centralize the DB to singular instance for all services to request and attach to?