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.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve been using YunoHost for some time. Cosmos seems good, too. Both do most of the stuff for you and should come with documentation. I think that’s the way to go if you can’t set it all up yourself, or lack time to maintain it.

    I’ve also used Docker containers and plain Debian. I use NGinx as a reverse proxy.

    I document things in text files (markdown). At some point it’d like to upload them with something like mkdocs or to a wiki. But since it’s just me, having them just sitting in a directory on my laptop is fine.

    Use something that’s super accessible so you’ll actually use it. I often just dump random thoughts or commands I executed into the textfiles and I have my text editor open all the time anyways. And then on the server I eiter use Ctrl+R and search through the shell history, or search in my documents. Doesn’t need to be fancy, grep -rni "keyword" does it for me.