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Self-Hosting

32 practical Self-Hosting articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.

32 articles in this topic

Budget RAM and CPU across a crowded Docker host with explicit per-service limits and visibility so one runaway container never starves the rest.

Diagnose and resolve port collisions between self-hosted containers and host services with a few targeted commands and smarter compose design.

Compare Joplin Server and Outline for self-hosted notes, then deploy one with Docker Compose to sync your Markdown notes across every device.

Plan subdomains, A/AAAA records, and split DNS for your whole self-hosted stack so both home and external users reach every service cleanly.

Monitor your services and publish a public status page with Uptime Kuma, Telegram and webhook alerts, health checks, and a single Docker container.

Give internal self-hosted apps real HTTPS with mkcert or a local ACME CA so your private dashboards stop showing scary certificate warnings.

Run Shlink on a VPS to shorten, track, and redirect your own links with a REST API, QR codes, custom slugs, expiry rules, and visit analytics.

Aggregate all your self-hosted services into one Grafana overview with Prometheus scraping, alerts, and a status page you can actually trust.

Replace Google Analytics with Umami, a cookieless self-hosted analytics tool with a Postgres backend, real-time dashboards, and no consent banners.

Automate image and dependency updates with watchtower and Renovate so your self-hosted stack stays patched without breaking your careful setup.

Deploy Miniflux on a VPS to aggregate thousands of feeds into a fast, keyboard-driven RSS reader with a Postgres backend and complete privacy.

Learn which self-hosted data actually needs backing up and how often, then wire automated off-site restores you can actually trust when it matters.