

Self-Hosted
Jupiter Broadcasting
Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones.
A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.
A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.
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May 6, 2022 • 53min
70: Plausible Deniability
Alex replaces another Google service; we point the community spotlight at FuzzyMistborn plus your feedback!Special Guests: Brent Gervais and FuzzyMistborn.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshTailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Support Self-HostedLinks:Office Hours 3: New Website Energy — It's a summer of projects, we get into our plans to totally rebuild our website, some new Podcasting 2.0 features and, Brent takes his first bite of the Raspberry Pi.Website Rebuild Ideas & Explorations · DiscussionFuzzy's Random MusingsFuzzyMistborn/infra — This repo contains the code used to deploy and managing my various LXC's on Proxmox. Ansible is the main way I deploy things.Self-Hosted Show Storage LeaderboardPlausible Analytics — Plausible is lightweight and open source web analytics. No cookies and fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR.Umami — Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.
eufy Security Indoor Cam 2K Pan & Tilt — 2K Pan and Tilt Plug-in Indoor Security Camera, Home Security Camera for Indoor Surveillance, Human and Pet AI, Voice Assistant Compatibility, Motion Tracking, Night Vision.wz_mini_hacks: v3 camera mods — Run whatever firmware you want on your v3/PANv2 and have root access to the device. This is in early stages of testing, use CAUTION if you are unsure of what you are doing. No support whatsoever is offered with this release.
ESP8266 Bed Occupancy Project — ESP8266 based bed occupancy sensor.

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Apr 22, 2022 • 47min
69: Get Off My Lawn, The Robot's Got It
Alex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show.Special Guests: Brent Gervais and chzbacon.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:LINUX Unplugged 453: Raleigh Action Show — We just wrapped up our East Coast meetup and have a bunch of great stories to share. Plus some Nix ups and downs, and more.OpenMower - The affordable Open Source DIY Smart GPS Robotic Mower - YouTube — The Open Mower project allows you to build your own smart lawn mower robot using the Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. The robot is able to localize itself using very precise RTK GPS. As base for this project, an off-the-shelf robot mower is used. The electric components and the software are published as an open source project.OpenMower: Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots! — Let's be honest: The current generation of robotic lawn mowers sucks.Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes — The app and servers are dead. The CEO scrubbed his LinkedIn page. No one is responding.
Hey Insteon users! - Home Assistant — If you’re one of the impacted Insteon users, this post is for you.
PlexTraktSync: A python script that syncs the movies, shows and ratings between trakt and Plex (without needing a PlexPass or Trakt VIP subscription) — This project adds a two-way-sync between trakt.tv and Plex Media Server. It requires a trakt.tv account but no Plex premium and no Trakt VIP subscriptions, unlike the Plex app provided by Trakt.Jellyfin-plugin-trakt — Available for install through the plugin catalog, Trakt for Jellyfin allows you to synchronize your watch states with ease.Audiobookshelf — Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook server for managing and playing your audiobooks.
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Apr 8, 2022 • 54min
68: Unwyze Choices
We chat about Wyze's recent real bad, no-good security news, why Plex Discover has potential but hasn't impressed us yet, and a brief tour of Alex's home network setup.Special Guest: Wes Payne.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshTailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Support Self-HostedLinks:I’m done with Wyze — Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothingPlex adds universal watchlist, search and discovery — “You’re going to open up Plex every day,” Williams said. “It’s going to be your trusted source.”Self-Hosted 4: The Joy of Plex with Elan Feingold — Plex Co-Founder and CTO Elan Feingold shares why he started Plex, its future direction, his home setup, his love for electric cars and the beach.Release 10.8.0 Beta 1 · jellyfin — We're pleased to announce the first Beta pre-release of our upcoming 10.8.0 version. This release has a dedicated branch in preparation for the final 10.8.0 release. At this time, only bugfixes will be merged.2022.4: Groups! Groups! Groups! - Home Assistant — 👋 I’m not sure where to start with this release; It’s April, and I can assure you: This release is no joke. Seriously, it is packed with features and incredible new things 🤯.

Mar 25, 2022 • 48min
67: The No Container Theory
Why Chris is moving away from using Containers, Alex's new project, and some great follow-up.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Jupiter Broadcasting East Coast Meetup — Let's hang out at the park across the street from Prime BBQ.Speed boost achievement unlocked on Docker Desktop — . During testing with our amazing macOS community of users, we have observed that these changes have reduced the time taken to complete filesystem operations by up to 98%.[Docker Desktop] Improve Mac File system performanceHector Martin on Twitter — Well, this is unfortunate. It turns out Apple's custom NVMe drives are amazingly fast - if you don't care about data integrity.
If you do, they drop down to HDD performance. Thread.Upgrading from Paperless-NG to Paperless-NGX — As of February 2022, the paperless-ng community created a new fork to continue development due to the inactivity on the original repo 1. This has means new docker images, new configs, etc.
Announcing first release of Paperless-ngx, the community-supported successor to Paperless-ngpaperless-ngx — Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper.Ansible Role: paperless-ngMatter’s delay means you’ll have to wait longer — And some current Thread products won’t be part of the new standard
MQTT Explained + MQTT Home Assistant and Node-RED integrationnode-red-contrib-ha-mqtt (node) - Node-REDZwaveJS2MqttArgon EON: 4-Bay Network Storage powered by Raspberry Pi 4 — Argon EON, a 4 - Bay SATA NAS Enclosure, powered by the most versatile single board computer. By the very nature and essence of the Raspberry Pi the Argon EON is a Build Your Own Network Attached Storage (BYO-NAS).fEVR -frigate Event Video Recorder — fEVR works along side of frigate and home assistant to collect video and snapshots of objects detected using your existing camera systems.

Mar 10, 2022 • 48min
66: Mmm. Pi.
We look back at our favorite moments from the last ten years of the Raspberry Pi, why you might want to start considering one, and where we want to see the platform evolve.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:10 years of Raspberry Pi - YouTube — Almost exactly ten years ago today, thousands of you set your alarms, and woke on leap-day morning to discover that we’d started selling Raspberry Pi computers. By the time our all-volunteer team gathered in the pub that evening for celebratory drinks, our licensees Farnell and RS Components had taken over 100,000 orders (despite struggling to keep their websites online under the load); we had (briefly) out-trended Lady Gaga; and Raspberry Pi was on the road to becoming a little larger than we’d planned.Too expensive to run in the UK now?! — My server uses 136 watts, and will costs £1.80 a day to run from June when the price increases kick in costing £54 a month. I'm starting to think maybe it's not worth it anymore having it run all the time!
Is anyone else re-thinking their home servers given the current cost situation?Check if the energy price cap affects youThe future of computers is only $4 away, with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton — TodayToday I’m talking to Eben Upton, the CEO of Raspberry Pi, a fascinating company that makes beloved tiny hackable computers that are extremely inexpensive: the cheapest Raspberry Pi is just $4, the most popular model is about $35, and the most expensive model that comes with a keyboard is $70. They run Linux, and you can do just about anything with them: people build robots, they learn to code, they run media servers.SmartThings water leak sensor — Aeotec Zigbee sensorConBee II Overview — Unites Zigbee devices of many vendorsOSMC — OSMC is a free and open source media center built for the people, by the people.
Argon EON: 4-Bay Network Storage powered by Raspberry Pi 4 by Argon Forty — Kickstarter — A Network Attached Storage (NAS) for people who love to tinker around with cool stuff and the makers at heart.Raspberry Pi Projects - InstructablesOctoPrint.org - Download & Setup OctoPrintawesome-selfhosted listWhich devices will work with Matter? — Matter is designed to bring the smart home together, and big brands including Google, Amazon and Apple are making plans for compatibility.

Feb 25, 2022 • 45min
65: Failing at Scale
Alex gives the new TrueNAS SCALE a go and hits a snag.
Plus the future Home Assistant update that has Chris so concerned he might stop updating forever.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshTailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Support Self-HostedLinks:Z-Wave and OpenZwave integrations pending removal — This is just based on the 2022.3 beta release notes, but wanted to give a heads up as soon as possible for anyone who hasn't updated to Z-Wave JS yet. You probably only have until April to switch over to one of the new Z-Wave JS integrations.Z-Wave (deprecated) - Home AssistantHome Assistant docs is a nightmare - a new user perspectiveTrueNAS SCALE — TrueNAS® SCALE is an Open Source Hyperconverged Infrastructure solution. Built on TrueNAS CORE, SCALE adds Linux Containers, KVM, and scale-out ZFS storage capabilities. TrueCommand — Manage your TrueNAS fleet all from one place
Nextcloud Two-factor authentication — Two-factor authentication adds an additional layer of security to user accounts. In order to log in on an account with two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled, it is necessary to provide both the login password and another factor. 2FA in Nextcloud is pluggable, meaning that they are not part of the Nextcloud Server component but provided by featured and 3rd-party Nextcloud apps.
Two-Factor TOTP Provider - Apps - App StoreJupiter Broadcasting Meetup Page — Jupiter Broadcasting regularly provides community events, talks, meet and greets and special hang-out dinners while attending fests and conferences.

Feb 11, 2022 • 47min
64: Analysis Paralysis
Sometimes we get a bit carried away; we dial it back and share some self-hosting long-timer insights.
Plus the networked way to Retro game, and more.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Use a Raspberry Pi, old computer or VM as network storage for different retro computers and consoles — RetroNAS is a suite of tools designed to turn a low cost Raspberry Pi, old computer or even Viritual Machine into a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device for retro PCs, microcomputers and consoles.RetroNAS - PlayStation3 + ps3netsrv - YouTube — Convert your own #PlayStation3 discs to ISO images and host them via ps3netsrv from RetroNAS to your consoleRetroNAS - Cockpit and Storage - YouTube — Use the web based GUI tool "Cockpit" to manage your RetroNAS storage.StickFreaks - YouTubeOrange's Matrix Setup Social — Want to join the matrix? Not sure what it is, how to set it up, or why? Want to just chat about the project, its uses, or anything else Matrix related? Come along, hang out, and lets mob on getting people some matrix servers setup!Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix Seerver — Join the Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix and participate in decentralized messaging. Subscriptions Update — New subscriptions or changes to payment method after February 1, 2022 will start at $6.50 per month. This is our first price increase since we launched Home Assistant Cloud more than three years ago. gelli — This is a native music player for Android devices that connects to Jellyfin media servers. Jellyfin Audio Player — This is a React Native-based audio streaming app for Jellyfin.

Jan 28, 2022 • 43min
63: Pulling the Rug Out
Alex has a new high-quality self-hosted music setup, and Chris solves complicated Internet problems.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Aeotec Z-Wave Smart Switch 7 — Aeotec’s smallest, best-certified smart plug built with Gen7, Z-Wave Plus, S2, and SmartStart. 30% smaller than past smart switches at only 2.4x1.5x1.2 inch - so small that it doesn’t block other power outlets!Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music — Folk-rock star had over six million monthly listeners on the serviceLidarr — Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new albums from your favorite artists and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of existing files in the library when a better quality format becomes available.
AMD — RandomNinjaAtk/amd is a Lidarr companion script to automatically download music for Lidarr
PlexampfinampGoogle will shut down your free G Suite account — Google announced yesterday (Jan. 19) that all users of the G Suite "legacy free edition" would need to "to upgrade to a paid Google Workspace subscription" by July 1, 2022 in order to keep using Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and the Google office suite, including Docs, Sheets and Slides.Google could face class action lawsuit over free G Suite legacy account shutdownGoogle relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accountsLet's Encrypt is revoking lots of SSL certificates in two days — Let's Encrypt will begin revoking certain SSL/TLS certificates issued within the last 90 days due to a bug, starting January 28, 2022. The move could impact millions of active Let's Encrypt certificates.ChrisLAS Birthday Party Hang and Chow | Meetup —
Join us at the studio up in Arlington for a hang and chow. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite dish or at least an appetite.
Mobile Internet Bundles — Most bundles come with everything you need to get you online and connectedPepVPN - Peplink — PepVPN is our foundation VPN engine. It is ideal for establishing a secure tunnel over any WAN link and is probably the world’s easiest VPN technology. Speedify VPN reviewPDF: SpeedFusion and PepVPN — Our patented SpeedFusion technology powers enterprise VPNs that tap into the bandwidth of up to 13 low-cost cable, DSL, 4G LTE/3G, and other links connected anywhere on your corporate or institutional WAN.

Jan 14, 2022 • 49min
62: Succumbing to the Ecosystem
Alex got some new devices for Christmas, and we set off to figure out how to integrate them into his network.
And Brent's tale of giving the gift of Jellyfin.Special Guest: Brent Gervais.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:homebridge — Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. It supports Plugins, which are community-contributed modules that provide a basic bridge from HomeKit to various 3rd-party APIs provided by manufacturers of "smart home" devices.HomeKit - Home Assistant — The HomeKit integration allows you to make your Home Assistant entities available in Apple HomeKit, so they can be controlled from Apple’s Home app and Siri; even if those devices do not natively support HomeKit.How to Easily Program NFC Tags with Your iPhone — The best part is that you can do many things with an NFC tag. Basically, the sky is the limit – and if you can program it, you can use an NFC tag to automate it.Apple TV - Home Assistant — The Apple TV integration allows you to control an Apple TV (any generation).
Infuse 7 on the App Store — Ignite your video content with Infuse – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac. No need to convert files! Infuse is optimized for macOS 12, with powerful streaming options, Trakt sync, and unmatched AirPlay & subtitle support. Gorgeous interface. Precise controls. And silky-smooth playback.Docker - Perfect Media ServerDozzle — Dozzle is a real-time log viewer for docker containers.ChrisLAS Birthday Party Hang and Chow Meetup — Join us at the studio up in Arlington for a hang and chow. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite dish or at least an appetite.

Dec 31, 2021 • 60min
61: That First Layer Squish
Some old friends of JB join Alex to discuss 3D printing.Special Guests: Drew DeVore and chzbacon.Sponsored By:Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/sshSupport Self-HostedLinks:Octoprint — The snappy web interface for your 3D printer.Thingiverse — A collection of freely available 3d models to print out.Prusa Research — Maker of the Prusa 3d printers.Ender 3 — The Creality Ender 3 is one of the cheapest ways to get started with 3d printing.3d printer maintenance — Sometimes we have so much fun with our 3D printers that we get carried away. We forget that our precious printers need some TLC every now and then. This video will give you all the information that you need in order to maintain and service your 3D printer.blog.ktz.me - The Tinkerspace — I needed a space where I could explode an entire computer, or 3d printer, or some other overly complex piece of equipment without getting in the way of the rest of the house.Improve 3d print finish quality — One of our biggest gripes about 3D printing is that your finished print invariably ends up looking, well... a bit 3D printed. Sometimes that's fine, but other times it's not. Here are our top tips on how to finish 3D prints, condensed into one lovely infographic for you.