This Week in Self-Hosted (15 March 2024)

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In the News

Podman 5.0 is around the corner

In the coming days, the upstream Podman project will be releasing a major new version: Podman 5.0. When we decide to change our major version, it is because of changes to our API API or how P…

stack of multi-colored septagons, top one has a large CBrent Baude

CommitGo Launches Gitea Enterprise | Gitea Blog

CommitGo, a company founded by the creators of Gitea as a subsidiary of Gitea Ltd, is happy to announce the release of Gitea Enterprise.

Gitealunny

Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version

Now you can try Proton Mail on your desktop!

It's FOSS NewsAnkush Das

Software Updates

• Apprise v1.7.4 | Notifications: LunaSea support, .conf file support added to CLI
• Authelia v4.38 | Identity Management: Initial multi-domain support, OpenID updates and improvements, initial implementation for user control panels, customizable authorization endpoints
• Homarr v0.15.1 | Dashboard: SSO fixes and improvements, new OMV health widget, weekly weather forecast widget, improved torrent tile performance
• Homepage v0.8.9 | Dashboard: List view for custom API, new Homebox and Plant-it widgets, formatting options for weather widgets
• LANCommander v0.6.3 | Digital Gaming: Support for installation via Docker, ability to assign collections when editing
• Miniflux v2.1.1 | RSS: Dedicated search page, Readeck integration, new possible locations for feeds, 'Enter' hotkey to open selected item
• RomM v3.0.0 | ROM Manager: EmulatorJS player (retro games now playable in browser), saves and states, additional metadata extraction, license update to AGPL-3.0
• Stirling PDF v0.22.0 | PDF Editor: Run Docker as non-root user, custom PUID, PGID, and UMASK environment variables

New Software

• Briefbox: Email archival tool for IMAP and POP3 accounts
• Hatsu: Self-hosted ActivityPub bridge for static sites
• Grimoire Web Extensions: Chrome and Firefox extensions for Grimoire
• JustDeploy: Simplified application deployment for developers
• Lidify: Artist recommendations based on existing Lidarr artists
• RSS Funnel: Modular RSS processing pipeline system
• Tamari: Recipe manager
• Teable: No-code database built on PostgreSQL

Community Content

Self-Hosting

With all the news about this company breaching trust and that company getting itself breached by hackers, some of us may feel the urge to take back some control of our data by keeping it on machines we operate and/or own. This practice is called self-hosting. Fortunately, those who want to take a…

Digital SuperpowersNick Touran

How to Assign a Second IP Address to Proxmox VE Hosts

We have a quick guide to assigning a second IP address to a Proxmox VE host on a second NIC so you can get up and running quickly

ServeTheHomeJuan Carlos Alvarez

🤔🔒🐮 What’s up? - LDAP Integration

Moohoo everyone! As already announced on social media channels, today we are serving you a new edition of our section: What’s up?. Today, we are explicitly discussing a topic of burning interest to all of us: LDAP/OIDC Integration and the associated overhaul of the authentication system. We have kept you updated in the past that we are feverishly working on integrating LDAP and OIDC. After all, this function is not without reason one of the most requested features for mailcow ever – and rightly so! However, our plan was to release this whole thing in the first quarter of 2024 or maybe even around Christmas 2023. As you have noticed, both timelines could not be met…

FixItNiklas Meyer/DerLinkman

March Tailscale newsletter

The March newsletter from Tailscale, featuring product updates, highlights from the community, and information about upcoming events.

Why the Matrix.org Homeserver Exists?

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Why the Matrix.org Homeserver Exists?Thib

Spotlight - Alternatives to Google DNS

The name server addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are widely known and used. But, is it a good idea to send basically every web request to google first? What are proper alternatives for public DNS servers? Preferably, with some security and privacy in mind?

blog.while-true-do.ioDaniel Schier

Weekend Discussion

selfh.st (@[email protected])

Weekend Discussion 💬 What platform are you using for notifications? #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #homeserver #notifications

Fosstodon

Content Spotlight: DDNS Updater

Meet DDNS Updater, a lightweight web application for monitoring and updating dynamic records for over 40 DNS providers. While similar functionality can be achieved with scheduled command line scripts, DDNS Updater consolidates the ability to update records with multiple providers while also providing a helpful web interface to easily monitor which hosts are being updated, the time since the last check, the current IP address for each record, and a list of historical IP values. The application also comes with Shoutrrr support for customized notifications to a variety of support services.

DDNS Updater can be installed via bare metal or Docker and can be configured via a JSON file or environment variables.

Links: GitHub

What We're Watching

• SSH Connections With Ansible - How To Create & Share SSH Keys | Jim's Garage
• Choosing the Best Media Server: Jellyfin, Plex, or Emby? | IBRACORP
• Meet LocalSend - A Cross-Platform, Open Source Alternative to AirDrop and Quick Share! | TechnoTim
• Install a self-hosted VPN platform // Netbird | Christian Lempa

What We're Listening To

Late Night Linux – Episode 272 – Late Night Linux

Late Night LinuxJoe

Smart Home and Automation

The Potential of Smart Rings in Home Automation

Smart rings hold promising potential for streamlining and enhancing various aspects of home automation, like presence detection, access control and much more.

SmartHomeScene.comSHS News

Upcoming Events

Bitwarden Secrets Manager Demo | March 26 | Bitwarden

Join us for a quick product walkthrough of Bitwarden Secrets Manager! Learn how it works and how to start securing your critical infrastructure.

Bitwarden

Unifying Microsoft Teams with Nextcloud Hub - Nextcloud

Join our webinar to discover how to integrate the Microsoft Teams connector with Nextcloud Hub using our MS Teams integration.

NextcloudAuthor Fabrice Mous

Privacy

European Court of Human Rights Confirms: Weakening Encryption Violates Fundamental Rights

In a milestone judgment—Podchasov v. Russia—the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that weakening of encryption can lead to general and indiscriminate surveillance of the communications of all users and violates the human right to privacy. In 2017, the landscape of digital…

Electronic Frontier FoundationChristoph Schmon

Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship

The Tor Project officially introduced WebTunnel, a new bridge type specifically designed to help bypass censorship targeting the Tor network by hiding connections in plain sight.

BleepingComputerSergiu Gatlan

Command Line Corner: rename

Use the rename command to easily rename multiple files (or file extensions) at the same time using patterns in the file names. Depending on your distribution, you may need to install rename (apt install rename) before using it.

/$ ls
  example-1.txt example-2.txt
/$ rename 's/example/test/' *.txt
/$ ls
  test-1.txt test-2.txt
/$ rename 's/.txt/.csv/' *.txt
/$ ls
  test-1.csv test-2.csv

Click here to view an archive of commands shared in previous newsletters.

Related News and Content

VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming

VLC is gearing up to offer new features. Sounds exciting!

It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

Security Week 2024 wrap up

In this blog post we review the blogs released during Security Week 2024.

The Cloudflare BlogDaniele Molteni

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