This Week in Self-Hosted (21 June 2024)

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This Week in Self-Hosted

I'm traveling this week, so in lieu of a weekly recap, enjoy a short list of projects, content, and updates that have recently caught my attention:

• A new team of maintainers has already forked and dropped a new update for HomeBox (self-hosted home asset manager) after its developer announced the repository was being archived last week
• The Plex team introduced support for alternate episode sorting in a beta release earlier this week
• Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson of Xbox notoriety) made an appearance on the most recent episode of The Uncast Show to chat about his homelab and how he utilizes Unraid

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

We’re continuing Homebox Development

After the recent archiving of the Homebox GitHub repository we’ve decided that we would like to continue maintaining it long term, with the support and feedback of the community. Who Are We? We’re two SysAdmins (both with Cyber Sec backgrounds) working for both small and very large companies, and we’re

SysAdmins JournalMatthew Kilgore

Support Alternate Order / Flexible Seasons (TVDB) and Episode Groups (TMDB)

Additional episode orderings from TheTVDb are now available in the latest 1.40.4 PMS beta released earlier today. Here’s an example of the new options listed for Futurama (after metadata refresh for the show).

Plex Forumtom80H

Software Updates

• AppFlowy v0.6.0 | Workspace: New spaces functionality for organizing pages into multiple sections
• Bar Assistant v3.17.0 | Home Bar Manager: Support for complex ingredients, additional ingredient attributes
• Ente Photos v0.9.0 | Photos: Video editor, passkey support, preview image for links, ability to view large files
• GoToSocial v0.16.0 | ActivityPub Server: New signup/registration page, account overview for moderators, reworked message deliveries, account mutes, v2 API for filters, search operators
• HomeBox v0.11.0 | Asset Manager: Namespace updates for new maintainers, CSV file extension fix
• Linkding v1.31.0 | Bookmarks: Bookmark thumbnails, auto-add tags based on URL patterns, option to disable tag grouping, hide tooltip on mobile
• Mealie v1.9.0 | Recipes and Meals: Added OpenAI as an option for recipe scraping, show nutrition on recipe print
• NetBird v0.28.0 | VPN: DNS routes, process posture checks, initial support for FreeBSD, GUI client configuration options
• Node-RED v4.0.0 | Event-Driven Automation: Extended auto-complete, timestamp formatting, improved CSV node
• Paperless-ngx v2.10.0 | Document Management: Document trash (soft delete), improved boolean custom field display, sensitive field encryption for exports
• Proxmox Helper Scripts: New LXC scripts for Spoolman, PeaNUT, MySpeed
• Ryot v6.0.0 | Tracker: Import from Jellyfin, optimized idle CPU usage, shorter integration URLs
• Snipe-IT v7.0.0 | IT Asset Manager: Framework-level upgrade – significant performance improvements and bug fixes
• Umami v2.12.0 | Web Analytics: New user journey, goals, and insights reports, collapsible menu, comparison mode, updated metrics header
• umbrelOS v1.2.0 | Server OS: Wi-Fi support, real-time CPU and memory usage charts, NVMe and USB boot support for Raspberry Pi

Breaking Changes

• Node-RED v4.0.0: Node 18 or later now required
• Snipe-IT v7.0.0: PHP 8.1 or higher now required, new variable for CSS not loading

New Software

• Deployaroo: VMware vSphere virtual machine templates via Ansible
• Edition Manager for Plex: Differentiate between various film versions in Plex
• Eidos: Offline alternative to Notion
• fmTV Downloader: Fetch and download music videos based on data from Last.fm
• git-sync: CLI tool for backing up git repositories
• Lens for Plausible: Plausible Analytics companion app for iOS
• Open Package Deploy: Cross-platform deployment solution
• OpenVidReview: Video review and annotation tool
• Plex Roulette: Roulette wheel for choosing random TV shows and movies

Latest Apps and Companions

• Lens for Plausible: Plausible Analytics companion app for iOS

Community Content

Why Can’t You Just Implement <Thing I Want>? | LinuxServer.io

GitBook

Build a Compact, Standalone Plex Media Server and Media Player

Going beyond the basics of home networking

Dustin Casto

A Travel Hub using Raspberry Pi

I don’t travel that often as some of my friends, but when I do, there is always an occasion that I wish I could have my network with me, and that is not always the case.

Stirling PDF Survey

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Content Spotlight: What's up Docker?

Meet What's up Docker?, a self-hosted service for Docker image update notifications. What's up Docker? provides an easy-to-use web interface for defining Docker hosts, registries, and triggers to execute when updates are found. Triggers include notifications via a number of supported services, automatic updates based on user preferences, and more. The software supports basic authentication as well as OIDC for third-party authentication services.

What's up Docker? can be installed via Docker and doesn't require any special configuration aside from access the Docker socket.

Links: GitHub, Website, Documentation

What We're Watching

• How To Hide A Homelab IN Your Homelab with a Proxmox SDN | DB Tech
• Let's Build A Smart Home with Home Assistant | Jim's Garage
• LibreSpeed: The Local Speed Test App with a Difference | KTZ Systems
• I Made My Smart Home Presence Sensor Even Better! | Everything Smart Home

What We're Listening To

Larry Hryb talks gaming, tech, and Unraid - The Uncast Show

Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, joins the Uncast Show to discuss his background in tech and gaming and his career at Microsoft on the Xbox team working on Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Kinect, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and much more.&nbsp;Larry is also a fe…

Buzzsprout

The Homelab Ep. 130 – Portainer – The Homelab Show

The Homelab Show Catch Up on the Vlog and Podcast

Smart Home and Automation

How many technologies does it take to open your blinds?

We show what it takes to build a modern smart home and how we’re experimenting with the smart home of the future.

Building the Open HomePaulus Schoutsen

Command Line Corner: grep

Use the grep (global regular expression print) command to search for and identify patterns and strings in files:

/$ cat example.txt
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$ grep host example.txt
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Click here to view an archive of commands shared in previous newsletters.

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