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This Week in Self-Hosted (2 August 2024)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and a spotlight on PG Back Web - a web app for scheduling and creating PostgreSQL backups

This Week in Self-Hosted (2 August 2024)
This Week in Self-Hosted
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This Week in Self-Hosted

Happy Friday, everyone! In lieu of the weekly recap after a slow-ish week in self-hosted news, enjoy a brief list of content and updates that I've found particularly noteworthy:

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Streamlining the Home Assistant Yellow lineup
Home Assistant Yellow continues to be our flagship product, and the line is getting a small tweak.
Home AssistantAndy Gill

Software Updates

New Software

Breaking Changes

Latest Directory Apps

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Community Content

Getting Started with Authentik or Keycloak with Open WebUI: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to set up Authentik or Keycloak with Open WebUI for passwordless authentication. Discover the benefits of self-hosted IdPs like Authentik, and explore alternatives like Keycloak.
UpdatesJosh Stock
How I Computer in 2024
An extended “uses” post that outlines the hardware I’m currently using, the software and tools that I use to get things done, and how I configure things.
Jon Seager
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 2: Wordpress ↔️ Fediverse)
My Wordpress site has acquired superpowers thanks to the ActivityPub plugin by Matthias Pfefferle: it is now a member of the Fediverse. In this post I explain why these functionalities are game changers for creators and professionals across many fields... for anyone really!
Elena RossiniElena Rossini
Self-hosted Open Source Alternatives to Google Photos
Google Photos can be replaced using these open-source self-hosted photo applications.
It's FOSSAnkush Das

More From selfh.st

The Self-Host Cast, Episode 4: Alex Tran and Zack Pollard (Immich)
Join me as I sit down for a casual discussion with Alex and Zack from the Immich development team
selfh.stEthan Sholly
Self-Hosted Applications and Alternatives
A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery
selfh.stEthan Sholly

Content Spotlight: PG Back Web

Meet PG Back Web, a PostgreSQL backup application with a user-friendly web interface. With PG Back Web, users can easily schedule and create backups via an intuitive web interface protected with PGP encryption. Features include scheduled backups, status monitoring, instant downloads from the web, S3 storage, encryption, and dark mode. According to the project's repo, one-click restoration and an API – among other features – are on the way.

PG Back Web can be installed via Docker and requires only a connection string and encryption key to get up-and-running.

Screenshot of the project's backup interface with a listing of jobs, database names, destinations, and cron schedule
Screenshot from the project's repository

Links: GitHub

What I'm Watching

Command Line Corner: unalias

Use the unalias command to remove any bash aliases previously created by the user:

/$ alias test='cat example.txt'
/$ test
  This Week in Self-Hosted
/$ unalias test
/$ test
/$ _

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

Related News and Content

How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics has impacted Internet traffic
This blog post explores the impact of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Internet traffic in France and beyond, concentrating on web activity during the opening ceremony and the initial days of competition. Let the games continue.
The Cloudflare BlogJoão Tomé
How to Future-Proof Your Archives: File Formats That Stand the Test of Time
Digital archives have some interesting challenges, not least of which is making sure our future counterparts can open the files we’ve saved. Read on to get some tips and tools to future-proof your archive.
Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud BackupStephanie Doyle

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