I'll start: - Kubernetes - Nextcloud - Matrix-synapse - Minecraft - Authoritive DNS servers (powerDNS) - Mail-servers (postfix, and Haraka) - Peertube - Writefreely - GoToSocial (a small footprint fediverse server) - CalcKey (fediverse software) - My own small websites - Some small bots - Kubernetes - VPN The Hardware I use: - A bunch of Dell Optiplexes, Proliant Microserver G8, Synology NAS, mikrotik switches. - And a rack with a 100TB ceph cluster with some friends with a total of 700 cores and 4tTB RAM

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/5020 > Preamble- I'm new to the fediverse, and I want some help. I'm trying to regain some of my privacy and data sovereignty, and I have recently gotten into self-hosting. I haven't been on social media for over a decade, except for Reddit, and that was mostly as a passive lurker. I just started getting more active on there this past year, and now they've turned me away with their shenanigans. I'm trying to get into federated communications to still have access to useful information while protecting my identity and data. > > Goals- I'm thinking that I want to set up my own Lemmy instance, as well as my own xmpp server (like prosody), and switch over to jmp.chat. I also have my own domain. > > Concerns- I want to spin up my own services so that I own my data and have greater control over my connections, and possibly have a hub that friends and family can use. However, I also don't want to expose my domain (Why not? I don't know. I'm completely new at this and until I learn more, I'm playing it cautious) > > Questions- So, if I spin up my own Lemmy instance, doesn't that expose my domain,since my username will be username@my-domain.com? Is this the same for an xmpp server? One main reason to spin up my own xmpp server is to own my account for xmpp communications. However, can I tie that to my jmp.chat account, or would they need to be separate. > > I kind of feel like a boat without an oar at the moment, and I'm not even sure if I'm asking sensical questions, but hopefully there's enough light in my ramblings to give you all a sense of my goals. Any help would be appreciated.

I've recently been introduced to ntfy (pronounced Notify). This project seems like it could be fantastically useful to quickly and easily add notifications to selfhosted projects. Perhaps it could be used as part of an uptime monitoring system to automatically send phone notifications when an application goes down for example? Very interested to see what use cases I can find for it!