Selfhosting

Back in January I wrote about my DI.DAY #1 preparations, where I laid the groundwork for regaining ownership of my data. Since then a lot has happened - not necessarily on the days that were called out, but definitely inspired by the effort. This post is a round-up of everything I’ve migrated, funded and learned in the meantime. It’ll most likely conclude my journey, at least for now. What I’ve done UPS for the NAS Power outages in my area are rare, but data integrity matters to me. I’ve added Eaton UPS units to both my UGREEN NASync systems (the DXP4800 and DXP2800) and configured TrueNAS to gracefully shut down when the battery runs low. It’s one of those things you hope to never actually need, but sleeping better at night is worth it. ...

A few entities I liked recently announced the Digital Independence Day (DI.DAY) which is a good motivation to regain ownership of my data. Technically, DI.DAY is tomorrow, but I don’t feel like computering on a Sunday, so here we go. I have been working on regaining data for a couple of months already, but it’s been on and off, so the initiative is a good reminder. Here’s what I’ve done in the past: ...