About the show

Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones.

A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.

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Episodes

  • 44: Plex Skeptics

    May 7th, 2021  |  39 mins 39 secs
    amazon fire tablet, borgbackup, ford, grafana, infuse, jupiter broadcasting, library management, lineageos, photosync, plex streaming search, plexamp, prometheus, self-hosting podcast, streaming fragmentation, vmware clusters

    Plex announces some big plans that make us a little nervous, Alex solves Chris's tablet performance woes, and we chat about Prometheus.

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    43: A New Solution for Backups

    April 23rd, 2021  |  47 mins 45 secs
    aldente, autorestic, battery life, blue iris, docker stats, ds1621+, home assistant automation, home solar, lithium ion lifepo4, restic, self-hosting podcast, synology review, zfs.rent

    Alex has a new trick for local and remote backups, and shares his thoughts on Synology's DS series NAS.

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    42: Don't Panic

    April 9th, 2021  |  38 mins 19 secs
    backdoor account, corsair fan control, gpu passthrough, homelab upgrades, jupiter broadcasting, nvidia, plausible analytics, self-hosted podcast, theorangeone, tt-rss, ubiquiti, whistleblower

    A record is broken, a life goal is achieved, and why we are going long on Linksys.

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    41: The One with Jeff Geerling

    March 26th, 2021  |  33 mins 33 secs
    esphome, home assistant, jeff geerling, jupiter broadcasting, megaraid, nabu casa, otto winter, pi 4 sata, raspberry pi cm4, raspberry pi compute module, raspberry pi raid, sas, self-hosted podcast

    Special guest Jeff Geerling tells us how he got 16 drives connected to one Pi.

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    40: Password Shaming

    March 12th, 2021  |  40 mins 5 secs
    babybuddy, backing up cloud servers, cloud backup, cookbook, have i been pwned, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, k-anonymity, nextcloud, ovh data center, ovh fire, ovhcloud, plex, power consumption, self-hosted podcast, shelly, solar, strasbourg, tandoor recipes, tasmota, troy hunt, web file browser, wyze cam 3

    We react to Home Assistant password shaming us and then reflect on the OVH fire while attempting to solve a "growing" cloud problem.

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    39: We run Arch BTW

    February 26th, 2021  |  40 mins 33 secs
    arch linux server, bitwarden_rs, bitwardenrs, ghost, gvt-g performance, jupiter broadcasting, lastpass, ldap, opensense, plex ddos, secure remote plex, self-hosted podcast, systemd-homed, wireguard

    Our favorite LastPass alternative, why more boxes might be better than one, and we confess to an undying love.

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    38: Crouching Pi, Hidden Server

    February 12th, 2021  |  41 mins 8 secs
    config backup, duplicati, filerun, google drive backup, home assistant, home assistant on the raspberry pi, igpu passthrough, odroid n2, opnsense, plex gpu, quicksync, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, snapshots, termpad, tinypin, wireguard

    Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks.

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    37: Security Growing Pains

    January 29th, 2021  |  46 mins 9 secs
    atc firmware, custom integrations, esp32, esphome, generic thermostat, hass.io, home assistant, mitigation, nfc iphone automation, python, security vulnerabilitie, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, solar for the home, tasmota, xiaomi sensors

    We discuss recent Home Assistant security news, and how we think the project could improve.

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    36: Google Docs Replacement

    January 15th, 2021  |  34 mins 42 secs
    actiontec, codimd, collaborative markdown editor, docker, ethernet over coax, google docs alternative, hedgedoc, home assistant, home assistant blue, home assistant blue review, moca, oroid n2, perfect media server, realtime editor, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast

    Our favorite Google Docs killer with markdown support has a big update. We explain how we host it and why we love it.

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    35: The Perfect Media Server

    January 1st, 2021  |  44 mins 59 secs
    docker-compose, infrastructure as code, intel quicksync, mergerfs, nas, perfect media server, plex, proxmox, qs, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, snapraid, storage, zfs

    Alex reveals the culmination of five years of work into the Perfect Media Server.

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    34: Take Powerline Seriously

    December 18th, 2020  |  53 mins 29 secs
    aeotec multisensor, automation blueprints, home assistant blue, home assistant conference, intel vs arm, nabu casa, odroid-n2+, powerline networking, quicksync, rtsp, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, tp-link av1000, wyze 3 cam review

    Chris discovers a networking miracle, Alex has been playing with electrics, and we review the Wyze Cam 3.

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    33: Helios64 Review

    December 4th, 2020  |  43 mins 57 secs
    arm nas, armbian, dsm, helios64, kobol, photosync app, qnap, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, synology, ubuntu

    Alex puts the fantastic-looking, ARM-powered NAS known as the Helios64 to the test.

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    32: Google Turning the Screw

    November 20th, 2020  |  46 mins 50 secs
    booksonic, cozy, dynamic dns, google photos alternative, jupiter broadcasting, local dns setup, mqtt, nextcloud database, openaudible, photoprism, pihole, prologue, self-hosted podcast, tensorflow, what is mqtt

    With rage in our hearts, we proclaim a Self-Hosted Google Photos replacement, and the only way to self-host your email.

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    31: Industrial Grade Mobile Internet

    November 6th, 2020  |  51 mins 25 secs
    chromecast ethernet, cloud vs local, dc powered router, dual cat-12, forward error correction, fusionhub, lte modem, max transit, nymphcast, peplink, pepwave, self hosting, self-hosted podcast, snapraid, speedfusion, wan smoothing, zigbee

    We have a philosophical debate on cloud vs local and Alex experiences full-blown Americana this Halloween.

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    30: Automation Entropy Factor

    October 23rd, 2020  |  46 mins 37 secs
    archivy, automation, badblock, below_horizon, best usb drive black friday, docker, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, multiple containers, nas storage, raspberry pi esxi, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, sun condition, sunset trigger, usb drive shucking

    Chris gets left out in the cold after a Home Assistant glitch, and Alex puts a big batch of USB hard drives to the test.

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    29: Perils of Self-Hosting

    October 9th, 2020  |  44 mins 53 secs
    diun, docker, halcyon app, home assistant, homelab monitoring, jupiter broadcasting, microservices, new chromecast review, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, traefik, traefik pilot, zfs data loss

    We speak to Kevin and Patricia from Traefik, discuss Alex's recent ZFS snafu and we wonder if the new Chromecasts can match up to the Nvidia Shield.