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I've had a "home lab server" for a while now, it's nothing special but I think I can do more with it, I just don't know what to do with it... I currently use it just for a pihole and (sometimes) a Minecraft server or a web server... I used to also have a nexcloud and a searxng instance (which I will probably bring back)... Any ideas for other things I can run on it?

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[–] Bristlerock@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's a really open-ended question. Depends purely upon your interests and appetite for risk, etc.

Might be worth looking at, from a Docker perspective:

  • AdGuard Home (I think it's better than Pi-Hole)
  • Wireguard or similar. Great for reaching your services when away from home.
  • Audiobookshelf. Audiobooks. There are good apps.
  • Calibre-Web. Ebooks.
  • RSS feed reader, for non-social media websites you visit. Plenty to choose from: FreshRSS, TT-RSS, Sismics, etc.
  • Gitlab CE. If you're a developer or can otherwise make use of version control.
  • Gotify. Alerting on your containers. Has a good mobile app.
  • Heimdall. A dashboard for everything you're running.
  • Komga. If you're into manga. The best iOS app is meh, but the best Android app is awesome.
  • Mealie. Recipe database.
  • Paperless-ngx. Excellent for storing your PDFs and other digital life.
  • PhotoPrism. Basically Google Photos.
  • Portainer. Great for managing Docker containers/stacks.
  • qBitTorrent. Guess what that's for.
  • SWAG with Authelia. SWAG does reverse proxying with a Let's Encrypt certificate, and automatically renews it for you. Authelia provides MFA (Authy, Google Authenticator, etc) on top of it.
  • Vikunja. Todoist or Toodledoo without having to pay for features.
  • Wallabag. Basically Pocket.
  • Watchtower. Automatically updates containers for you. Can exclude the ones you don't want to update, etc.
  • Webtrees. Family tree research, if that's your thing.
  • YouTransfer. Useful for sharing files without having to use Dropbox, etc.

I have in the past run a Valheim server and a VRising server, too. FWIW.

[–] skadden@ctrlaltelite.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Why do you think AdGuard is better than Pihole? I'm not upset with the job Pihole is doing but always looking for improvements.

[–] 1111@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did you need steam to run the Valheim Server? We have it on xbox game pass and don't want to buy it again

[–] MajinBlayze@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't remember Valheim specifically, but most standalone servers don't require you to own the game in the account you use to host it

[–] Bristlerock@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the container I used requires your Steam ID as an environment variable.