+1 for Portainer. There are other such options, maybe even better, but I can drive the Portainer bus.

I have to stop working on it for a while when I get stuck.

I feel you there bro. Sometimes, when I’m creating a piece of music, I get to a point where, I’m just not making any progress, I’ll step of for a piece, let it simmer for a bit. Same with servers in general for me. It’s the reason I have a test server and have, in the past, leaned a bit heavily on a few backups. LOL! I can screw something up quick when I’m frustrated. The reward for me is learning something new. It’s a rewarding and useful hobby for me. among others.

Just 15 containers? lol

do you get lab burnout

Not really. I have everything set the way I want it and it’s stable. On occasion, I’ll see a container that catches my fancy, so I’ll spin it up on a test server, dick around with it, and monitor it before I ever decide to put it on my production server. On occasion I’ll have to fix, or adjust something. Most of the time I’m just enjoying it. I wouldn’t say I was running anything super complex tho.

As far as time, I’ve got you beat there most likely. Used to be lickity-split, but then you get old, things slow down. LOL Also, there is only one user…me. I realize you have family, but my hard and fast rule is: Multiple users cause issues, so I don’t share. I’d say, go spend your time with the family. That’s the most important.

I’m with you on the incomplete guides. There always seem to be that one ‘secret’ ingredient’ that just didn’t get documented. And to the devs of the opensource software, me love you long time, but please include a screenshot.

I do use NodeJS, but not NextJS

Shit! I posted the wrong link. I was searching for what @poVoq@slrpnk.net @slrpnk.net was talking about. Now I don’t want to go search again . Me skuzi

The very first Linux server I ever stood up got whacked. I got a nastygram from my host that he had shut it down because of malicious activity against other servers. So, from their standpoint, I can understand why. I mean it sucks that you have downtime, but downtime happens to even the big guys. Hope you get it sorted.

NodeJS software injecting a cryptominer onto other peoples servers

https://medium.com/@lakshminp/i-found-a-cryptominer-in-my-clients-production-cluster-claude-code-found-the-attacker-ae6148ec0514 ?

That’s actually some good info there.

Ha! Spell check fail

I decided very long ago not to pollute the gene pool, so everything dies with me.

ETA: It’s comforting to know that 10 people agreed with my life decision. /s LOL

I don’t want to sit at my PC for hours sorting through tags for each album/artist/track though

LOL. I feel that. I did mine years ago when I ripped CDs to flac. @starshipwinepineapple@programming.dev has you on the right path tho.

I have often wondered since our friendly and helpful bot arrived, what would happen if we made a thread where everyone used as many acronyms as possible in our comments. It’s actually one of the more cooler bots I’ve seen in a while. Especially for new arrivals who don’t spreken ze Lingley. Crackin’ iidea.

I run the Suricata package in pFsense which I would say is kissing cousins to Snort. It actually does work very well. In fact, on occasion, too well. I’d rather that that just having my jimmy hanging out in traffic. I also employ the pfblockerng’s massive feed lists, and Tailscale packages on the standalone pFsense firewall, and a VPN on all devices. Network so tight they call it virgin. LOL Not really, but I tend to go a bit overboard on security measures.

I can’t believe oicu812.xyz is available.

Open port 22

Wait 10 minutes

Prepare your anus

I am guess the folks giving me grief about asking for a petition tool

I am very politically active. I do calling campaigns, protest, vote, march, et al. I don’t think the majority of people here are giving you grief about advocacy. Scanning back through the thread, I get the impression that what people are trying to get you to understand is that personally identifiable information is not something you take lightly.

I received a letter the other week telling me that a medical firm that houses my data, was breached. The hackers potentially got SSN, names, addresses, and a fist full of other data. They are offering me free life time credit scanning security services in a bid not to be sued in court by hundreds of thousands of people en masse. This is a multi billion dollar corporation, not some selfhosted mini server running fail2ban. So there are serious ramifications when it comes to personal data being leaked, and if it happens on your server, you are liable.

I left tit in the box

In another life I worked as a Mech Eng for a Contractor firm. The rule was ‘If you didn’t write it down, it didn’t happen’. Over the years, that has bled into my personal life as well. I hear what you’re saying, and from what I’ve digested regarding Ansible, it is a quite powerful and capable package. However, let’s let OP stand up his first server. He’s already stressed about not being a botnet victim. So, perhaps some rudimentary steps are in order. Then you can blow his mind with Ansible. LOL

I pay 0.04 USD per day with NamesCheap privacy included.

Piefed requires your email to sign up.

But aliases exist.

I don’t want the free petition websites online getting my personal network’s info and sharing or selling it

Ok, but by the same token I would not sign a serious, selfhosted, petition entering pii. I don’t know what you’re doing with my information. You could be sharing it or selling it even.

I promise I’m not shitting on your project. It just makes me very uncomfortable. Data protection regulations aren’t something to dismiss offhand.

pFsense + IDS/IPS segmenting network and a robust set of rules would pretty much get you there.