AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Home Server: NextCloud Server Hardening

One really important part of having a home server is making sure that your server is secure. I want to start this by saying, I am not a security expert. However, I found some great tools available to help me do this. One of the best tools out there is …

Home Server: Replacing ulogger with phonetrack

Now that NextCloud is set up and running on my home server, it was time to start replacing my go-to apps and services that I was running before. One handy service that I was running on the old server setup was ulogger. ulogger is a great server with an excellent …

Home Server: Setting up Dynamic DNS

One of the key parts to setting up a home server is being able to reach it from the outside world. It doesn't do much good if the only way to reach your website, cloud, server, etc., is from your own living room. There are many ways to accomplish this …

A Whole New Server Setup

For over a year, I've been using a self hosted, home based server to replace Google services. I have used it to sync family phones, backup data, be a web server and a gallery or photo server, as well as be a location tracker. All the while, this worked pretty …

Building Nile SODP Kernels

Recently I decided to do some personal kernel work on my discovery, aka Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra, which is part of the "nile" family of devices. I use the Sony Open Device Project trees and kernel, because regardless of what they think of me, I think they do exceptionally great …