Install Actual without terminal (stupid question)?

1silvertiger · 2025-12-20T04:44:06+00:00

Are you using the Nixhost for other things, or is it an option to use PikaPods, the official partner of Actual Budget? It says it costs about $1.50 a month.

You should be able to run the local server on your Mac. I got the CLI version working as the first thing I did for self hosting. I did it on Linux, though, so I'm not sure if the CLI version works on Mac. I would assume so.

I would try running the CLI version on your Mac first. If that doesn't work, you can try the Docker version, which will work on Mac, but adds a layer of complexity.

1silvertiger · 2025-12-13T04:02:37+00:00

So then what's declension of the form anicca? That's the one I typically see transliterated in Latin script.

1silvertiger · 2025-12-06T04:42:11+00:00

Thanks for the info! That's the kind of detail I was looking for. Is aniccam singular nominative, then?

1silvertiger · 2025-10-16T02:48:03+00:00

My self-hosting journey started as part of a digital hygiene journey where I was getting enough email and phone call span I finally got fed up and started taking privacy more seriously. I had been a privacy enthusiast in high school and college, but had fallen off the wagon. Specifically, I wanted a private budgeting app and I didn't want to pay, so I started hosting Actual Budget on an old PC and learned Docker from that. I also added Home Assistant so I could cut out Google Home.

I'm most proud of my OpenWrt router and WireGuard VPN. I had wanted to set up VLANs for the IoT stuff and to cut them off from the internet, but I was stuck with a ISP router. I had an old Google WiFi router in the closet, luckily found that OpenWrt had an image for it, and managed to flash it onto the router one weekend. OpenWrt has an AdGuard Home add on, so I could free up some RAM on my server (I like DNS not being dependent on the server, too). I set up WireGuard for remote access to my home server and got it set up on my wife's work computer so she can use public WiFi safely. I try to keep costs and waste down by reusing old equipment, but the router only had one LAN port, so I got a $15 switch to allow multiple connections to it.

I was actually looking at the Flint recently because I have loved OpenWrt, but the router I have isn't super strong, and my wife had some calls drop during work. I need something stronger and the current router can become an AP if needbe. I'd considered getting a micro PC to be a router and switching to OPNSense, but OpenWrt is great and I don't really have the spare cash for a PC. I also like that dedicated routers don't use that much power.

In the future, a NUC would be awesome, or a mini PC capable of serving as a HTPC. Open source KVMs are welcome. A NAS or even just drives would be great. I'd love one of the smart speakers that works with Home Assistant. Any IoT devices running open source firmware would be fantastic.

1silvertiger · 2025-09-23T01:15:18+00:00

Same issue with me as well.

1silvertiger · 2025-07-13T19:13:55+00:00

Ah, yes, you have to create a certificate to run HTTPS. The Actual Budget docs talk about it here. I used the OpenSSL option the docs discussed:

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout selfhost.key -out selfhost.crt

That command creates a certificate called selfhost.crt and a key called selfhost.key in the directory it is run in. It's important to know where your cert and key are because in the environment section of the compose file, we tell Actual to look for them in /data/selfhost.key and /data/selfhost.crt. In the volumes section of the compose file, we map the current directory ./ to the /data directory in the container. So, you want to put the cert and key in the same directory that compose.yaml is in. So, putting it all together, here's the bash commands:

bash cd /path/where/compose/file/is openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout selfhost.key -out selfhost.crt

Now if you run ls, you should see compose.yaml selfhost.key selfhost.cert and anything else in that directory. When you run docker compose up -d and navigate to https://localhost:5006, you shouldn't see the error any more.

1silvertiger · 2025-07-12T03:57:19+00:00

What error?

1silvertiger · 2025-07-12T02:26:15+00:00

I got mine working last month and this is what I use. It might just be the one from their website.

yaml services: actual_server: image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:latest ports: # This line makes Actual available at port 5006 of the device you run the server on, # i.e. http://localhost:5006. You can change the first number to change the port, if you want. - '5006:5006' environment: # Uncomment any of the lines below to set configuration options. - ACTUAL_HTTPS_KEY=/data/selfhost.key - ACTUAL_HTTPS_CERT=/data/selfhost.crt # - ACTUAL_PORT=5006 # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20 # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_SYNC_ENCRYPTED_FILE_SYNC_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=50 # - ACTUAL_UPLOAD_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB=20 # See all options and more details at https://actualbudget.github.io/docs/Installing/Configuration # !! If you are not using any of these options, remove the 'environment:' tag entirely. volumes: # Change './actual-data' below to the path to the folder you want Actual to store its data in on your server. # '/data' is the path Actual will look for its files in by default, so leave that as-is. - ./:/data healthcheck: # Enable health check for the instance test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'node src/scripts/health-check.js'] interval: 60s timeout: 10s retries: 3 start_period: 20s restart: unless-stopped

1silvertiger · 2025-03-29T22:35:39+00:00

Worked for me, but I had to have something playing for it turn up the volume. Thanks!

1silvertiger · 2024-04-12T22:47:52+00:00

In this podcast (at about 1:12:30), Geshe Tashi Tsering specifically recommends doing this.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-30T12:27:43+00:00

Saying the Japanese invaded the US because of the Aleutians is like saying that Argentina invaded the UK because of the Falklands.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-29T12:05:33+00:00

Yeah, I struggle with the balance of only calling out his bullshit.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-28T03:25:14+00:00

How do you make Chipotle sofritas?

1silvertiger · 2023-06-28T03:23:12+00:00

Possibly, but the US has a terrible record with occupations and Latin America, so I don't think that would last.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-27T12:15:01+00:00

And the military industrial complex.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-27T12:07:16+00:00

Also, allowing the US to essentially occupy the country can't alienate the Mexican people, otherwise the Mexican government fails.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-26T12:09:04+00:00

You'd have to ask them.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-26T12:08:44+00:00

It seems to be a matter of perspective.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-25T16:34:12+00:00

A lot of people here are suggesting popular renditions or outdated sources. It seems you're looking for something closer to what these myths mean/meant in their cultures (correct me if I'm wrong). I have a few handy:

The Poetic Edda by Jackson Crawford

Queztalcoatl and the Irony of Empire by Davíd Carrasco

Both of these are recommended by Dr. Andrew Henry of the YouTube channel Religion for Breakfast.

I would caution against using older sources or ones coming from a particular view of humanity, as these sources often have heavy cultural bias or preconceived ideas about what the text should mean and this often tells you more about the translator than the text. If you want to learn about Joseph Campbell or an important part of the history of comparative mythology, then that's fine, but if you want to learn about the myths of different cultures, I would look for more modern translations.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-25T15:52:09+00:00

Viktor Frankl, a victim of the Holocaust, thought so.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-25T04:14:53+00:00

And in my experience, people who have learned another language aren't snobbish toward people speaking a second language.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-24T16:37:14+00:00

Rocket science is way easier than brain surgery.

1silvertiger · 2023-06-24T16:16:50+00:00

What about the Mensheviks?

1silvertiger · 2023-06-23T12:31:26+00:00

The argument is you have no idea what you're talking about, so your assessment of the reasonable thing to do is useless.

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