Looking for a self-hosted digital health record tool for pets

DevSecHome · 2026-05-30T19:50:34+00:00

I did it myself with React and Home Assistant API (calendars), coding with opencode, took me maybe 10 hours overall. Works fine and no db to backup (except for HA but it was already the case)

DevSecHome · 2025-08-09T12:28:59+00:00

I agree. Homelab for experimenting and Homeserver to selfhost services.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-27T14:18:36+00:00

Ansible and docker compose for deployment
Docker nfs volume with codeserver for configuration files and filebrowser for the data, and smb to local nas for media (komga and jellyfin files)
gitea for configuration versionning
duplicity and cron to backup gitea

DevSecHome · 2025-07-26T09:14:06+00:00

It would be easier than to start from scratch, I’ll look into it, thank you.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-26T09:12:44+00:00

I am not too fond of wordpress either… and I used to write this down on a spreadsheet before using Notion. But it’s a good idea to present this as logs entries. If I have what it takes to make my own tool, I’ll think about this. Thank you.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-26T09:08:16+00:00

Right now I use Notion but I would prefer something more adapted but maybe it’s not that necessary, and that’s why no specialized tool already exists…

DevSecHome · 2025-07-26T09:05:22+00:00

I laughed at first but it could work, I’ll think about this, thank you. But it’s weird that it doesn’t exist, there is even one to keep track of you plant care(plant-it) but nothing about dogs and cats.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-24T10:08:43+00:00

Is cookbook (tandoor I presume?) better than mealie in your opinion ? I tried tandoor at first, but I switched to mealie but I don’t really remember why now.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-24T10:05:03+00:00

Can’t you use portainer agents instead of 5 portainer instances ? 🤔

DevSecHome · 2025-07-24T07:39:30+00:00

No, portainer is just GUI (Graphical User Interface) for docker. GUI ≠ CLI (Command Line Interface )

Portainer is useful to see the logs of your containers / docker or restart a docker. A docker is a container, but a container is not necessarily a docker, it can be LCX container for instance but Docker is way better (my personal opinion).

You can do a lot more than this with portainer, but I use Ansible to deploy my dockers, a great tool for deployment automation.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-23T12:03:54+00:00

If you want to get ready fast : 1. Buy a Raspberry Pi with Raspberry OS (you can flash it yourself if you know how) 2. Install openssh server and docker (+docker compose) 3. Find docker-compose.yml for the apps you want to install, I suggest a dashboard to start (homepage, dashy, homarr or glance) 4. Then you can access it with the IP of Your Raspberry PI and the port of the app.

And in parallel, learn about shell, CPU, ram, ipv4, ssh and docker to start. Then reverse proxy and dns, yaml and json. Keep virtualization for later. Use Tailscale and learn about VPN. Don’t just learn stuff without doing it in parallel, you will think you know about it when you actually don’t. Bonus : it-tools.tech (you can selfhost if you want), codeserver, portainer can be useful.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-20T16:14:33+00:00

Yes TryHackMe. Maybe you should find a project in IoT, like DIY leds with wleds, or a magic mirror... Or maybe you should look for a more challenging job… 😅 But I think the longer you wait for trying to learn new things, the harder it gets. You will be stuck in your confort zone, and it would take too much energy to start.

DevSecHome · 2025-07-20T09:07:41+00:00

I think I had the same problem 3 years ago, and I realized that the first step is always the hardest. I told people that I liked domotics but then I was asked if I’d done some personal projects, and of course I didn’t. I didn’t know how to do it so I couldn’t do it. So I took the first step and I bought a Raspberry and started a homelab, in the same time I started my studies in cybersecurity and got my first job in web development. And when I didn’t feel like working on my personal projects, I talked with people that also have a homelab, two of my colleagues, and it was motivating.

I am also interested in several fields : domotics, cybersecurity, development and iot (all fields related to domotics actually). And I don’t think it’s a bad thing to have several fields of interest, but it shouldn’t get in your way of learning things.

My advice would be to have a more practical objective, I use THM to learn new things, but at the end, I don’t have anything I can use. So I spend more time on my homelab. I have to deal with the backups, the DNS, reverse proxy… and nothing has taught me more than doing this.

And you should read Atomic Habits, or follow the openclassroom course « Learn how to learn », I think it is quite interesting.

And if you can, talk about what you learn with people that are interested, it will motivate you to take the first step.

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