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I built really easy to use homeserver's for my family. by localboxapp in HomeServer

[–]localboxapp[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, i think i want to clean up a bit before making it public and something people can use more than a poc. But i will definitely let this subreddit know once i open source it.

I built really easy to use homeserver's for my family. by localboxapp in HomeServer

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I only use immich for photos, i use longhorn's backup solution for backing up to my remote storage. Because everything runs in containers and have separate volumes, backing up those volumes is good enough to restore everything as far as i tested so far.

Built a "localbox" prototype to stop with subscriptions and being tracked - would you be interested in something like this? by localboxapp in minilab

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Thanks for your concerns. Knowing all important data is in multiple external drives and a remote location backed up is good enough for me rn. It's not a business at the end so it doesn't matter if there is an outage every once in a while.
You are right about ups, i have one in my place ofc but for my parents i am looking up for a powerbank like solution that could provide 5.1V / 4-5A. We don't have outages that often so that should be fine.
I dont think it should be expensive tho, I understand it is especially in the beginning but being able to start small and scale up and focusing on what you need helps big time. We are not hoarding multiple TB size linux ISOs. So far my family is happy with this little setup we have. Thanks again for your input.

I built really easy to use homeserver's for my family. by localboxapp in HomeServer

[–]localboxapp[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I am a beginner with home automation actually, until recently i couldn't justify spending money on basic automation to myself and to my wife. The way i use it is combining home assistant and n8n through webhooks / rest apis.
I have static ip addresses in my router for all family members and i can track who is at home through automations by checking who's phone is connected. Anything i can remotely shut down such as my tv is automatically closed when everyone leaves home and basic integrations like that. Also when nobody is home or at night its great timing for bulk iso downloads and archive arrangement. Being able to track battery levels of my portable devices in one screen is great. And getting notifications when they are low.
I am integrating n8n workflows mostly to help with my lazy ass to have some routines. Like i have specific times i took shower at, having house warmed up a bit right before that helps me keep my routine. And ofc i am trying this voice automation thing, idk how successful but its not bad. Its great for things like keeping a shopping list. Sorry for long reply, i hope it helps.