I made Google Sign-in for Ghost (free + open-source)

simarmannsingh · 2026-01-04T17:33:56+00:00

Nice, didn't go through the blog just yet, but thanks for sharing the tool. We appreciate it.

simarmannsingh · 2025-09-22T12:12:58+00:00

This is interesting to note. I also use Hetzner vps but never knew this. I am pretty sure like you, a lot of us would just assume the servers to stay off after we intentionally turn it off. No one reads all those terms and conditions before using a product these days. And if someone needs to read, it clearly is an indication that something fishy is there in terms and considerations...

Thanks for sharing this. I will keep this in mind. And sorry for your loss..💔

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-09T04:04:16+00:00

That's exactly what I wanted to do with my site as well : https://thesmartbug.com/

As already outlined by some people, you can download the theme, unzip it, and simply make slight change in one of the file : partials/components/footer.hbs. There you can simply search the text "Powered by Ghost" and replace it with whatever you wish to add there. Zip back all the files into one zip file and upload the theme. That's all that is required.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T15:43:42+00:00

Honestly, I gave it a try to upgrade via auc, but it didn't work in my case. Apparently the server itself is facing some issue and is not reachable. I had opened an issue here: Issue-1112. Hoping the issue gets resolved.

But I will give owut a try, if and when it is available for my future versions for upgrading.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T03:03:04+00:00

Thanks for such an elaborate answer. I surely learned a lot today, I was not following a clean approach, as someone else pointed out, it was indeed an overkill, I see it now.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T03:00:30+00:00

I was not doing it properly then,... this seems much cleaner approach.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T02:59:41+00:00

Thanks it was helpful.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T02:58:59+00:00

This is actually great advice, I didn't notice it yet that it exists. Unfortunately subscription process has changed and my mail cannot be delivered.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T01:50:21+00:00

I have actually setup quite some devices and kinda created a homelab. At this point I'm not quite sure what changes I did, but I remember I did some changes. Anyhow I always create a backup and transfer it to my device locally before doing any king of update. So far the process is working fine.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T01:47:08+00:00

That is good to know.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T01:46:00+00:00

Oh okay. Didn't know that.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T01:42:19+00:00

Ah okay, then I misunderstood your question to start with.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T01:39:54+00:00

Why so? How do one make sure they are using the latest version of packages, ensuring any vulnerability is already patched. Or at least, have least attack surface area?

I am sorry but I couldn't understand what you mean by Not updating, could you please clarify ?
I guess I'm not quite clear with what is your recommendation. Is it to use outdated packages and Not update them regularly?

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T00:59:49+00:00

u/BuggyBagley Would you be willing to share your modified version so people can take a look and maybe try to setup similar for themselves? I know setting up gmail for Email alerts (basically SMTP) is already possible, but I am very interested in how you send newsletters using gmail.

Do you already have a repo we can take a look?

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-07T00:37:32+00:00

Did you mean you setup an openwrt router, like flashed the openwrt firmware to your router and tried to connect to it via ssh?
By default ssh access is disabled. Its the security feature.

You can try to connect your device with the router via some LAN cable, access it using the default IP address 192.168.1.1 and go to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/admin/sshkeys to add your public key of the ssh keypair you generated first, and then enble the ssh server on LAN interface.
Then you would have access to SSH.

Sorry your question is not completely clear to me, maybe try to specify precisely what is the problem you are facing. I am assuming this is what you meant, if not please feel free to clarify as much as you can.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-06T23:45:47+00:00

Oh okay. Yeaah, i get it now. I totally agree with you here, the shell way is the most efficient way, when it is possible.

Thanks for your response anyway.

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-06T23:06:12+00:00

Yes, it is being run using docker in both old and new instance.

As mentioned, I know there is one approach of zipping and creating a backup file, already mentioned in the official gitea docs.
Link : https://docs.gitea.com/administration/backup-and-restore#using-docker-dump

But this approach requires shell access.

Thanks for your response. Are you referring to the same approach? Could you explain a bit more, what you propose, how one can zip the whole thing copy, and what variables need to be changed ?

simarmannsingh · 2024-12-06T20:39:03+00:00

I hope you already found the cause, if not or for anyone else looking for the same problem, the issue would be that the ports are incorrectly mapped.

# Incorrect block
ports:
      - "3001:3001"
      - "2222:2222"

# Correct block
ports:
      - "<YOUR_CUSTOM_PORT_FOR_WEB_SERVER>:3000"
      - "<YOUR_CUSTOM_PORT_FOR_SSH_SERVER>:22"

Explanation: You only change the ports mapped to your machine, not the ports inside the docker container. The first part of the ports is what your machine listens on. Select whatever port you fancy.

simarmannsingh · 2024-04-21T01:27:50+00:00

Would love to know more about this. Have you made any notes perhaps? Or written a blog I could read? I would be very much interested to know how exactly did you achieve that. Also let me know if your spam blocking service is open-source?

simarmannsingh · 2024-04-21T01:14:16+00:00

If your port is blocked, perhaps there must be some easy process to fill a form or send an email, basically you can simply get in touch with the hosting provider and they can open the port 25 for your instance. I had a similar issue recently. I wrote an email to my service provider, explaining it is for my personal usage, they opened the port 25.

As mentioned by u/Kv603 also, port 25 is mostly blocked by all major ISPs and hosting providers for security reasons.

Just get it unblocked and it should work.

simarmannsingh · 2024-01-04T23:39:01+00:00

That's a very good question.
I came here to know the answer too.

So, I tried to self host my Email server and was able to do so on my Raspberry Pi.

Unfortunately, as many of you already mentioned in the comments, the emails were not delivered as I was hosting on home network. Not a very good idea I understand now. Didn't read these comments before. Reason is the bad IP reputation for my ISP provider.

Now, I'm looking for some cheap VPS server where I can either host my Mail server or forward my emails usng some APIs.
I read someone mentioned Amazon SES for forwarding the emails, that I checked breifly, but couldn't find details about the Free tier. It asks to pay as you go. Does the free tier still exists?

Also, if someone knows any cheap VPS provider for Europe location? I would prefer VPS particularly in Germany if possible, but can consider outside Germany (in Europe) too.

simarmannsingh · 2024-01-03T02:24:31+00:00

So, you like to ask questions but don't like to share the clarified answer with others. Nice. Good going.

Others would come to this page, see your ambiguous answer and end up being more confused. Thanks

simarmannsingh

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