Homelab Rebuild Part 8: Running My Own Certificate Authority
HTTPS on the internal network without browser warnings. With ACME, automatic renewal — and four faults that all sat on the return path.
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Homelab Rebuild Part 7: One SSID, and the Network Decides
802.1X with FreeRADIUS and dynamic VLAN assignment. Four dead ends, a config file that never gets read, and a device that should support it according to the release notes.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 6: Backups That Actually Work
Proxmox Backup Server on the NAS instead of the host it's meant to protect. Why that's the whole point — and why a backup only counts once you've restored it.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 5: The First VLAN
Telephony as the test case: a self-hosted phone system with two trunks, its own VLAN — and four failures that all looked the same and had entirely different causes.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 4: Somewhere for Services to Live
A used mini PC instead of containers on the NAS: why the virtualisation host gets its own box, and the rule I use to decide between VM and container.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 3: Sliding the Firewall In
How to put a firewall into a running network without it being down for days. With double NAT as a bridge, a MAC trap, and the day I reflashed the SD card twice.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 2: Hardware for the Firewall
10 Gbit, DPI, and what was left of that plan after I asked the forum. Why I ended up building an AM5 desktop instead.
Read more →Homelab Rebuild Part 1: Where I Started
One router, one network, everything in it. Why that stops being good enough — and why the fix is the same one companies use.
Read more →Matrix on trustserv, a Data-Friendly WhatsApp Alternative
How to register on my Matrix homeserver and get a client running.
Read more →Spam Abuse of the Mail Service
Someone registered several accounts and used them to send spam. Self-registration is closed.
Read more →Moving to Hugo!
trustserv has moved from WordPress to a static site generator. Say hello to Hugo!
Read more →Spam Filtering
I had to put a filter in place that scans incoming mail. Sorry — but there was a reason for it.
Read more →New SSL Certificates for Everyone!!11
Renewing my StartCom certificate turned into a bit of trouble with the mail service.
Read more →Happy New Year...
Welcome to trustserv — or: how I reinvented the wheel. :)
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