blog.calder.dev

This is the first entry in a new blog I'm hosting with writefreely. I'm currently running it in a lxd container on my homelab, though I'm interested in packaging it as a snap. Doing so would make it easy to install on Linux without the need to manual unpack the release tarball, with automatic updates, and with security sandboxing without the complexity/overhead of running in a container or VM.

I plan to write up my experience in creating the snap here on blog.calder.dev, and I'll switch over to using the snap instead of a manual install.

After that, I have some fun things in the works...

Plans (in no particular order):

• Write up a complete guide for setting up Nextcloud on a home server, from blank hardware to full configuration, reverse proxy, DNS/network settings, and SSL certs
• Migrate my home server to use ZFS for bulk data storage, and figure out whether ZFS storage pools for snap data or running everything through lxd is more convenient (and write it up, of course)
• Set up a high-availability MicroCloud cluster on the trio of Dell Wyse 5070 thin clients I just bought for cheap, and migrate this blog and some other services to them to run (and write up the process here)
• Finish the MVP for a Rust project I've been working on for my homelab (and maybe yours, too) and write about it here

So stay tuned, I hope to have more for you soon!