Docker
Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring with Uptime Kuma
Run Uptime Kuma in Docker for uptime monitoring — HTTP/TCP/ping checks, Telegram and Discord alerts, a public status page, and a reverse proxy with TLS.
Docker
Docker in practice: installs, compose stacks, reverse proxies, monitoring and what breaks when panels and firewalls interfere.
Security
Headscale — Self-Hosted Tailscale Control Plane on Ubuntu
Run your own Tailscale control plane with Headscale. Docker compose setup, preauth keys, MagicDNS, point clients with --login-server. No vendor lock-in.
Gameserver
Pelican Panel — the Pterodactyl Successor I Switched To
Pterodactyl is in maintenance mode. Pelican Panel is the fork that's actually moving. Install on Ubuntu 24.04 + first gameserver in 20 min.
Linux
Installing Docker on Ubuntu the Right Way (Not the Snap Version)
Install Docker Engine + the compose plugin from Docker's official apt repo on Ubuntu/Debian, ditch the snap, and fix log growth and the UFW bypass.