Docker for Beginners: Containers, Images, Volumes, Compose
If you’re new to Docker, it can feel like “magic”: you run a single command and suddenly an app works on your machine without installing a bunch of…
Self-Hosted Bitwarden Password Manager on Docker: OpenMediaVault + Nginx Proxy Manager (Install, Update, Backup)
⚠️ Update: After a recent Bitwarden Lite image update, I ran into critical bugs that make the container unusable. The internal nginx proxy fails to resolve localhost inside…
Access IT-Tools and Dozzle in my LAN without ports
I run a small homelab where a couple of “developer quality-of-life” services run on a NAS: Both services were reachable via raw IP + port (e.g., http://<NAS_IP>:<PORT>). That…
Self-Hosting IT-Tools in Docker on OpenMediaVault (OMV): A Practical Setup Guide
If you’re a developer who lives in terminals, logs, and quick copy-paste utilities, Self-Hosting IT-Tools in Docker is the kind of “small thing” that ends up saving you…
Dozzle in Docker: Install, Secure, and Troubleshoot
What is Dozzle? 🤔 Dozzle is a lightweight, web-based log viewer for Docker containers. Instead of running docker logs -f … in a terminal, you get a clean…
Reset qBittorrent WebUI Password in Docker (PBKDF2) — Grab the Temporary Password from Logs
If your qBittorrent WebUI login is locked out (or your IP got banned after too many attempts), the cleanest recovery path in a Docker setup is to remove…
Migrating Jellyfin and qBittorrent Between Two OpenMediaVault Servers (Without Breaking Anything)
Self‑hosting is amazing… right up until you realise you want to move multiple terabytes of media and torrents from one box to another without losing watch history, metadata,…
Self‑hosting Overpass API (US‑only) on Docker: a Journey with Bumps
Public Overpass API instances are great… until they’re not. Rate limits, timeouts, and the constant fear of being that person who DDoS’иs the public endpoint with one bad…
Custom Home Assistant Card for Your DIY TDS & Flow Meter
In the previous article, DIY a Smart Reverse Osmosis TDS & Flow Meter with ESPHome and ESP32‑C6, the hardware side of a smart RO monitor was built: TDS…
DIY a Smart Reverse Osmosis TDS & Flow Meter with ESPHome and ESP32‑C6
The author detailed a project to monitor a reverse osmosis (RO) system using salvaged probes from a commercial TDS monitor, integrated with an ESP32-C6 and ESPHome. This setup measures TDS levels, temperature, and water flow, enabling real-time insights and integration with Home Assistant for tracking and automating alerts related to water quality and consumption.