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dashboards that answer security questions.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMTsecuritymonitoringlinuxhomelabself-hostinghttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/self-hosted-email-postfix-dovecot/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/self-hosted-email-postfix-dovecot/Hosting your own email in 2026: the full stack, the DNS records that decide whether you land in an inbox, and the mistakes that get you blacklisted.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMTself-hostinglinuxemailsecuritydnshttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/self-hosted-push-notifications-ntfy/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/self-hosted-push-notifications-ntfy/Replacing a cloud push service with ntfy: the access model that keeps topics private, wiring it into Grafana and camera alerts, and the limits worth knowing.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMTself-hostinglinuxautomationmonitoringsecurityhttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/wifi-access-point-lxc-container/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/wifi-access-point-lxc-container/Passing a physical WiFi card into a Proxmox container to run hostapd, with dnsmasq for DHCP, network-level ad blocking, and per-client notifications.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMThomelablinuxnetworkinglxcvpnhttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/homelab-media-server-jellyfin/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/homelab-media-server-jellyfin/How I turned a spare 4TB drive and a Proxmox LXC container into a family media server with Jellyfin, replacing multiple streaming subscriptions with a single self-hosted solution.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMThomelabself-hostingproxmoxlxclinuxhttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/workitout-presentation/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/workitout-presentation/A comprehensive platform for gym goers to find training partners, log workouts, follow training programs, and build a fitness community.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMTworkitoutmobilecommunitysporthttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/crowdsec-daily-email-reports/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/crowdsec-daily-email-reports/Setting up an HTML email report of CrowdSec security alerts delivered to your inbox every morning with Postfix and Gmail SMTP relay.Sun, 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GMTsecuritylinuxmonitoringself-hostinghomelabhttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/nginx-reverse-proxy-self-hosted/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/nginx-reverse-proxy-self-hosted/How to use NGINX as a reverse proxy with automatic TLS certificates to expose multiple self-hosted services through a single entry point.Sat, 23 May 2026 22:00:00 GMTnetworkingnginxlinuxself-hostingsecurityhttps://tuxvador.fr/blog/isc-dhcp-proxmox-private-ips/https://tuxvador.fr/blog/isc-dhcp-proxmox-private-ips/A practical guide to running isc-dhcp-server in an LXC container for static and dynamic IP allocation across your Proxmox VE lab network.Fri, 22 May 2026 22:00:00 GMTproxmoxhomelabnetworkingdhcplxc