· Alexander · Homelab
Meet Tracearr: The Ultimate Monitoring Platform for Media Servers - Part 1
An overview of Tracearr, a modern open-source monitoring platform for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby servers.
Alex's Blog
Welcome to my blog! I'm Alex, and this is where I ramble about my homelab and the tech I tinker with when I'm not doing DevOps for a living. Expect deep dives on self-hosting, Docker, Caddy, monitoring stacks, CI/CD pipelines, and whatever new project breaks my lab this week. If you're into homelabbing, self-hosted software, or just want to see how someone else's set up is held together with YAML and probably duct tape, you're in the right place.
P.S. I don't run ads so check out the About page if you want to support the blog. Thanks for stopping by!- · Alexander · Interviews
Meet Tracearr: Interview with the Developer - Part 2
We sit down with Connor Gallopo, the creator of Tracearr, to discuss the inspiration, challenges, and future of unified media server monitoring.
· Alexander · HomelabMy Journey to Immich - Self-Hosted Photo Management
How I transitioned from Google Photos to Immich for self-hosted photo management.
· Alexander · CaddyUsing Caddy's layer 4 module to serve HTTPS and SSH on port 443 for Forgejo
Learn how I deployed Caddy with Layer 4 routing to serve Forgejo HTTPS and SSH access on port 443.
· Alexander · HomelabHow I Manage My Media Server From My Phone with nzb360
How I manage my media server from my phone with nzb360. A powerful app for Android that supports Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, and more.
· Alexander · HomelabRebuilding My Home Lab
Rebuilding my homelab 'cluster' into a proper 'cluster'.
· Alexander · DevelopmentRebuilding The Alex's Guardian Website in Astro
A quick synopsis of how I rebuilt my business site in Astro
· Alexander · HomelabUpgrading Forgejo with S3 Object Storage and Actions!
Migrating my Forgejo server to s3 object storage and adding action runners for workflows!
· Alexander · GitHubUsing Linode CLI to Update Cloud Firewall Rules in GitHub Actions
Updating Linode Cloud Firewall rules during workflow runs in GitHub Actions
· Alexander · UpdatesUpdate to My Caddy Image
Project status update for alexandzors/caddy
- · Alexander · Caddy
Alex's Guide to Caddy [Part 1]
Deploying Caddy with Cloudflare Tunnel, in Docker, to serve your local services. [Part 1]
· Alexander · HomelabIntegrating pgAdmin with Authelia
Integrating Authelia OIDC (oAuth) with pgAdmin for that sweet, sweet, SSO.
· Alexander · HomelabHomelab Notifications with ntfy
I've decided to migrate away from Discord for notifications by using a self hosted NTFY.sh instance
- · Alexander · Updates
Status Update -- I Still Exist!
A quick I'm still alive update.
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· Alexander · GrafanaMonitoring Your Plex Media Server with Varken [Dev]
Using Varken to monitor your Plex Media Server and related services with Grafana and InfluxDB