web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Self-Hosted - Episodes Tagged with “Opnsense” https://selfhosted.show/tags/opnsense Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:00:00 -0800 Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones. A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself. en-us episodic A chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you on the journey of their new ones. Jupiter Broadcasting Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones. A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself. no Self-Hosting, DIY, Linux, open source, encryption, privacy, on premise, hybrid cloud, Reverse Proxy, Dynamic DNS, HomeAssistant, hass.io, Raspberry Pi, Let’s Encrypt, Free Software, Jupiter Broadcasting, NextCloud, ngnix, Wyze, Alexa, HomeKit, remote control, ssh Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com 144: Silence of the RAMs https://selfhosted.show/144 7a825949-9d2b-488f-8476-f1c9c557d06d Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Alex’s server meets a tragic end—but its replacement is shaping up to be a beast. Meanwhile, Chris experiments with budget CO₂ detectors, sirens, and smart integrations. Plus some surprises! 52:21 no Alex’s server meets a tragic end—but its replacement is shaping up to be a beast. Meanwhile, Chris experiments with budget CO₂ detectors, sirens, and smart integrations. Plus some surprises! Self-Hosting Podcast, Jupiter Broadcasting, Server Failure, Threadripper, EPYC, Tailscale, Z-Wave, Home Assistant, Alarmo, Smart Home, Apollo Automation, OpnSense, Ubiquiti, Exo, Pushover, Prusa, 3D Printing Alex’s server meets a tragic end—but its replacement is shaping up to be a beast. Meanwhile, Chris experiments with budget CO₂ detectors, sirens, and smart integrations. Plus some surprises!

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]]> 113: State of the Homelabs 2023 https://selfhosted.show/113 530c5db7-5a7c-4d71-94f2-f6ae50dca3d5 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs. 1:27:26 no We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Self-Hosting Podcast, Jupiter Broadcasting, grafana, prometheus, influx, monitoring, healthchecks.io, smokeping, BorgBackup, Relationship, Docker, ansible, Proxmox, Ubu 22.04, Nextcloud, InvoiceNinja, paperless-ngx, opnsense, Unifi, 10gig, Blue Iris, PoE cams, Pihole, dnsmasq, Ansible, VPN, Tailscale, Jellyfin, Plexamp, Traefik, Caddy, ZFS, XFS, mergerfs, Snapraid, Home Assistant, Zigbee, TubesZB, 3d printer, Octoprint, Todoist, Proxmox, Ubu 22.04, Nix, MacOS, framework, traefik, caddy, Docker, Jellyfin, Plex, Jellyfin, Obsidian, FreshRSS, Wallabag, Todoist, Duplicati, Storj, Google Drive, NextCloud, NixOS, Plex, Jellyfin, OMBI, Obsidian, ESP32s, PlexJelly-watched, Music assistant, Emby We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs.

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]]> 111: pfSense Makes no Sense https://selfhosted.show/111 3e2f0486-717f-49b2-8649-9a3f6acaa186 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more. 1:09:53 no We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more. Special Guest: Wolfgang. Self-Hosting Podcast, Jupiter Broadcasting, esp8266, servo motors, control, esphome, interlock, YouTube, tech, Linux, computers, low power servers, hardware transcoding, intel arc, media server, budget, disks, Asrockrack, BMC, IPMI, Netgate, OPNsense, BSD, Wireguard, Scott Long, AES-NI, licensing, pfSense, Plex, Jellyfin, ESP32, wESP32, PoE, ESP32-S3-BOX-3, AI, voice-assistant, touch screen, guest network, IoT devices, Chromecast, VLANs, Immich, git-annex, Jovian-NixOS We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more.

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]]> 92: Rip it all Out https://selfhosted.show/92 69055078-8d99-4808-bb51-5669d9bb1118 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 03:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal. 58:38 no Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal. Special Guest: Brent Gervais. Self-Hosting Podcast, Jupiter Broadcasting, LinuxFest Northwest 2023, server relocation, 10GB network upgrade, Tailscale, SFF homelab PCs, multi-site DNS tricks, Home Assistant CVE, CVE-2023-27482, Bellingham Technical College, attic time, fiber strands, PiKVM, OPNsense, Lenovo m720q, split DNS setup, remotely exploitable vulnerability, lightning node, cable analyzer Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal.

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]]> 46: Pastebin Alternative https://selfhosted.show/46 079a8b24-56a8-407c-9cad-e8d1ccc2f254 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We'll share how we deployed a painless, Self-Hosted Pastebin replacement, and what we like the most about it. 42:06 no We'll share how we deployed a painless, Self-Hosted Pastebin replacement, and what we like the most about it. Plus Chris enters the "No Change Zone" with a Project Off-Grid Update. Off-Grid server, self-hosted pastebin alternative, easy self-hosted pastebin, Solar power, Peplink, Victron, OPNsense, Ansible, exbin, Docker, yaml, Loops, comparing arrays, greyhole, FolderSync, Perfect Media Server, Self-Hosting Podcast, Jupiter Broadcasting We'll share how we deployed a painless, Self-Hosted Pastebin replacement, and what we like the most about it.

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  • Alex's Loop Buster
  • Exbin: A pastebin clone written in Elixir/Phoenix. — Post pastes publicly and privatley List of all public pastes Use nc to pipe text and get the URL. (e.g., cat file.txt | nc exbin.call-cc.be 9999) "Raw View" where text is presented as is, ideally to share code for copy and pasting. Syntax highlighted view. "Reader View" where text is presented in a more readable manner. Better suited to share prose text.
  • ExBin Demo
  • awesome-selfhosted — A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
  • Greyhole — An application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives, and allows you to create redundant copies of the files you store, in order to prevent data loss when part of your hardware fails.
  • Perfect Media Server
  • FolderSync
  • LINUX Unplugged 408: Linux Road Warrior — We’re joined by a special guest who’s built his very own Linux battle bus. We get the technical details on how Linux is at the core of this open road machine.
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  • Exbin: A pastebin clone written in Elixir/Phoenix. — Post pastes publicly and privatley List of all public pastes Use nc to pipe text and get the URL. (e.g., cat file.txt | nc exbin.call-cc.be 9999) "Raw View" where text is presented as is, ideally to share code for copy and pasting. Syntax highlighted view. "Reader View" where text is presented in a more readable manner. Better suited to share prose text.
  • ExBin Demo
  • awesome-selfhosted — A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
  • Greyhole — An application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives, and allows you to create redundant copies of the files you store, in order to prevent data loss when part of your hardware fails.
  • Perfect Media Server
  • FolderSync
  • LINUX Unplugged 408: Linux Road Warrior — We’re joined by a special guest who’s built his very own Linux battle bus. We get the technical details on how Linux is at the core of this open road machine.
]]> 38: Crouching Pi, Hidden Server https://selfhosted.show/38 2d8e35bc-0ff0-431c-ad9b-2a67ee7720fa Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:30:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks. 41:08 no Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks. Plus what's wrong with OPNsense's Wireguard setup? Self-Hosting podcast, Self-Hosted, Home Assistant, Filerun, Termpad, Tinypin, Opnsense, wireguard, Home Assistant on the Raspberry Pi, iGPU passthrough, Plex GPU, Google Drive Backup, Snapshots, Duplicati, config backup, quicksync, odroid n2 Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks.

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  • VZW TTL Trick Alex Found on Reddit — By default, Android and iOS (probably) have IP TTL's of 64. The ISPs can use this knowledge to decide whether or not a packet originated from the Android device or if it was only routed through the Android device. For example, Linux distributions typically have a default TTL of 64.
  • FileRun - File Manager — Just like you do with an FTP server, point FileRun to where you keep the files on your server and you will get instant web access to them.
  • termpad — Just an empty terminal, in your browser.
  • Tinypin — A self-hosted, minimalistic image collection board.
  • OPNsense 21.1 Released — For those wondering, the WireGuard plugin has been available since 2019 and receives continuous improvements by its maintainer and various users alike.  And that is unlikey to change in the future. 
  • Setting up linuxserver/wireguard — Putting your docker stack behind a VPN.
  • linuxserver.io: WireGuard — Docker container to run WireGuard.
  • Passthrough Intel iGPU with GVT-g to a VM and use Quick Sync with Plex in docker on Proxmox — Passing through an entire GPU is very useful for specific tasks but isn't a very efficient use of resources. Wouldn't it be nice if we could slice up 1 GPU and use it with multiple VMs at once?
  • Hassio-google-drive-backup — A complete and easy way to back up your Home Assistant snapshots to Google Drive.
  • Duplicati — Backup files and folders with strong AES-256 encryption. Save space with incremental backups and data deduplication. Run backups on any machine through the web-based interface or via command line interface. Duplicati has a built-in scheduler and auto-updater.
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  • VZW TTL Trick Alex Found on Reddit — By default, Android and iOS (probably) have IP TTL's of 64. The ISPs can use this knowledge to decide whether or not a packet originated from the Android device or if it was only routed through the Android device. For example, Linux distributions typically have a default TTL of 64.
  • FileRun - File Manager — Just like you do with an FTP server, point FileRun to where you keep the files on your server and you will get instant web access to them.
  • termpad — Just an empty terminal, in your browser.
  • Tinypin — A self-hosted, minimalistic image collection board.
  • OPNsense 21.1 Released — For those wondering, the WireGuard plugin has been available since 2019 and receives continuous improvements by its maintainer and various users alike.  And that is unlikey to change in the future. 
  • Setting up linuxserver/wireguard — Putting your docker stack behind a VPN.
  • linuxserver.io: WireGuard — Docker container to run WireGuard.
  • Passthrough Intel iGPU with GVT-g to a VM and use Quick Sync with Plex in docker on Proxmox — Passing through an entire GPU is very useful for specific tasks but isn't a very efficient use of resources. Wouldn't it be nice if we could slice up 1 GPU and use it with multiple VMs at once?
  • Hassio-google-drive-backup — A complete and easy way to back up your Home Assistant snapshots to Google Drive.
  • Duplicati — Backup files and folders with strong AES-256 encryption. Save space with incremental backups and data deduplication. Run backups on any machine through the web-based interface or via command line interface. Duplicati has a built-in scheduler and auto-updater.
]]> 24: OPNsense Makes Sense https://selfhosted.show/24 c9d1545f-6344-42ff-baf7-5d809ac721b8 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:00:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Chris figures out how hot is too hot, Alex performs an extreme remote firewall install, and we share some of our favorite SSH tricks. 37:49 no Chris figures out how hot is too hot, Alex performs an extreme remote firewall install, and we share some of our favorite SSH tricks. opnsense, linux, self-hosting, self-hosted, self hosted, ssh, proxyjump, raspberry pi, whole home power monitoring, power monitoring, wireguard, vpn, pull request, github, open source, open-source, nextcloud, pfsense, zwave, plex, kodi, shinobi, texas Chris figures out how hot is too hot, Alex performs an extreme remote firewall install, and we share some of our favorite SSH tricks.

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]]> 17: Where Do I Start? https://selfhosted.show/17 cdf08989-30c0-46e1-85e5-a3745e66a184 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:15:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting We share some of our top tips for getting started with Self-Hosting and cover some more network basics. 40:46 no Knowing which hardware to buy or which apps to run on that shiny new hardware can be hard. Chris and Alex discuss networking gear and where to find some of the best getting started documentation on the net. Plex have been busy and launched two new apps, we cover that and more in this episode of Self-Hosted. a cloud guru, containers, discord, docker, firewall, healthchecks, home automation, home networking basics, jupiter broadcasting, let's encrypt, linux academy, linuxserver, low power build, lutron, managed switch, networking, opnsense, pfsense, plex, plexamp, plex dash, self-hosted, self-hosted discord, smart home, switch, unmanaged switch Knowing which hardware to buy or which apps to run on that shiny new hardware can be hard. Chris and Alex discuss networking gear and where to find some of the best getting started documentation on the net.

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Plex have been busy and launched two new apps, we cover that and more in this episode of Self-Hosted.

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