Posts on breadNET

Physical Document Archiving Using Paperless

Tue, 19 May 2026 23:29:34 +0100

How I scanned all my post since 2016, indexed it and made it searchable, using Kubernetes

Sqlite in Kubernetes Using Litestream

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:26:51 +0000

A non-miserable method to running apps that depend on SQLite in Kubernetes

Internal SMTP Relay in Kubernetes using Postfix

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:22:54 +0000

Running an internal mail relay to allow for easier email sending from apps

Intel GPU's on Talos

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:26:13 +0000

Install and use intel based iGPU’s on Talos

Kubernetes Native Oauth2-proxy

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:46:51 +0000

Deploying oauth2-proxy to secure internal apps with signed certificates, all within the native Kubernetes environment

Partner Approved Zerotrust

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:14:34 +0000

I thought my homelab apps were easy to use — until my partner flat-out refused to use them. After watching how a non-technical user actually interacts with login flows, I redesigned everything!

Homelab V2

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:41:33 +0000

breadNET Lab is getting built back better than ever, based on Talos. Some new apps are lined up to get deployed!

2024 Year in review

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:35:00 +0000

2024, great fun. Broke kubernetes many times, changed careers and big plans for 2025

What I'm running at the end of 2023

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 02:10:59 +0000

A quick recap on what I’m running at the end of 2023, and a look to the future of the self hosting lab

Kubernetes at home

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:42:44 +0000

Ever wondered what it’s like running kubernetes at home? This post tries to answer that

Kubernetes secrets using Google Secret Manager

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:08:26 +0000

How to get Google Secret manager secrets in to GKE? Look no further. We discuss options and implementing External Secrets Operator

Terraform state chicken and egg problem

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:40:00 +0000

Terraform is full of chicken and egg problems, let’s solve the state one

Dependabot for terraform and terraform modules

Sun, 16 Jul 2023 01:00:31 +0000

Looking at using Dependabot to manage your terraform modules and providers? I’ve got you covered

Google Artifact Registry Remote Repositories

Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:28:53 +0000

What is the Google Artifact Registry remote repo and how do I use it?

Docker it's over, moving to podman

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:58:13 +0000

Docker, we’re breaking up! Tips on moving to podman

Migrating to the cloud: The end

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:25:35 +0000

Final blog post about moving breadNET to the cloud

Using Google Artifact Registry with k3s

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:01:12 +0000

Authenticate K3S to Google Artifact Registry

Mount a GCS bucket to nginx

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:32:00 +0000

Mount a GCS Bucket to a pod in kubernetes

Terraform init on GitHub actions with private modules

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:17:52 +0000

How to use Terraform on GitHub Actions with SSH keys

Terraform init on codefresh with private modules

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:53:59 +0000

How to use Terraform on Codefresh with SSH keys

Free stuff to start your business with

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 23:13:11 +0000

A useful list of free products to get your business off the ground, and spend as little as you can on infrastructure

Fly.io is cool

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:52:23 +0000

Looking at an easier way to host static sites? Fly.io has you covered!

Your Spotify: 2022

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 16:17:48 +0000

Installing your_spotify in 2022 has never been easier.

Migrating off of Bookstack

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:14:48 +0000

Saying good bye to BookStack 👋 (for now)

How BeReal works

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Today we take a deep dive on how the BeReal app works, behind the Scenes

Grocy with zebra

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:57:48 +0000

Find out how I reduced food waste by using a zebra barcode scanner

Scamming back the scammers

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:38:00 +0000

Recently got a scammy text, but now their database will bleed

Resolving the 'sts:GetCallerIdentity' error

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:17:24 +0000

Using Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage as a back end for Terraform

Cloud-init, OVH and terraform

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 23:24:15 +0000

I’ll be honest, this one was a struggle but we did it!

Showcasing your knowledge

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 01:01:31 +0000

Scratching your head isn’t the best way to show recruiters what you know… Portfolios are

ZeroTrust and you

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:34:52 +0000

What is zerotrust, and how does one trust.. zero?

Why I chose to migrate my mail server

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 01:19:18 +0000

Is it worth self hosting email?

Decrease EBS volume (AWS)

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:17:05 +0000

Need to shrink an EBS volume? Well, it’s not that simple.

How I manage my DNS

Mon, 24 May 2021 19:57:00 +0000

What’s the best way to over engineer DNS record management? CI/CD - let me tell you

Self hosters guide to the cloud

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Think ’the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy’ but for the cloud, and for those of us who self host

What's behind breadNET

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 03:15:01 +0000

Let’s take a peak behind the scenes at breadNET and see what it takes to keep this well(ish) oiled machine chugging

Moving to the cloud: Infrastructure

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 04:26:20 +0000

Part 2 of moving to the cloud - Let’s talk about IaC

Moving to the cloud: Intro

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:52:13 +0000

How did I move all my servers to the cloud? Well - Ansible, automation and CI/CD!

Moving to LDAP

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:43:34 +0000

Sounds easy, but how easy was it?

Terraform with OVH

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 16:38:30 +0000

Having issues terraforming OVH and Openstack? Well, I think I solved it for you.

Self hosted analytics

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:19:00 +0000

The worst part about self hosting stuff is not having that seamless transition between applications built by google, microsoft and others, to being able to control the data your self.

My biggest annoyance was being able to see how many hits my page got, where people came to my site from, as well as what people were searching for. This allows me to know what people like (for example most people came to my site to see me use s3 with jellyfin and nginx reverse proxy) so I can write more posts for them

SSH Client setup using keys

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 04:49:19 +0000

Wanted to boost your security using ssh? Why not use keypairs!

Cloud-init that works

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:29:58 +0000

Want to speed up the deployment of Linux servers on your Xen based server? Well I finally figured it out!

How to manage remote servers using Zerotier

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:07:38 +0000

(it’s hard to find photos for an article like this)

Currently, I use zerotier to manage cloud servers in Amsterdam, the UK as well as in the USA. Despite the huge distance there is surprisingly mininal latency. In this article, we will look in to how to use it to manage remote servers via ssh, what firewall rules you should setup to prevent people from trying to login.

Once you’ve got your head around connecting a machine to zerotier, as well as how to setup seure ssh, we can look more towards the firewall rules. How ever, instead of telling you to go read something I will explain some basics here just to make life easier.

Introduction to home-labbing

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:27:33 +0000

A quick intro on a home lab and the minimum to set one up

A beginners guide to SSH

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:00:17 +0000

Sweet, you just got a linux server running on <insert cloud provider > but now you need to actually do something on it.

You tried to use the web console but now you need to paste something in… It doesn’t work? Shit. Luckily SSH was designed to allow for Secure SHell access to a server. (Hence SSH)

We will look in to the basics of how to connect, using keys, config files and going passwordless!

Getting started with Zerotier

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:54:45 +0000

Let’s look at how we can use zerotier to bridge the gaps between us and a remote server to connect using private IP’s and not mess about with firewalls

Nginx and Lets encrypt, a story of reverse proxying

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:38:24 +0000

How to configure NGINX as a reverse proxy server

How to install kanboard

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:21:43 +0000

How to install kanboard on Ubuntu with Nginx

HTML 5 Speed test server

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:56:43 +0000

How to install a HTML5 based speedtest server for your network, family and friends!

Jellyfin with s3 backend

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 22:10:19 +0000

Wanted to run a media server on a server but don’t have the storage? Here’s the solution

Stuff I find cool

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:10:00 +0000

Things I find cool

Installing your_spotify

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:40:39 +0000

Your_spotify is a web application running on docker showing you stats about your account in the past 24 hours as well as current.

What I'm running

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:35:25 +0000

Finally, the question you never had about my stuff has been answered