Posts on Laborratte5's Blog

Linux Iso Seeder

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:20:51 +0100

This post is the translation of Linux Iso Seeder.

Linux Iso Seeder

About three months ago, Archlinux had to endure a DDoS attack. As stated in the announcement, the download page was also affected. This video by Brodie Robertson gave me the idea for a tool that automatically downloads and seeds torrents of Linux ISOs. Ideally, I could install this tool on my server and thus make a permanent contribution to reducing the load on the Archlinux servers.

New server hardware

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100

This post is the translation of Neue Server Hardware.

In this post I document the building process of my new server.

Introduction

First, let’s address the question of why I am building a new server in the first place. The available storage space on my previous server was decreasing more and more. The simple solution, I thought, was to purchase two new hard drives with higher capacity, which I would then connect to the server using a RAID1 configuration. Something in the back of my mind told me that I had forgotten something. I had already thought about buying new hard drives, but I had recognized some kind of problem at the time, which is why I had postponed the task for the time being. However, since I couldn’t remember exactly what the problem was, I ordered two more hard drives to solve the storage space problem.

Why I love self-hosting

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0100

This post is the translation of Warum ich selfhosting liebe.

Introduction

In addition to this blog, a Forgejo Instance and a Mastodon Instance I also host several other services. In this blog post I want to show why I love to host these services myself and why I want to convince other people to host different services for themselves and for friends and family.

My services

In addition to the services already mentioned above, I also host a Mumble Server, a Nextcloud, a Matrix Server, various Matrix Bridges and a Restic REST Server.