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Cloud storage for encrypted backups recommendations
  • Restic + rclone [1] is a good combination. Supports encryption, versioning, dedupe, snapshots etc. When I looked into offsite backups a couple years ago I was originally focused on the cost for storage but then realized data transfer costs can add up too.

    After doing evals on S3, Wasabi, Backblaze and Hetzner with Restic I ended up going with Google Drive. Flat annual price and no data transfer fees. Since Restic does all encryption locally I'm not worried about what the Big G can see.

    1. https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/030_preparing_a_new_repo.html#other-services
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    Do you configure your servarr docker containers from one docker-compose file, or individual ones?
  • Single hand-crafted artisan organic GMO-free compose file for services that egress through regional VPNs and are exposed internally through Tailscale; *arr, transmisson, piped, etc.

    Plex, iSponsorBlock, ArchiveBox have their own compose files since I keep them close to upstream. This way when the inevitable breaks they're easier to troubleshoot.

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    Anyone self-hosting Invidious for personal use and has experienced his IP banned?
  • I self-host Piped and Invidious in containers with networking plumbed to glueton[1] on a VPN.

    This way all traffic going to youtube from piped/invidious comes from the VPN, and can easily switch regions/providers if there's service degradation. Also mixes traffic with other VPN users to lower fingerprinting.

    This patterns works well with almost any self-hosted service.

    1. https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun
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    Users of PiHole/AdGuard/Blocky, what blocklists are you using?
  • I've had good luck with iSponsorBlockTV [1] for skipping/muting ads on our LG TV Youtube app and has Samsung Tizen on their supported list.

    For my iPhone I do a combination of self-hosted Piped [2] exposed through Tailscale [3] with Yattee [4]. Both Piped and Yattee work with Sponsorblock and can be customized to see 0 ads.

    Tailscale is useful since your phone/ipad/piped are on the same Tailnet regardless of location and you can stream from anywhere there's an Internet connection.

    You can also swap out components; eg Invidious instead of Piped or your own Wireguard setup instead of Tailscale.

    1. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
    2. https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
    3. https://tailscale.com/
    4. https://github.com/yattee/yattee
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