I was using webmin, but since my last server died and I’m making a new one, I decided I’d look into something different, personally I liked webmin but didn’t use most of its functionality and felt a little clunky for my basic use. I’ve also testran casaos but felt weirdly limited and couldn’t smoothly migrate docker containers to interact with its interface.

I can do with just the terminal, but it’s nice having a gui that I can glance at my phone and quickly do stuff like update and reboot.

I personally haven’t seen or found much conversation into the topic so I figured I’d ask and see what you peeps use and why.

  • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenEnglish
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    8 days ago
    • Proxmox GUI for restarting hosts or vms
    • Komodo for restarting containers
    • Forgejo for configuring and updating containers (deployed by komodo)
    • Ansible for OS updates
    • Prometheus + Grafana for monitoring

    Those for basic stuff, ssh for everything else.

    • melfie@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I run k3s and use Argo CD at work, but it always seemed overkill for my home server. I also would want to use self-hosted Forgejo instead of an external service, but I don’t care to spend time on a setup that bootstraps Forgejo, PostgreSQL and Argo CD, then has all of the above managed by Argo CD.

      • synae[he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        7 days ago

        Forgejo, I can’t help ya with that one

        Even though me and another guy set up Argo at work, I wasn’t gonna do it all over again - I pretty much just copied our manifests from work, swapped out the secrets and github urls, and was on the path to success. And the benefits cannot be understated

    • Fierro@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Whatever you interpret that as since my main goal here is to seed conversation, but the thing that I was thinking of when asking was a web gui with some live stats, doing some simple maintenance stuff, maybe manage or glance at docker/podman status and other services, etc.

      Since I’ve seen some conversations about documenting setups so they can be picked up and troubleshot by someone else unfamiliar with the setup like a family member, I expected it would be common to lower the friction for basic maintenance but seeing the amount of ssh comments makes me think otherwise, maybe more people use their servers exclusively for personal entertainment than I expected.

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        8 days ago

        more people use their servers exclusively for personal entertainment than I expected.

        Uh-huh, think of it like jigsaw puzzles…

        That said, I prioritize ease of maintenance and simplicity, still wouldn’t expect my family to pick it up in any reasonable amount of time, nor have the motivation, more’s the pity.

        I’ve moved to podman (quadlet) containers mostly, easy to read and edit, secure (mostly userspace), systemctl integration, autoupdate. I’ve done my distrohopping, fedora (in my case bazzite immutable) isn’t going anywhere, does everything I need. I run fairly lean, but have a bunch of stuff that can be spun up at a whim that I don’t use daily. It’s entertaining without being a burden, and useful stuff just happens.

        Honestly, ssh and btop cover most of my monitoring needs, serious stuff gets a notify-send to my laptop. I’ve tried the web gui stuff and I don’t look at it enough to justify it, I’m not a sysad monitoring hundreds of computers, it’s just a hobby.

  • lietuva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Ssh, dockhand, beszel. They have nice GUI and setting up notification providers is easy. I am using ntfy, so if my CPU is peaking at 90% for a while, or I if any of the containers become unhealthy I get notification to my phone.

  • Saiwal@utsukta.org
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    8 days ago

    @Fierro the terminal? i try to keep overhead to a minimum, its simpler to just learn the commands and use the terminal, can use it from my phone remotely, ssh is pretty secure and using other tools that act as middle-ware just adds to the attack surface.

  • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’m running OMV with the Docker Compose plugin and I just SSH in for everything else. I run this stack both at home and work. It’s a good middle ground for me of stability and customizability.

  • Egonallanon@feddit.ukEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Opentofu for all the looking after the config on my proxmox boxes and networking gear. Ansible for everything else.

    I don’t currently have any monitoring set up but it’s in the to do list when I feel like it.

    • motruck@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Check out gatus. Super easy to get up and running depending on what type of monitoring you want to do.