Who’s trying to keep selfhosting from anyone? Did I miss something?

When I was considering which device to get the Zima board was in the running for me. In the end I ruled it out because of outdated processor and only 2xNIC. They seem to have a v2 now that at least addresses the cpu “issue.” So if 1xWAN and 1xLAN is enough for you it might be something to consider.

Had to check - started with 8GB and figured I’d upgrade when the day comes where I need it. Since that hasn’t happened yet, in this economy I suppose it will stay as is. But no issues, sitting at 12% utilization.

I have one of those n100 mini pcs with 4x2.5G NICs. My ISP device does have bridge mode but I never enabled it. Being new to opnsense, the NAT rules gave me a headache but got it to work fine before long.

Downside to the device is no bios updates ever. Otherwise it’s perfect for me. Debian + incus + opnsense VM. Some additional Docker services in separate VMs. Fanless, so completely silent in the living room next to the modem. And plenty of power to spare. I’m not close to maxing out the cpu by any stretch.

Your point being that I am not currently using it? Or that I should be looking for alternatives since I am currently using it?

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Will try to see how it fits my setup when I get a chance, but I have been wanting to move away from Watchtower as it is no longer maintained. Good to know there is an alternative, and from what you describe I like your approach. Having to opt-out of updates in Watchtower never really sat right with me- Watchtower clutter is okay in compose files that actually want something to do with Watchtower…

Is this a replacement for Watchtower?

Airtable or nocodb might be suitable for this. Or Nextcloud Forms. But hard to advise since it’s not clear if your focus is on data entry or visualization.

I’m low key on the lookout for something like this as well, to gain independence from mail providers, and I’ve had a browser tab for Mail Archiver open for a few months now but never got around to trying it out. Maybe this would solve your problem?

This looks friendly. I gave up setting up Authelia after my last attempt, but I might give it another go with this when motivation hits me. Some documentation for Traefik integration would be nice.

I wasn’t advocating to get a J4125 in 2025, I was sharing my experience with it. I can’t confirm it choking with Jellyfin.

I’m doing everything you list and quite a bit more on a QNAP with a Celeron J4125. A fraction of the cpu performance you’ll have, yet very capable of all the tasks I ask of it. 16gb of memory is a good starting point I think.

What does your build come out at?

I was in a similar spot not too long ago, setting up a firewall and general network box. I was going to go with Proxmox but a fellow Lemmy guy strongly advocated for Incus on top of vanilla Debian. I was intrigued and ended up going for it. Learned a lot about networking with systemd (bridging, IP assignment and so on) for things I could have gotten for free in Proxmox (literally a few clicks), and had to fight Incus to work with a FreeBSD VM for Opnsense, but I love the setup now. Pure debian with a few Incus VMs and Docker inside of those as needed. So clean!