Alright, we’ve set up our Raspberry Pi with Docker, Portainer, Nginx reverse proxy, and even a WordPress site — not bad for a glorified creditcard-sized computer. Now it’s time to level up your home network privacy game:Enter Pi-hole — your personal DNS sinkhole that nukes ads, trackers, and analytics right at the network level. Yup.…
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There comes a point in every Pi-powered home lab where things get just serious enough that you want more than just random bridge networking. Like… wouldn’t it be nice if one of your Docker containers had its own IP on your local network? So it shows up just like any other device — super handy…
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Now that Nginx is up and running — complete with Let’s Encrypt for auto-magical HTTPS — it’s time to add something fun behind it:my own WordPress site. I figured, why not host my own little corner of the web? It’s easy with Docker, and honestly… if you’ve come this far, you’re practically a dev already…
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So here’s the deal — I’ve been playing around with my Raspberry Pi 4 a lot lately. What started as a small hobby project quickly turned into a mini-server project I’m genuinely proud of. I wanted to host my own personal websites and get Home Assistant running, all behind a proper reverse proxy with HTTPS…
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I’m a huge Ubuntu fan, so naturally, that’s the first thing we installed on the Pi. 🐧 Next up: Docker and Docker Compose — essentials for spinning up containers without losing your sanity.I followed this guide to get everything up and running smoothly:👉 How to install and use Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24.04 To manage…
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This is me — stumbling through trial and error to get a Raspberry Pi to run my home (and probably a bunch of other stuff I’ll regret later 😅). Should be fun. 😉 With a bit of AI support, we might just pull it off.Unless the AI decides to hallucinate again… then we’re back to…
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