Tailscale

During my last homelabbing session, I ran into a problem that initially felt annoying but eventually turned into a surprisingly elegant solution—one worth sharing. The Problem I run a private server in my apartment hosting various homelab services. By design, this server is not directly accessible from the public internet. I want to keep my internal services private and under my control. For remote access while traveling, I rely on Tailscale. This allows me to securely access services like paperless-ngx from my phone or laptop without exposing anything publicly. So far, this setup has worked flawlessly. ...

Info The VPS is working great, but the project is still ongoing. The applications running on that server change over time. Introduction Self-hosting has become an excellent way to gain hands-on experience with server administration, DevOps tooling, and modern deployment platforms. My goal was to provision a virtual private server (VPS), secure it properly, and use it as a small but flexible platform for deploying backend components that support my app development workflow. ...