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2020 Aug 24
2020 Aug 24
Setting up a Matrix chat server
Last time I started writing this post, I ended up explaining how federated services work in general, and what Matrix can do in particular. This post will describe how to set up a homeserver of your own and join the Matrix chat network. (Update: The third part, Setting up Bridges, is here.) Initial considerationsI will be using the reference server implementation, Synapse. It offers two options for data storage: Postgres or SQLite. Since I only plan to use it myself, and even then I'm not sure whether I'll actually end up using it much (any chat platform is only useful...
tech
matrix
self-hosted
2020 Jul 31
2020 Jul 31
Privacy, data ownership, federation, and the Matrix chat network
Matrix is a federated chat network. If you already know what it means, feel free to skip ahead a bit. Otherwise, here's the (very terse)[1] gist of it: The gist of it There are a number of issues with chat apps. Let's disregard those of accessibility or usability - there are plenty of tools with great user experiences, so everyone can find something just right. Let's just focus on two common issues: privacy and ownership. Privacy - and I also include security in this, since you can hardly have privacy if your communication lines aren't secure[2] - determines...
tech
matrix
overview
2019 Jul 12
2019 Jul 12
Trying out Passbolt (with Docker)
A step-by-step guide for getting from a clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to a running Passbolt instance with a simplistic Docker setup....
how-to
security
self-hosted
2019 Jan 02
2019 Jan 02
Running Huginn with Docker
Last time I've written about using Huginn. I have never actually used Docker before, but I've decided to give it a go. I'm hosting various pieces of software on my server, which run on anything from Go to PHP. And given my few, but all the more unpleasant experiences with Ruby, I'd decided that I'd rather move most of my software to Docker than try to install yet another stack on my server. So yeah, you could say this XKCD strip summarizes my intentions with Docker perfectly. The setupThe setup itself wasn't difficult. Huginn even lets you try it out...
how-to
huginn
docker
2018 Dec 27
2018 Dec 27
Playing with Huginn: "Your agents are standing by!"
"Huginn is a system for building agents and performing automated tasks online." Here's how I found it, made a personal newsletter (and some other stuff) with it. Next time: Docker setup....
huginn
docker
self-hosted
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