Cloudflare Email Routing via API: A Working hello@ Address in Minutes
Set up a forwarding hello@ address with the Cloudflare Email Routing API: destinations, enabling the zone, a literal rule, DNS checks, and error 2007.
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Self-Hosting & Infra
Servers, routers, backups and tunnels we set up ourselves, written up step by step.
Debian 13 unattended install: a preseeded netinst ISO for a Dell R730
Remaster the Debian 13 netinst ISO with xorriso so it installs unattended (partitions, user, SSH keys, packages), then test it in QEMU and write it to USB on macOS.
Swapping Ghost for a Static Astro Site Behind a Cloudflare Tunnel
How we replaced a Ghost blog with a static Astro site on the same tunnel without touching its config: a Docker network alias, 410s for old URLs, and two nginx traps.
Google Drive as a NAS Backup Target: The 750 GB/day Wall and rclone
Why we dropped Google Drive as offsite target for a 5.8 TB NAS backup: shared-client throttling, the 750 GB daily cap, and an rclone flag that quit early.
Replacing an Omada ER7206 with a MikroTik RB5009: our migration script
How we moved a home network from a controller-managed TP-Link ER7206 to a MikroTik RB5009 on RouterOS 7, including the import script and what went wrong.
RAID6 on a PERC H730P: 6×4TB backup server layout and tuning
Why we chose RAID6 for a 6-disk backup server on a Dell PERC H730P, how we built the virtual disk in F2 HII, LVM + XFS for /data, and the tuning and SMART checks.
RouterOS 7 DMZ: isolate one server, allow exactly one LAN host
Put a single server on its own RouterOS port and subnet, let it reach the internet and one NAS, block the rest of the LAN, and verify it, with the rules we ran.
rsync a Synology NAS to a Linux Server: Pulling 5.8 TB over SSH
Pulling every share off a Synology NAS onto a Debian server with rsync over SSH: the script, tmux, logs, exit codes 23/24 and the DSM switch that blocks it.