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All Serverküche tutorials in the Applications category – hands-on step-by-step self-hosting guides for your own server.

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linkding: Self-Host Your Bookmarks
Applications Intermediate

linkding: Self-Host Your Bookmarks

All your bookmarks in one place, across devices and without browser lock-in: linkding as a lean bookmark manager behind …

· 12 min read
Healthchecks: Monitor Cron Jobs & Backups (Dead Man's Switch)
Applications Intermediate

Healthchecks setup

Notices when a backup does NOT run: Healthchecks monitors cron jobs via a dead man's switch and alerts on failure – …

· 9 min read
Syncthing: Sync Files Between Devices – Without the Cloud
Applications Intermediate

Syncthing setup

Sync folders directly between your devices, encrypted and without a third-party cloud: Syncthing as peer-to-peer sync …

· 10 min read
FreshRSS: Your Own RSS Reader
Applications Intermediate

FreshRSS: Your Own RSS Reader

All your news sources in one place, no algorithm and no tracking: FreshRSS as a self-hosted RSS reader behind Traefik – …

· 8 min read
Homepage: The Dashboard for All Your Self-Hosted Services
Applications Intermediate

Homepage dashboard setup

A tidy start dashboard for your server: Homepage links every service, shows system load and the live Docker container …

· 8 min read
Host Your Own Website with Hugo – Like Serverküche Itself
Applications Intermediate

Host your website with Hugo

Build a static website with Hugo and serve it from a Docker container behind Traefik – fast, secure, no database. …

· 8 min read
Optimizing Immich: mobile backup, multilingual AI search & family setup (Part 2)
Applications Intermediate

Optimizing Immich (Part 2)

Immich part 2: make the mobile backup reliable, switch the AI search to your language, add existing photos as an …

· 11 min read
Email deliverability: SPF, DKIM, DMARC and PTR done right
Applications Advanced

Email deliverability

So your self-hosted mails land in the inbox instead of spam: reverse DNS, SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained, set up and …

· 14 min read
Stalwart: the lightweight mail server in a single container
Applications Intermediate

Stalwart mail server

Set up Stalwart Mail Server with Docker Compose: DNS records, setup wizard, first mailbox, spam filter and Sieve – SMTP, …

· 14 min read
ntfy: push notifications from your own server to your phone
Applications Intermediate

ntfy setup

Self-host ntfy with Docker & Traefik: push messages to your phone via a simple curl – ideal for backup reports, …

· 12 min read
Self-hosting Matomo cookieless: analytics without a consent banner
Applications Intermediate

Self-hosting Matomo

Set up Matomo 5.14 with Docker & Traefik: privacy-friendly web analytics with IP anonymization, entirely without Google …

· 15 min read
Forgejo: your own Git server behind Traefik
Applications Intermediate

Forgejo: your own Git server behind Traefik

Set up Forgejo with Docker & Traefik: your own Git server with HTTPS, repos via web UI, cloning over HTTPS and SSH – the …

· 11 min read
Self-hosting Jellyfin: your own media server behind Traefik
Applications Intermediate

Self-hosting Jellyfin

Set up Jellyfin with Docker behind Traefik: stream your movies, series and music – with HTTPS and the library on …

· 14 min read
Self-hosting Immich: your private photo backup behind Traefik
Applications Intermediate

Self-hosting Immich

Set up Immich with Docker behind Traefik: the self-hosted alternative to Google Photos – with automatic phone backup, …

· 12 min read
Self-hosting Paperless-ngx: the paperless office with OCR
Applications Intermediate

Self-hosting Paperless-ngx

Set up Paperless-ngx with Docker behind Traefik: archive documents searchably via OCR – with full-text search, tags and …

· 12 min read
Hardening & optimizing Nextcloud: clear every warning (part 2)
Applications Intermediate

Hardening Nextcloud (Part 2)

Get your Nextcloud admin overview green: set up HSTS headers, email sending, enforced two-factor auth and brute-force …

· 13 min read
Installing Uptime Kuma: server monitoring behind Traefik
Applications Intermediate

Installing Uptime Kuma

Set up Uptime Kuma behind Traefik and monitor your services: monitors, notifications and a status page – the first real …

· 12 min read