Automated Certificates for PostgreSQL with Let's Encrypt

As I’m building out my homelab I want to make sure everything is running securely with HTTPS and ssl everywhere. If I can run everything production like it will make it much easier to graduate any services to the public later much easier. Although I have no plans on making my PostgreSQL instance public, it will be running on my local network which has a lot of different devices. It seems prudent to ensure all connections to the PostgreSQL service is encrypted. ...

November 3, 2024 · 6 min · Thomas Winsnes

Reduce personal data leakage using Pi-hole, the easy way

This christmas my partner and I was ready early with all the preparations, so we found ourselves with a bit of time on our hands to do things that we always meant to do, but never had the time. I’ve had a Raspberry Pi 3B sitting on my shelf for a long time that I was going to set up to run a home automation setup. I haven’t had the time to sit down and go through in detail what is required, and while waiting the online solutions have gotten a lot better. It won’t save me from if I lose internet connectivity, but good enough to work for now, so I have decided to repurpose the Raspberry Pi for a different job. ...

December 24, 2019 · 6 min · Thomas Winsnes