lucidiot's cybrecluster

Cybrecluster

The Cybrecluster project aims at linking my different websites in a manner akin to a webring. It was imagined during the summer of 2020.

Sites

Goals

My computers are my tools

When I designed this project, my French blog was hosted at home on carthage, an Intel NUC, using Ubuntu Server, Docker, systemd, Apache, PHP, MySQL, and the server was also providing other services such as Nextcloud, HedgeDoc, TinyTinyRSS, a NuGet package server, and a LAN-only WebDAV server, all behind a nginx reverse proxy with a separate container to handle Let’s Encrypt certificate renewal. All of those containers were managed using Docker Compose.

Handling this structure was pretty complex, as I get very quickly frustrated when it comes to most modern deployment tech. I realized over time that this is not what I want to do. I do not want the “Cloud”. If I am going to self-host, then it should be by my rule, by how I think computers should run. Feeling constantly annoyed at my own server’s setup, feeling unable to make any process on a project that relates to this server because of its state, just means I need to change the way I run my server.

I like the tilde culture, in which we turn random, “soulless” computers in the cloud into cozy places. Into safe places where I feel like I can grow, I can thrive. So I wanted to have a server that gets closer to that.

I still want to self-host; I like being able to see my equipment just by turning my head, having access to it even when my internet connection is down, or hearing a very quiet fan noise at night. But I also want to get involved in tildes, and I have an account on three tildes already; I want to publish everywhere and not look dead. I was putting some stress on myself because I really wanted to do something, I do not want those accounts to be a waste. The last thing I want to do to any tilde is to make it waste resources.

I solved that dilemma, and started seeing my server in a better light, by imagining the cybrecluster.

Rules

After getting a little further into this idea, making it clearer in my mind, I defined a set of rules.

This sounds rather close to an integrity report.

Actions taken

Actions to take

This blog article introduces the cybrecluster to my French audience and describes the actions to take regarding Brainshit.


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