I know dashboards are super trendy, but I’d love to hear from those who are not using them. I personally use FreshRSS to keep track of as much as possible, along with Uptime Kuma and plain old bookmarks. Perhaps there is a better overview solution, but I also love filtering what I see to not feel overwhelmed. or spammed, by information.

  • hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    37·
    25 days ago

    i am un-admining. free-range artisanal services wherever i happen to drop them. hell i don’t even know what’s running and what’s not until i try to access something.

    i manage tech all day so my home tech is nothing but abject chaos and i’m ok with that. i have backups and i can go without if needed.

    • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      6·
      24 days ago

      i am un-admining

      Pretty much this. I just manually handle stuff when needed. I already work at IT so this feels quite liberating, the last thing I want is to annoy myself more, and the stuff I manage is not Critical™.

  • conrad82@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    25 days ago

    I have just reduced the number of services to the couple I actually use, which I mostly remember exist. I have my own domain, so each service is service.mydomain.tld

    • credics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      25 days ago

      Same for me. I use most of my services multiple times a week, so I find out pretty quickly if one isn’t working.

      • conrad82@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        25 days ago

        Same here 🙂 Last 3 times, things have broken because zfs raid on usb-connected DAS is not a great idea 😅😅

        Even though Level1Tech said it works 😶🫣 https://youtu.be/GmQdlLCw-5k from 11:11 . Maybe terramaster use bad usb chipset.

        • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          25 days ago

          I used a hodge-podge of chinesium parts and leftover drives to create a DAS system that hooks up to an HBA via DAC. I’m actually kinda surprised how stable it’s all been.

  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
    242·
    25 days ago

    I’m not, really. I run docker-compose and it runs. That’s it.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    151·
    25 days ago

    If I had time to make dashboards, I wouldn’t waste it making dashboards. Most of the stuff I have just works without a lot of attention, and that’s the way I like it.

    I just wait for someone to scream if it breaks.

  • communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    23 days ago

    Never used a dashboard… I just manage my services on the cli with plain docker commands.

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    71·
    25 days ago

    I don’t know how you guys function without some sort of visual. I will forget everything I’m running if it’s not on a dashboard of some sort. That’s not a maybe - it’s guaranteed. Because it’s happened before.

    • lucas@startrek.websiteEnglish
      6·
      25 days ago

      Surely, if you forget it’s even running, you aren’t using it, and it doesn’t matter if it stops running? (With a couple of obvious exceptions like automated backups, etc)

      • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        25 days ago

        It was often the automated things that I completely forgot about. I have ADHD, so if it’s not accessible in a reasonable way (where I don’t have to always google specific commands to find basic info on my own machine), then it gets lost in the memory hole. I know that a service is running, but would forget what it is.

        These days I have it pretty down-pat. Hardware is labeled, static IPs are set for “critical” VMs and LXCs (because I’m shit at DNS and still trying to get that down), and things are actually somewhat documented in an easy-to-find place.

  • curled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    Kubernetes with

    • helm
      • the Kubernetes version of compose files
    • fluxcd
      • manages the helm releases
    • renovate
      • scans my github kubernetes repo for dependencies and creates pull requests for updates
  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    25 days ago

    I tried portainer for a while, but it was almost useless to me, as I’d always end up in the command line anyway. So I dropped that and any other dashboard idea.

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    24 days ago

    Set of cron jobs that check services, then send a Matrix message if there’s an issue.

    For the cron jobs, I pipe stderr to another script that watches those and does the same.

    If all fails, and internet is unavailable and the router crashes, a Pi will toggle a relay, cutting and resupplying power.