Running Wakapi, a Self-Hosted WakaTime Compatible Backend for Coding Stats
Running Wakapi, a Self-Hosted WakaTime Compatible Backend for Coding Stats

Wakapi is a minimalist, self-hosted WakaTime-compatible backend for coding statistics. It’s cross platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) and can be self-hosted to your local computer or your own server, so your data is really yours. This article will guide you how to run Wakapi on Linux operating system.

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Announcement: Permanently Shutdown Services and Public Nodes

I will permanently close my services such as the Monero Public Node (mainnet, stagenet, and testnet), Peertube and Mastodon as of June 25, 2023.

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Announcement: Temporary Inaccessibility of My Libreddit Instance in Support of Reddit Blackout

To support the Reddit blackout movement, my Libreddit instance will be inaccessible for unknown period of time and I will closely monitor the situation and provide updates regarding the duration of the blackout and any developments that may arise.

Configure WireGuard VPN Clients
Configure WireGuard VPN Clients

This article contains information about how to import your WireGuard VPN config to your Android, iOS/iPhone, MacOS, Windows and Linux machine.

Installing WireGuard-UI to Manage Your WireGuard VPN Server
Installing WireGuard-UI to Manage Your WireGuard VPN Server

To manage WireGuard peers (client) on a single server easily, you can use WireGuard-UI, a web-based user interface to manage your WireGuard setup written in Go.

How to Setup Your Own WireGuard VPN Server
How to Setup Your Own WireGuard VPN Server

This article will guide you to setting up your own WireGuard VPN server using Ubuntu 22.04 server on a cheap ~$6 VPS and use it as your internet gateway.

New Stage of Internet Censorship in Indonesia: DPI & TCP Reset Attack
New Stage of Internet Censorship in Indonesia: DPI & TCP Reset Attack

Unlike before that using DNS filtering, several upstreams have performed a TCP Reset Attack to block access to websites that are considered illegal. And why you (especially Indonesian) should care for this mess.

Rescue broken asciinema-server upgrade (PostgreSQL 12 => 14)
Rescue broken asciinema-server upgrade (PostgreSQL 12 => 14)

Today, I’m experiencing some problem with my recent self-hosted asciinema-server upgrade. After following the upgrade process according to the asciinema-server documentation page on GitHub, the phoenix and postgresql containers failed to run and kept restarting.

How to install Misskey in Ubuntu 22.04 (Manual without Docker)
How to install Misskey in Ubuntu 22.04 (Manual without Docker)

Misskey is an open-source social media platform that has been making waves in the world of fediverse enthusiasts. As someone who has recently discovered Misskey, I can confidently say that it has quickly become my favorite social media platform. From its customizable interface to its community-driven approach, Misskey offers a unique and refreshing experience for users.

New Archlinux Mirror in Indonesia
New Archlinux Mirror in Indonesia

Yesterday, on February 16th, 2023, I made a feature request so that my Arch Linux repository mirror can be added to the official Arch Linux repository. And now it’s already listed on the official Arch Linux mirror page! Yay! Thank you, Anton Hvornum and Arch Linux Mirror Team!

A little conversation with ChatGPT from AWS to Quantum Computer
A little conversation with ChatGPT from AWS to Quantum Computer

A few days ago, I tried to “talk” with ChatGPT by OpenAI, discussing many things from the cost of cloud computing to quantum computer. I’m impressed with the ability to translate human language despite of my messy grammar and typos during conversation.

Automatic backup CyberPanel websites to S3 Storage without CyberPanel Cloud
Automatic backup CyberPanel websites to S3 Storage without CyberPanel Cloud

In the previous article, I wrote about how to automate CyberPanel git push without it’s default Git Manager feature, today I like to share a way to automatic backup CyberPanel websites to S3-compatible Storage without CyberPanel Cloud.

Ghost multi-blog backup bash script to Minio (S3 Compatible)
Ghost multi-blog backup bash script to Minio (S3 Compatible)

So, inspired from Jerry Ng’s Ghost backup script which can be used to backup single blog site to remote storage using rclone, I write this script that can be used to automatic backup multi Ghost blog on the same server to remote AWS S3 compatible server (in this case Minio) using Minio-CLI.

Install self-hosted community-driven Firefox Send (timvisee/send) NodeJS version + Minio as storage backend
Install self-hosted community-driven Firefox Send (timvisee/send) NodeJS version + Minio as storage backend

timvisee/send is a fork Mozilla’s discontinued Firefox Send, a file sharing experiment which allows users to send encrypted files to other users. So, this fork is a community effort to keep the project up-to-date and alive.

Automate CyberPanel Git push without it's default Git Manager feature
Automate CyberPanel Git push without it's default Git Manager feature

When I tried CyberPanel’s Git Manager feature, I ran into some problems. One of them is error that said: “You are not authorized to access this resource” (even I following the exact same step of it’s official community guide).

Install Mastodon without Docker (Ubuntu 20.04)
Install Mastodon without Docker (Ubuntu 20.04)

Mastodon is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to the Twitter service, which are offered by a large number of independently run nodes, known as instances, each with its own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy policy, privacy options, and moderation policies.

Run Windows 11 (TPM and Secure Boot) on KVM
Run Windows 11 (TPM and Secure Boot) on KVM

Microsoft tightened the security of Windows 11 by adding TPM and Secure-Boot as the minimum requirement to install it. This article show how to enable TPM on KVM host and enable Secure-Boot for Windows 11 VM.

How to Install self-hosted Commento and Use Nginx as Reverse Proxy
How to Install self-hosted Commento and Use Nginx as Reverse Proxy

Commento is open-source privacy-focused commenting platform, It’s fast, bloat-free and can be self-hosted. This article guide you to install required dependencies like PostgreSQL (Ubuntu 20.04), setting up required Commento configuration and it’s SystemD to start the server automatically on when the system boot up. Additionally (but recommended), use Nginx as reverse proxy to serve Commento instance using HTTPS.

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Plex Data Breach 2022 Exposes Emails, Usernames and Encrypted Passwords

A few days ago, I received an email from Plex (an American streaming media service and a client–server media player platform) informing me that they had a data leak. They ask their users to be aware of an incident involving their Plex account information.

Virt-Manager: sharing data between host and guests (libvirt virtio-fs)
Virt-Manager: sharing data between host and guests (libvirt virtio-fs)

I use Virt-Manager (Virtual Machine Manager GUI for libvirt) to easily manage virtual machine on my personal laptop. It’s easy and works great for “normal use” of KVM/QEMU. But, you may need to do little extra steps to be able to share data between host and multiple Linux guests.

Monitoring Tor through Tor ControlPort with Telegraf and Grafana
Monitoring Tor through Tor ControlPort with Telegraf and Grafana

Sometime, I get a problem when running Tor daemon under Linux Container, usually related to AppArmor after I upgrade the system. Meanwhile, my Tor service needs to be turned on all the time and reachable to all my “workers” who fetch .onion addresses listed on my Monero remote node monitoring service.

Running Matrix Synapse on my 11 years old laptop
Running Matrix Synapse on my 11 years old laptop

Dear future me who read this: Yes, you read it right. I’m running Matrix Synapse on HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC (g7-1260us). When this article is published, it’s 11 years old laptop with broken battery, 4GB DDR3-1333 RAM and Sandy Bridge CPU (i3-2330M), plus the fan on the CPU headsink is not working.

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Blowing the lid off the "WD ALL trading bot" cryptocurrency balance

I am interested in researching the phenomenon of “trading bots” which has recently gone viral in Indonesia. There are several trading bots that have been proven to be scams and some still expected to be able to return to their activities again. At first I thought it would be a little difficult and take a long time, but it doesn’t seem like it will take that long.

DNS Sinkhole, AdGuard Home or PiHole?
DNS Sinkhole, AdGuard Home or PiHole?

Regarding my previous post about MikroTik, DNS-over-HTTPS and AdGuard, there is one product that I actually used several years before.

I was using PiHole as DNS forwarder and DNS sinkhole of my main DNS servers (BIND). During 4 years using PiHole, I rarely experienced significant problems in maintenance, upgrade or troubleshoot process. In terms of reliability, I think PiHole definitely deserves a mention.

Homelab: Mikrotik + DoH + Proxmox VE + AdGuard Home = Surf the Web Freely, Ad-Free and Safely
Homelab: Mikrotik + DoH + Proxmox VE + AdGuard Home = Surf the Web Freely, Ad-Free and Safely

Before I begin, I’d like to tell you that in Indonesia, every ISP need to follow government policy. One of those policy is to block millions of website which according to them fall into specific category like porn, pirates, gambling, hate speech, scam and drugs.

Public API Monero Remote Node List
Public API Monero Remote Node List

Since the Monero remote nodes that I monitor are increasing and my page that displays a list of Monero remote nodes MAY contains Google AdSense (where very likely track users behavior and interests), I decided to create an API endpoint so that power users / developers can use it without visiting my site.

How to Host a STORJ Node
How to Host a STORJ Node

Storj (pronounced as “storage”), is an open-source cloud storage platform, S3-compatible platform and suite of decentralized applications that allows you to store data in a secure and decentralized manner. Basically, it uses a decentralized network of nodes to host user data. The platform also secures hosted data using advanced encryption.

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Monero Timeline (Cypherpunks, Bitcoin, Bytecoin, and BitMonero) (draft)

The origin of Monero (timeline, notable event, moment and incident). Note: This article is not done yet, working on progress.

Self-Hosted Ghost: How to Upgrade Ghost v4.x
Self-Hosted Ghost: How to Upgrade Ghost v4.x

Ghost releasing Ghost 4.0 on March 16, 2021, the latest major version of the product, as well as small refresh of Ghost brand.