The first thing you should do is set up and test backups!

* SSH set up for pubkey auth only, exposed to the internet.

* Tailscale - for accessing stuff when away from home. A unique, very cool VPN, check it out if you haven't already. [0]

* IMMICH - photos [1]

* Transmission - BitTorrent client [2]

* NZBGet - Usenet/NZB downloader [3]

* Sonarr - TV Shows [4]

* Radarr - Movies [5]

* Lidarr - Music [6]

* Prowlarr - indexer management [7]

* Jackett - makes torrent sites into the Torznab API, so you can add them as indexers. [8]

* A normal VPN - e.g. OpenVPN or WireGuard. I haven't gotten one set up yet, but I'm planning on it.

* Home Assistant - for smart home/automation stuff [9]

* Ombi - all-in-one place where it's easy for less tech-savvy people, like family members, to have Sonarr/Radarr download something. Can import logins from Jellyfin. [10]

* Gitea - Git repo hosting thing [11]

* Pi-Hole - DNS-based ad blocker [12]

* homepage - A nice, customizable homepage. Can set custom search engine, add sites, ping sites, view docker container health, view system load and free space. Also a static site. Very cool. [13]

* swag - nginx with auto-renewed certificate and reverse proxy set up, for secure access to your services outside your LAN. I haven't gotten it set up yet, because it's a bit of a pain! I've heard nginx proxy manager, a GUI for setting up a reverse proxy, is also good. Haven't tried it though. [14]

Other stuff:

* r/UsenetInvites - A place to get UsenetInvites. [15]

* NZBGeek - pretty good open Usenet indexer, multiple payment options. They've also got a decent Discord server. [16]

* Drunkenslug - widely regarded as the best Usenet indexer. Hard to get invite though, use r/UsenetInvites. [17]

* Eweka - Dutch Usenet provider. Their King's Day deal (very cheap) actually runs all year long. [18]

* r/selfhosted - Fantastic subreddit based around self-hosted stuff. [19]

* Self-Hosted - A podcast about self-hosting. They just finished Jellyfin January, where you only use Jellyfin, not Plex, for the whole month. [20]

* Self-Hosted Discord server - A Discord server run by the Self-Hosted podcast. There's an invite link on their site. [20]

* LunaSea - An app for Sonarr, Radarr, NZBGet, SABnzbd, and Tautulli. Similar to nzb360, but without torrents, but all features it has are free.

Remember, linuxserver.io is your best friend!

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Tip: Keep all your docker compose stuff in a git repo, so that you can easily move to another server when needed. I do this on my boot SSD, and keep any of the actual data on a big HDD that I always mount at the same point.

Like this:

```

docker-data/

  - .git/

  - immich

    - docker-compose.yml

  - jellyfin

    - docker-compose.yml

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By the way, what's your server's specs?

[0] https://tailscale.com

[1] https://immich.app/docs/install/docker-compose

[2] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/transmission

[3] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/nzbget

[4] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/sonarr

[5] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/radarr

[6] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/lidarr

[7] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/prowlarr

[8] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/jackett

[9] https://hub.docker.com/r/homeassistant/home-assistant

[10] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/ombi

[11] https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-with-docker/

[12] https://hub.docker.com/r/pihole/pihole

[13] https://github.com/benphelps/homepage

[14] https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/swag

[15] https://reddit.com/r/UsenetInvites

[16] https://nzbgeek.info

[17] https://drunkenslug.com

[18] https://www.eweka.nl/en/landing/special-usenet-deal

[19] https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted

[20] https://selfhosted.show