FRED WEST

Accidental homelabber since 2006
Ancient Tech for New Ideas

Self-hosting media, books and photos from San Diego. If we met at HomeLab Fest, hi! Let's keep the conversation going.

Ask me about my first media streamer: Boxee on a first-gen Apple TV.

My lab

Synology DS1618+Main storage and most containers · 5 × 12TB, plus a 20TB backup target
ZimaBoard 2Dedicated media box: Jellyfin and friends
TP-Link TL-SG108E8-port managed switch
RackIn progress. Ask me what I picked up at HomeLab Fest.

What I run

Synology DSM

ZimaOS

Jellyfin

Seerr

Jellystat

Audiobookshelf

Navidrome

Grimmory

Immich

Pi-hole

Nginx Proxy Manager

Cloudflare Tunnel + Access

Watchtower

KOReader

Calibre

Icons from Dashboard Icons

Notes & lessons learned

Remote access without Tailscale Cloudflare Tunnel + Cloudflare Access, one subdomain per service. Plex → Jellyfin, for good What the move actually took, and what I don't miss. Leaving Synology Photos for Immich A one-week migration, Docker management change included. Windows 11 → Linux Mint Moving my everyday computer over, and what it took.