Self-Hosting

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series: “GitOps for Homeservers” Part 1: My Homeservers, Ansible, and the Pain Points (You are here) Part 2: Searching for the Right Tool — Komodo, Dockhand, and Beyond Part 3: ComposeFlux — A Lightweight GitOps Tool for Docker Compose Also read: How I Manage My Homeservers with GitOps and Docker Compose on Medium. Introduction I have been managing 2 homeservers and 5 virtual machines in the cloud for almost 2 years. As my enthusiasm grows to self-host software — both for fun and actual use — my docker-compose files and stacks keep growing too. Deploying and managing them became painful over time. ...

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series: “GitOps for Homeservers” Part 1: My Homeservers, Ansible, and the Pain Points Part 2: Searching for the Right Tool — Komodo, Dockhand, and Beyond (You are here) Part 3: ComposeFlux — A Lightweight GitOps Tool for Docker Compose Also read: How I Manage My Homeservers with GitOps and Docker Compose on Medium. Introduction In Part 1, I covered my homeserver setup, the Ansible-based deployment workflow, and the problems that came with it — slow deployments, no selective deployment, manual triggers, and the fact that it was never true GitOps. ...