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When you self-host your media stack (Sonarr, Radarr, Jellyfin, etc.) on a VPS, you’re primarily working in a CLI environment — without a GUI or Docker Desktop dashboards. Monitoring containers can become tedious. This is where Portainer proves invalu...

In my previous posts, we explored the journey of creating a private streaming environment and securing torrenting workflows using a VPS, VPN, and smart automation (part 1, part 2). Now, it’s time to move beyond theory and dive into the real deploymen...

It all started with a simple need — I wanted to watch some old movies and personal family videos stored on my desktop. My niece had also backed up a bunch of vacation clips from her phone onto my machine, and now that she’s back home, I needed an eas...

Introduction I started this project because I needed more control over how I store and consume media on my computer. 🔗 View on GitHub I often ran out of storage space on my laptop, and using third-party cloud services like Dropbox and Google Drive ...

In a world dominated by subscription-based streaming services, Jellyfin emerges as a liberating force, offering users the ability to curate their own media universe. No longer tethered to the catalogs, Jellyfin empowers individuals to create a person...
