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Watchtower: Safe Container Auto-Updates

Watchtower: Safe Container Auto-Updates

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Tired of manually updating containers? Watchtower handles it. But if you set it wrong, you'll wake up to broken apps. Here's how to do it right.

The Header Your Reverse Proxy Keeps Dropping

The Header Your Reverse Proxy Keeps Dropping

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Your backend logs every client as 127.0.0.1 because the proxy dropped the header. Set X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP, and X-Forwarded-Proto right in Nginx.

Log Rotation for Self-Hosted Apps

Log Rotation for Self-Hosted Apps

One app logging to one file becomes a 50GB disk emergency. logrotate config, size-based rotation, Docker log driver limits, and app-level log control.

Self-Hosted Email Is Probably a Bad Idea

Self-Hosted Email Is Probably a Bad Idea

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Self-hosted email with Mailcow or Stalwart means daily SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and IP blacklist battles. Here's the honest case against running your own mail server.