Monitoring & Maintenance

When running your own server, it's important to have ways to monitor your system and perform any required maintenance. This server will always be operating which makes it even more important to take our system apart to remove dust and dirt.

Sustainable Solutions

Release models for Linux Headless server operation without needing to access the base server de...

Network Access

We need to make sure we have network access to our server even if we don't have a display.

Remote Terminal

SSH – or Secure Shell – allows us to connect to our server over our local network to run commands...

Remote Desktop

We will be installing xrdp, a service that allows us to remotely access our computer over the loc...

File Sharing

We will be installing Samba, a protocol that allows us to share your files over the local network...

Backup Solutions

All servers need an effective and consistent backup solution in case something goes wrong.

Local Backup

You can never know when a hard drive will fail or a software update will cause your operating sys...

Remote Backup

Duplicati is a self-hosted service we can access through our browser that let's schedule backups....

Administration

cockpit,(hardware stats and software updates) Hardware Cockpit is an excellent way to monito...

Troubleshooting

Periodic manual restarts of your server may find the most basic of errors through the POST (Power...

Cleaning

It is greatly recommended that you periodically clean the inside of the computer system to remove...