Linux
I love to experiment and learn new things about Linux. Most of the services I host are running under Linux. I have used Linux for more than 10 years, sometimes even as my daily driver OS. I’ve used various Linux distributions as well. These include, but not limited to:
- Fedora and other Red Hat-based distributions
- Ubuntu and other Debian-based distributions
- Arch
- Linux From Scratch (about 10-15 years ago)
- Puppy Linux
Some services that I run (or have run) under Linux include:
- kvm (Including libvirt and Proxmox)
- Proxmox (Has a nice web-based VM management)
- FreePBX (To learn about managing a PBX and VOIP system)
- MariaDB (MySQL compatible database server)
- Apache (Web server software)
In addition to hosting services, my automation tasks also run under Linux. Most of these run through either cron or Home Assistant. One such automation is the renewal of Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates with the help of acme.sh. When the certificates are renwed, I receive a notification via Home Assistant notifications of the success or failure of the renewal.