Hosting Ente with Terraform, Vault, and NixOS

Ente is a platform to host photos that uses end-to-end encryption to store its data. I have more than a decade of photos saved with Google Photos, but I wanted to keep them in a place that is designed to be private. The problem, however, was that the collection grew to a few terabytes over the years, and putting them on a privacy-respecting image platform was either very expensive or outright impossible. To work around the problem, I decided to self-host Ente. ...

28 September 2025 · 48 min · 10116 words · 이영욱

Self-hosting PeerTube with Tailscale

I have always wanted a dedicated space for my videos that are not necessarily meant to be shared. Even though I have stored them locally, I also wanted the convenience of accessing it from anywhere. That led me to self-hosting, with PeerTube chosen as a platform to host my videos. I also thought it could be a chance to learn new things. Preparing the hardware I brought a gifted Raspberry Pi 4 and paired it with a five-terabyte external hard drive. A USB hub with an external power supply for the storage was also considered, but I later decided not to use it. I knew I was in need of a serious upgrade to have a decent video streaming website, but I nevertheless decided to try it out. ...

27 March 2025 · 15 min · 3188 words · 이영욱