I have built a self-hosted server and have been maintaining since 2022. Started as a basic VPN server and became much more as I improved my technical skills. It's an endless opportunity of hands-on experimenting with new technologies in a controlled environment and gain experience on topics that were abstract to me as project management, system administration and networking.
Raspberry Pi 4B - 4GB RAM running Raspberry Pi OS 64bit (no desktop)
Numerical animal/habitat domain names for devices under the home network. Becomes easy to access, track and identify each device on the network. Visualizes a consistent, integrated system. Purpose of the device/service in the network matches with the animal's/habitat's role in nature.
Hive -> H1V3</br>
Tiger -> 7163R</br>
Safari -> 54F4R1
Description: Synchronization between my personal Google Drive and OneDrive
Reasoning: Use both Google's and Microsoft's cloud drive features on different platforms with same files.
Technologies Used:
- Python
- RClone
- Shell script
- HTML
Key Features:
- Sync selected folders in OneDrive with Google Drive periodically.
- Create a report of changes that are made and notify via e-mail daily and if a change were made
Role: Development of automated sync scripts, report generation, and maintaining.
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Description: Smart home management platform built with Home Assistant
Reasoning: Connect different types of smart appliances under same platforms, enable communication in between
Technologies Used:
- Home Assistant
- Docker
- Jinja
Key Features:
- Automate home lighting based on: owner location, time of day, use of appliances
- Automate music playback based on current room
- Recommend outfit based on weather and calendar event
- Notify battery status of connected devices
- Notify server status
Role: Automation and artificial sensor development on an open-source project.
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Description: Android Phone server for UI needed automation and act as GSM server
Reasoning: Execute UI processes on android app for limited home automation APIs (ex: Tuya IR devices, SmartThings)
Technologies Used:
- Android
- MacroDroid
Key Features:
- Mimics pushing to buttons on Tuya devices that are unavailable on Home Assistant
- WhatsApp chat bot for smart home status
- Call handling and notifying owner when traveling abroad
Role: Automation development on MacroDroid.
Description: Series of shell scripts for maintaining the server and other services
Reasoning: Reduce the hassle of running same Linux commands for repetitive situations
Technologies Used:
- Shell script
- Cron
Key Features:
- Backup system
- Summarize service status for monitoring
- Restart and backup Docker containers
- Remotely turn on other PCs
Role: Shell script development and maintaining cron jobs
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Other installed services for convenient access and maintaining the server
- Heimdall: Web interface to access, monitor or maintain projects and running services.
- PiVPN: Secure connection to home network from outside with OpenVPN protocol.
- Pi-Hole: Monitor internet traffic, ad-blocking and maintain DHCP server.
- OliveTin: Web interface to execute custom scripts or trigger automated scripts.
- Motion: Use webcam as a security camera.
- VS Code: Benefit from Remote SSH extension for easy software development, file management and Docker maintenance
- Networking: Configuring and managing network settings and security.
- System Administration: Managing and maintaining server hardware and software.
- Cloud Computing: Develop, deploy and maintain software on a remote environment.
- Containerization: Using Docker for containers application deployment and management.
- Open Source Projects: Tinkering and adjusting open-sourced projects to my needs.
- Automation: Detect repetitive tasks and design proper structures to automate them.
- Software Development: Experience languages and concepts outside my tech skill-set and comfort-zone.
- Project Management: Create tasks and plan them based on subjects, urgency and arrange deadlines according to priority of tasks.
- Email: [email protected]
- LinkedIn: Doğaç Seyhan
- GitHub: null-p01ntr
- X (former Twitter): null_p01nter