I've stopped using my wiki as I discovered https://www.bookstackapp.com/
The advantage is it forced me to organise my notes rather then the mess I had before while still maintaining the ability to link between scribblings...
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If power / noise is a concern then look at the small form factor PC options on eBay.
Some of these will take two or three drives if you remove the CD / DVD drive and can handle a fair number of tasks if memory is increased.
I've been using my old Mac mini (late 2012) under Debian and Docker - maxed it out to two drives and 16GB - these pop up for £40 - £50 now and then and about take as much power in idle as my Pi boards but way more CPU abilities when running.
Not a router I know so I can only give general advice.
You need to find out if your ISP allows incoming connections on port 22
You will need to find out if you are on CGNAT or equivalent for your internet connection - look at the external IP address of your kit.
You will need to set your Pi up to have a fixed IP address internally (based done on the router / DHCP server rather than on the PI)
Get fail2ban and ssh keys working first (I would also look to add UFW - do it with a keyboard and screen set up just incase you lock down port 22 in error).
Then you will need to find your router manual and look at that for port forwarding, It can be called a few things:
- Application / web services
- Port Forwarding
- NAT forwarding
- Incoming Port Triggering
Avoid anything that is setting up DMZ - you only want to to open one port to the Pi and keep it on your network.
Normally port forwarding will need to know the source and destination port (port 22 in both cases for SSH by default) and the internal IP address or destination (the PI) - some routers will need the MAC address of the PI instead of the IP address. You can normally find this from the router / DHCP server or from the Pi using ip a and looking for the MAC details. Some folk will recommend moving ssh from port 22 - two minds over this as a port scan will show the new port up BUT you do stop the stupid attacks that try to brute force 22 using pi / raspberry
Testing is best done with a different network - use your mobile or a different house as lots of routers do not allow a loop back (hair pinning) into the same network as your originate the connection.
If you find yourself on CGNAT or not able to open port 22 then there are a few things you can look at:
- Zeroteir or Tailscale have a free offering for a VPN that originates inside your network so no ports need to be open
- Cloudflare tunnels allow web (HTTP / HTTPS) and ssh tunnels to be set up
All of these require a small client program to be running on the Pi or other machine.
Have a look at Cloudflare tunnels.
Easiest way would be to run it on the server (either Docker or direct command line) and this will give you http / https / ssh access to the server with an option for different types of authentication.
There is a walkthrough https://www.crosstalksolutions.com/cloudflare-tunnel-easy-setup/ - a bit out of date for screen shots (Cloudflare change the screens frequently it seems to me) but lots exist on the net / YouTube if you get stuck.
Please tell me you plan to use ssh keys and preferable fail2ban and a firewall on your machine if you are not using a VPN / Cloudflare tunnel.
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/use-a-secure-key-for-ssh is one starting point but u/flaming_m0e nailedit - what actually is your problem?
I would also ask - what do you aim to do?
Some clue as to your network kit (esp the router and if you are on CGNAT) would also help.
Domain does not equal email...
You also need an email server and they should tell you how to set up the MX records for your domain. As you are using Namecheap, you will find it easy to use their email service at https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/email/
Using Outlook as the mail server for your domain is possible BUT it depends on your MS contract and some, e.g. 365 Personal have changes coming up at the end of this month - start at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalized-email-address-in-microsoft-365-75416a58-b225-4c02-8c07-8979403b427b
You used to be able to use Outlook on the web to pull from SMTP or IMAP servers so you had everything in one inbox but I honestly do not know if that exists now and still requires the external email server.
Speed test from Ookla has a command line version that runs from the client. But you have to run it on a schedule rather than constantly monitor the link.
Possibly start with Smokeping https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/
Try https://github.com/gitbls/ndm
It's command line driven but takes very little in the way of memory / processor.
Have a look at Hesk - https://www.hesk.com/
Also Bookstack is great at organising notes / configs / scripts etc - https://www.bookstackapp.com/
Out of the two, Bookstack is my current go to for these type of things.
For open 'calls' I just use Apple notes and organise each issue into a separate note.
Edit: Also look at r/selfhosted
Not cheap but excellent quality https://lincolnbinns.com/shop/internet-of-things-iot/raspberry-pi-enclosures.html
I used them for a pair of bespoke Pi 4B 10" rack mounts and was very happy with everything from the project management to delivery time. The face plate cutting and coating was excellent - no rough edges or smudge 'paint' in site.
The HAT may cause an issue for their standard enclosure (it's a total wrap around providing cooling) but drop them an email and see if they can help.
I've had minor issues swapping cd drives over due to the mounting in a couple of units (HP or IBM IIRC).
The drives came on a slide tray that clipped in rather than have standard mounts or holes. Did not take long to add holes and use a converter tray that fits into a normal 5 1/4 inch drive bays and mounts 3.5" or 2.5" drives.
I did see one Wyse sff machine that had a laptop cd in it - no way could I fit anything in that :-)