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Your "Plan B" Software Deployment Tool based on docker-compose

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No Zapier connector for your self-hosted app?

Stacker PIPEs connect any two HTTP services from inside your Docker network. Three CLI commands, no third-party integration service, no per-task fees.

Read it here: https://t.co/Dd8UfJl3LT
#selfhosted #docker #dataprivacy

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Stacker’s endpoint discovery misses apps with non-standard routes, like Directus (/items/) or Chatwoot (/api/v1/).

Name the endpoints yourself and the pipe is created, even before the apps are running.

Step-by-step guide: https://t.co/HdXcNM2WQ4
#selfhosted #docker #devops

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Running Docker on Ubuntu? ufw doesn't cover published ports.

Docker routes that traffic in the nat table, before ufw's chains. "deny incoming" can still leave a container port open.

Check docker ps. Bind databases to localhost, not all interfaces.
#docker #selfhosted

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Directus holds the content. Slack, Chatwoot, or a CRM needs it.
The usual fix: a bash script with curl, jq, and cron.

Stacker PIPEs replace it with three CLI commands, with JSONPath field mapping and delivery to any HTTP endpoint.

✍🏼 https://t.co/BY86irQjCK
#directus #docker

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17 high-severity n8n advisories in September, including code execution and credential exposure.

n8n Cloud patches itself. Self-hosted doesn't. Running n8n for 10 clients means 10 updates.

Fixed in stable 2.39.6 and v1 1.123.80 or later.
#n8n #selfhosted

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Your workflows touch every app you use. So where do they run?

n8n with 400+ integrations, on your own server in a few clicks. Your data stays on infrastructure you control.

Deploy n8n 👉🏼 https://t.co/F55HXychtw
#n8n #selfhosted #automation

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OpenAI models in a security eval escaped their sandbox and got into Hugging Face, partly via exposed credentials. Last week Gemini accessed three outside systems in a test.

The question isn't how smart your agent is. It's what it can reach.
https://t.co/FzJwnyusjj
#ai #docker

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Supabase and PostHog on your own Hetzner server, connected with a Stacker PIPE and routed through Kong.

Setup guide: https://t.co/ubHBsYeCZn
#supabase #posthog #selfhosted

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OpenClaw runs your AI agent, you run the server. Pick a VPS provider, click Deploy, and TryDirect sets up the hardened Docker stack, the HTTPS reverse proxy and the database.

➡️ https://t.co/zMKSGGYhoR

#selfhosted #aiagents

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Ghost deployed fine but the blog won't load? After a cloud deploy usually only SSH is open, and Ghost listens on 2368. One command fixes it.

➡️ https://t.co/4C1CR1sz7l
#ghost #hetzner #docker

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Four apps on one server, one found automatically.

Stacker PIPE spotted WordPress by its Contact Form 7 markup. Directus, Chatwoot and Stirling-PDF came back empty: fixed path list, no redirects. Nothing broken underneath.

Manual endpoints work: https://t.co/Bofzt2ufnA
#docker

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PLANKA 2.2.0 moved OIDC/SSO to Pro. A day later 2.2.1 shipped an emergency path traversal fix on top of that removal.

No patched Community build still has OIDC: keep your identity setup, or keep your patches. Auth in front of the app means one thing to change, not ten.

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Most of the fight was infrastructure, not app logic: Docker network isolation, expiring deployment hashes, and an unwired RabbitMQ path.

By day 4, it finally ran end-to-end. The last blocker? A missing curl inside the container.
Full writeup: https://t.co/pOmzJTaBma
#docker

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Send WordPress form submissions straight to Matomo using Stacker PIPEs with no third-party tracking or custom code.

Learn how to fix common Docker issues and get a reusable CLI cheat sheet for any WP form plugin.

Read the full guide: https://t.co/V115Yk8zoT
#selfhosting #matomo

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The hard part of self-hosting isn't running containers, it's connecting them (proxies, startup order, discovery).

TryDirect visually builds your full stack (app, DB, proxy) with auto-generated connections and deploys to your server.

https://t.co/FzJwnyusjj

#selfhosted #docker

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Elastic, HashiCorp, Redis, NocoDB. Relicensing isn't a trend, it's a permanent condition.

Check license risk BEFORE deployment, not during the incident.

How to price relicensing risk ⤵️
https://t.co/UzNR19weuU
#selfhosting #opensource #devops

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NocoDB shifting away from an OSI license is a reminder: a repo’s license file isn't a legal footnote 📄, it's an operational risk.

It dictates whether your stack stays free next quarter.

Full write-up on pricing this risk coming this week.
#selfhosting #opensource

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"Self-hosting costs time" is only half true.

It’s not self-hosting vs zero time, it’s self-hosting vs PaaS debugging (billing surprises, cold starts, limits).

We compared 2026 costs: Hetzner vs DO vs PaaS:
➡️ https://t.co/dcaJHm7yDw
#selfhosting #devops #cloudcosts #docker

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TryDirect: Deploy Multi-Container Docker Stacks to Your Cloud https://t.co/eavzzbXRPa by @TryDirect

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Tired of SSH'ing into servers just to manage Docker Compose?

Dockge (by the Uptime Kuma creator) gives you a clean Web UI to edit files, check logs, and control stacks in 1 place.

Get it fully deployed & reboot-ready:

🌐 https://t.co/VspjmCX32l
#selfhosted #docker #devops