Last updated April 26, 2026. By using phpwebthings.org you agree to the terms below. They are short on purpose.
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The articles on this site describe what worked for me on specific hardware on specific dates. Self-hosted infrastructure has a lot of moving parts. A configuration that boots cleanly on my hardware can fail on yours for reasons that are nobody’s fault: different kernel, different Docker version, different filesystem, different network. I publish in good faith and I cite versions; I do not guarantee that anything here will work on your setup, and I do not accept liability for outages, data loss, or other costs that follow from acting on what you read here.
Test in a non-production environment first. Make a backup before you change anything that matters. Both of those rules predate this site.
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You’re welcome to quote short passages with attribution and a link back. If you’d like to translate or republish a full article, write me first; I’m usually happy to allow it under sensible terms (CC BY-SA 4.0 by default, with the original URL preserved). Don’t republish the whole text on a content farm; that’s the one case I will go after.
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I may update these terms. The date at the top will change when I do. Material changes (anything that affects what you can or cannot do with the content) will be called out for a few weeks on the homepage.