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February 21, 2026

Hosting Server Proxy Pangolin Docker

I host a couple things, here I will list what exactly I host and how I use Pangolin, an open source and “self hosted” cloudflare tunnel alternative to securely connect locally hosted services to a domain name.

Domains: sooox.cc and privacymatters.cc (WIP)

Reverse Proxy / Zero Trust VPN

I use Pangolin for everything, its as simple as creating a site, adding your domains, and creating your resources. Pangolin builds on top of other widely trusted projects like wireguard and traefik, and is just better than cloudflare tunnels in general. I also use it to secure private resources using access control rules (auth, pin code, user device, ip, country, …)

also… cloudflare already controls more than enough of the internet

VPN

For private browsing, I also host a wireguard VPN server on the VPS, rather than paying for a separate VPN client.

Services

  • Element Web Client
    • Element is a client for matrix.org, a decentralized (fedarated) platform for encrypted communication.
  • Matrix homeserver
    • Matrix allows you to host your own homeserver, I set it up a while ago using their Synapse matrix homeserver implementation. Since governments keep pusing KYC for “child safety” I think its important to have alternative methods of communication.
  • Out Of Your Element (OOYE)
    • A bridge between Discord and Matrix.
  • Freshrss
    • RSS reader I mostly use for news in the cybersec space.
  • Overleaf
    • Used for academic writing in LaTeX, overleaf.com only allows collaboration up to two users on their free version, but they have a community edition that you can self-host for free: docs.overleaf.com/on-premises.
  • Jupyterlab for thesis research
  • Of course a minecraft server
    • Yuup, Pangolin supports Raw TCP/UDP Resources which is pretty sick
  • Websites like this one

Everything is hosted locally on devices I own, the VPS is only used to securely publish the things I host to the internet, no opening ports/port-forwarding, no cloudflare.

Why?

  • Data control and ownership
  • Security
  • Personal privacy standards
  • Performance
  • Learning
  • Cost control

In my main homelab, I host everything on my server running Proxmox, and depending on the requirements, run KVMs or LXCs.

Previously hosted

  • Laravel-based blog
  • Invidious
    • privacy-respecting alternative frontend for youtube, no tracking, ads, google bullshit, allows you to subscribe to creators and download videos
  • Redlib
    • privacy-respecting alternative forntend for reddit, no tracking, no sign-in, allows you to follow subreddits (im beginning to see a pattern here)
  • Nextcloud
    • self hosted cloud storage and collaboration platform
    • file sync (kinda like onedrive), calendar, contacts, notes, office suite (based on collabora)
    • I believe some governments are starting to use this now which is pretty cool
  • Vaultwarden
    • FOSS alternative for bitwarden password manager
  • SearXNG
    • meta-search engine, gets results from multiple search engines but adds a privacy layer
  • Jellyfin + “Arr-suite”
    • for downloading and watching linux ISOs (ahem)
  • Kavita
    • for reading linux ISOs
  • Kiwix
    • offline content server hosting mirrors of some websites (like Wikipedia ~100GB or something)
  • Readeck
    • privacy-respecting alternative to Pocket, the bookmark manager thingy, allows me to read stuff I saved
  • Immich
    • google photos alternative with automatic image backup, (local) AI-powered organization, (local) facial recognition, sharing, …
  • IT-Tools
  • Tailscale VPN
  • RustDesk Remote Desktop