From the guy that has been accused of going overboard on security measures, I use both. It just depends on your setup tho. On a low resource server, I would pick crowdsec as it covers more ground than F2B. Running two log parsers does use more resources. ~ my 2 cents

As you probably know the crowdsec bouncer doesn’t directly parse logs or do checks like F2B filters. It queries the crowdsec LAPI for decisions and applies them. The “allowed” or “whitelisted” IP logic is handled at the Security Engine or LAPI level, not by the bouncer itself.

You can whitelist an ip in /etc/crowdsec/whitelists.yaml or even whitelist decisions in the whitelist.yaml as such:

name: private-ips
description: Whitelist local and private IPs
whitelist:
  reason: "Allow local and private IPs"
  ip:
    - "127.0.0.1"
    - "192.168.1.0/24"
  cidr:
    - "10.0.0.0/8"

Then issue sudo systemctl reload crowdsec. Kind of the same concept as F2B’s ignoreip option. If you are using Tailscale to administer the server, then it’s easier to whitelist. IIRC, you can use cscli decisions add --type whitelist --ip 192.168.1.100 --duration 1y but it doesn’t add them to the whitelist.yaml. Instead it keeps them in crowdsec’s database managed by LAPI. To undo: cscli decisions delete --ip 192.168.1.100 --type whitelist

https://docs.crowdsec.net/u/getting_started/post_installation/whitelists/

You dared to ask a question and the tools to explore answers are readily available.

Right, however, before I go ‘test’ and screw things up, why not dare to consult with more knowledgeable sources? Maybe I have not taken into account other things that could be negatively affected by said testing? I mean, if you came to me and said ‘Hey bro, I’m thinking about learning how to play the guitar (something I’ve been doing for 65 years). What guidance could you offer a guy just starting out? What about equipment, type strings, etc’? Sure, you could easily go out and buy a cheap, sub $100 guitar only to have it wear your wrists and fingers out and then quit because it’s too painful to practice. Or, you could ask the guy who has been playing the guitar and other stringed instruments for virtually all his life, what guidance he could give. 😀

I appreciate your input greatly, and as I said, 25 years of experience does speak for itself.

Thank you

past 25 or so years that’s been fine.

Well, two independent sources with 25+/- years of experience say leave it alone. It sounds to me like I should leave it alone.

but that’s been my experience after ~25 years of using Linux daily.

Certainly, 25 years of experience speaks for itself. If I may ask a follow up question.

I run Portainer, and in Portainer you can adjust Runtime & Resources per container. I am apparently too incompetent to grasp Dockge. Currently everything in Runtime & Resources is unchanged. Is there any benefit to tweaking those settings, or just let 'em eat when hungry?

Well, I passed 40, thirty years ago, but I feel pretty good for an old fart.

To me, it’s always nice meeting the face behind the software. I have never used copyparty, but if I had a use case, it would be high on the list just based of the volume of detailed instructions. I think that is probably the most detailed selfhosted piece of software I’ve seen at GitHub…gotta be something good going on with that. And…and replete with pictures of the UI in a variety of scenarios. That’s just top drawer in my book. If a need ever arises, I have bookmarked it, because that’s where I’ll start. Awesome job my man, and thank you for your dedication to the craft.

Hey, man you talkin’ back to me?

Ok so, I got a popup asking to adjust the Appearance in Settings (Windows/Firefox edition) a little while ago, it seems like it was a month or so ago. I have all the settings there ticked. However, I think what a lot of people who knew, went to their official GitHub and downloaded the previous version’s xpi and sideloaded it. You would have to untick auto updates. That way you can just go back to clicking on the entry in Bitwarden and that autofills instead of having to click the $@#%$$$ ‘Fill’ button. The only caution would be if they upgraded the security components in the new version, meaning the last version may or may not have the same security components baked in.

Yes, the new theme is absolute crap.

I have used the free Bitwarden now for untold years. It not only houses passwords for personal applications, I use it to keep track of my business account passwords as well. The only problem I’ve had with Bitwarden is their recent UI retool which ended up causing a huge ruckus among the user base to the point where they gave an option to switch back.

There is a certain level of trust for whatever option you choose. If you use Bitwarden free, then you have to trust that Bitwarden will keep your data is safe on their servers. If you self host, the onus of trust lies in you’re ability to secure your server, and to the extent that you trust your host as well. The latter option leaves me a bit queasy, so I do not selfhost my passwords in a selfhosted vault.

Others may have more trust in their security skills than I do. LOL There’s just a lot of sensitive data I have housed within Bitwarden free. Selfhosting it would keep me up at nights.

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Interesting article.

I’ve used Grocy.

I use Grocy daily almost, but I think that is a bit more than what OP is looking for. I use it for my pantry inventory. I am somewhat of a prepper, tho I don’t prep for EOTW scenarios. Mostly for localized incidents, weather related disasters, imminent social uprisings, etc. I figure, if we start dropping nukes, point me towards the bright light and let it rip. I have no interest in ‘repopulating the earth’.

I took a hand-scanner, disassembled it, and re-assembled it into a more form fitting box and mounted it conveniently in the pantry. When I bring groceries into the house, I scan them into inventory. When I use an item, I scan it out. I also use the Grocy mobile app. So, at any time I can view my inventory and see that I either have enough of an item, or need to replenish the stock.

Actually I do. In the evenings when I take my nightly meds with a bowl, I sit in my bed and peruse the ‘read it later’ articles.

I have not tried Traefik, tho looking at what it does, it’s pretty amazing. Caddy seems to fit what I do, and as OP stated, Caddy is pretty easy to master, even tho it took me an embarrassingly long time to get it through my dim brain. Traefik does seem like a very polished app tho and is very integrated in with docker.

You gotta keep em separated!

For every technology there exists an equal, yet undoing technology.

Nothing. It’s just the whack way I like to keep things separated.

I actually used raindrop.io for a long while. Tight little app. It’s too bad it’s not selfhostable

I use Readeck for ‘read it later’ type articles, things of interest. The downside of Readeck is that there is no one-click-easy way to back up your database if you want to move it to another server. You can, however go to /volume1/docker/readeck/ and download all the db files there manually which will allow you to move to another server. Make sure to grab the config.toml in the same directory. It has a Firefox extension as with most of these apps in it’s genre. Probably has a chrome extension but I avoid chrome.

I use Karakeep (Hoarder) for stuff I’ve looked up to try to solve issues, such as pages from Grok where I have inquired about certain problems I may have been having.

These little mini-racks are cool. I’ve seen a lot of them here of late.