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Ben Cuan

Ben Cuan

Hi! I've been making some cool stuff lately, and wanted a place to write about my experiences making them in case you wanted to do something similar. For non-technical content, go to bencuan.me/blog

TurtleNet: End of Season 1

Jun 15, 20232 min read

Hi there! Hope you're doing well :) I've spent the last few months documenting my experiences with running a server at home. I hope that I've been...

TurtleNet: End of Season 1

TurtleNet 7: Backups

Jun 15, 20235 min read

Introduction You should always keep backups of your important data in the case of catastrophic hardware loss or corruption! Think about this like a...

TurtleNet 7: Backups

TurtleNet 6: Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Jun 15, 202318 min read

What is a NAS and why should I care? Whether it be photos, videos, music, or important documents, you most likely have a bunch of files scattered...

TurtleNet 6: Network Attached Storage (NAS)

TurtleNet 5: Public Networking

Jun 10, 20235 min read

Introduction At this point in the series, you should have a fully functioning set of services available at your command and some knowledge on how to...

TurtleNet 5: Public Networking

TurtleNet 4: Reverse Proxying Your First Service

Jun 9, 202310 min read

Introduction It's taken a little while, but we're finally ready to host our first service in a VM! This section is very choose-your-own-adventure:...

TurtleNet 4: Reverse Proxying Your First Service

TurtleNet 3: ZeroTier and Private Networking

Apr 9, 20237 min read

Before we can properly offer services on our VMs, we'll need to make sure they are accessible over the Internet! However, simply exposing the entire...

TurtleNet 3: ZeroTier and Private Networking