A curated, real-world stack of self-hosted applications and homelab infrastructure by Chris Almida, focused on sovereignty, privacy, and decentralization.
This repo contains the full architecture, Docker Compose files, and configuration notes used in my personal sovereign tech environment, built around:
- Docker Compose for container orchestration
- Traefik for dynamic reverse proxy + TLS
- Unraid and Ubuntu as host environments
- Self-sovereign infrastructure: Pi-hole, Immich, Cal.com, Vikunja, Audiobookshelf, Nextcloud, etc.
- Ansible for future automated deployment (WIP)
📚 Series: Foundations of Sovereign Self-Hosting
This educational series walks through the process of building a complete media server + homelab environment, step-by-step, using free and open source software (FOSS). Each part includes a real Docker Compose file reflecting a tested stack.
| Part | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Setting Up the Media Server Environment |
| 2 | Media Players (Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, Audiobookshelf, and Mealie) |
| 3 | Media Management (Arr apps: Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, Bazarr) |
| 4 | Downloading & Indexing (Prowlarr, qBittorrent, SABnzbd, MeTube) |
| 5 | Requests & Analytics (Overseerr, Radarec, Sonashow, Tautulli) |
docker composesyntax (no version key)- Uses named stacks and custom external networks (e.g.,
casaproxy,casavpn) - Network isolation and DNS control via Pi-hole + macvlan
- Cal.com integration with Ghost blog (WIP)
- Manual TLS via Cloudflare Origin Certificates
sovereign-self-hosted/
├── Foundations of Sovereign Self-Hosting/
│ ├── Part-1-Environment/
│ ├── Part-2-Players/
│ ├── Part-3-Managers/
│ ├── Part-4-Downloaders/
│ ├── Part-3-Requests-Analytics/
├── Ansible/ # WIP automation
├── Compose-Stacks/ # Modular stacks
| ├── NetworkEdge Stack # Modular Network Edge stack with Cloudflare and Traefik
└── README.md # This file
This project is about owning your tools, controlling your data, and opting out of cloud dependencies where possible.
Join the journey or fork and remix it for your needs. Feedback and pull requests welcome.
Chris Almida
Blog: https://sovereign.chrisalmida.com
X: @sovereignalmida