Solo engineer — infrastructure, packaging, docs · 2024
OpenHuman Self-Host
A reproducible, single-command self-hosted deployment of the OpenHuman stack with backups, TLS, and observability baked in.
Stack
- Docker Compose
- Caddy
- PostgreSQL
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Bash
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Overview
What it is
OpenHuman is great but the official deploy story assumes a managed cloud. This project packages the whole stack — app, database, object store, and reverse proxy — into a single declarative compose setup that runs on a $5 VPS or a homelab box.
It ships with automated encrypted off-site backups, Let's Encrypt TLS renewal, and a Grafana/Prometheus pair wired to the app's metrics endpoint. A teardown script makes it disposable for testing.
Highlights
4 things worth calling out
Single-command deploy on a $5 VPS
Encrypted off-site backups on a schedule
Automatic TLS via Caddy + Let's Encrypt
Bundled Prometheus + Grafana observability