braydenthechick.cc

Let's start at the basic infrastructure. In my living room, there are three little mini pcs connected together. They run Proxmox VE, a Linux based platform for managing virtual envrionemnts. This began as a little project by my Dad which I hijaced to run this website.

I have two linux containers set up on one of the mini pcs, both running Ubuntu Server. One of these containers uses a program called NGINX (Pronounced Engine X but I call it N-jinks) which displays the static pages you've been looking at. The other hosts a github runner which automates updates.

I have a folder on my laptop which contains everything for this website. When i want to update something, I make a git commit and sync it to my github. From there, the runner automatically updates the copy of the files on the mini pc. This is great for resiliance, as I have three seperate copies of the website files stored in different locations in case something goes wrong. It also means I can update my website in seconds by clicking a few buttons.

However, there's one crucial factor missing here that I haven't talked about yet. The domain name, braydenthechick.cc, is the only thing I had to spend money on for this project (less than $10). Since I bought it through cloudflare, I got access to their firewall system. This is how I'm able to safely let people like you view my website without exposing my home ip.