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# What is this?
The "**[Geek's Cookbook](https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz)**" is a collection of guides for establishing your own highly-available docker container cluster (swarm). This swarm enables you to run self-hosted services such as [GitLab](/recipes/gitlab/), [Plex](/recipes/plex/), [NextCloud](/recipes/nextcloud/), etc. Recent updates and additions are posted on the [CHANGELOG](/CHANGELOG/).
Funky Penguin's "**[Geek Cookbook](https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz)**" is a collection of how-to guides for establishing your own container-based self-hosting platform, using either [Docker Swarm](/ha-docker-swarm/design/) or [Kubernetes](/kubernetes/start/).
Running such a platform enables you to run self-hosted tools such as [AutoPirate](/recipes/autopirate/) (*Radarr, Sonarr, NZBGet and friends*), [Plex](/recipes/plex/), [NextCloud](/recipes/nextcloud/), and includes elements such as:
* [Automatic SSL-secured access](/ha-docker-swarm/traefik/) to all services (*with LetsEncrypt*)
* [SSO / authentication layer](/ha-docker-swarm/traefik-forward-auth/) to protect unsecured / vulnerable services
* [Automated backup](/recipes/elkarbackup/) of configuration and data
* [Monitoring and metrics](/recipes/swarmprom/) collection, graphing and alerting
Recent updates and additions are posted on the [CHANGELOG](/CHANGELOG/), and there's a friendly community of like-minded geeks in the [Discord server](http://chat.funkypenguin.co.nz).
## Who is this for?
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## Why should I read this?
So if you're familiar enough with the tools, and you've done self-hosting before, why would you read this book?
So if you're familiar enough with the concepts above, and you've done self-hosting before, why would you read any further?
1. You want to upskill. You want to do container orchestration, LetsEncrypt certificates, git collaboration.
1. You want to upskill. You want to work with container orchestration, Prometheus and Grafana, Kubernetes
2. You want to play. You want a safe sandbox to test new tools, keeping the ones you want and tossing the ones you don't.
3. You want reliability. Once you go from __playing__ with a tool to actually __using__ it, you want it to be available when you need it. Having to "_quickly ssh into the host and restart the webserver_" doesn't cut it when your wife wants to know why her phone won't sync!
3. You want reliability. Once you go from __playing__ with a tool to actually __using__ it, you want it to be available when you need it. Having to "*quickly ssh into the basement server and restart plex*" doesn't cut it when you finally convince your wife to sit down with you to watch sci-fi.
## What have you done for me lately? (CHANGELOG)
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## What do you want from me?
I want your money.
No, seriously (_but yes, I do want your money - see below_), If the above applies to you, then you're like me. I want everything I wrote above, so I ended up learning all this as I went along. I enjoy it, and I'm good at it. So I created this website, partly to make sure I documented my own setup properly.
I want your [patronage](https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6982506), either in the financial sense, or as a member of our [friendly geek community](http://chat.funkypenguin.co.nz) (*or both!*)
### Get in touch 👋
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### Buy my book 📖
I'm also writing the Geek Cookbook as a formal eBook, on Leanpub (https://leanpub.com/geeks-cookbook). Buy it for $0.99 (_which is really just a token gesture of support_) - you can get it for free (_in PDF, mobi, or epub format_), or pay me what you think it's worth!
I'm also publishing the Geek Cookbook as a formal eBook (*PDF, mobi, epub*), on Leanpub (https://leanpub.com/geek-cookbook). Buy it for as little as $5 (_which is really just a token gesture of support, since all the content is available online anyway!_) or pay what you think it's worth!
### Donate / [Support me 💰](https://www.patreon.com/funkypenguin)
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Impulsively **[click here (NOW quick do it!)](https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6982506)** to patronize me, or instead thoughtfully and analytically review my Patreon page / history **[here](https://www.patreon.com/funkypenguin)** and make up your own mind.
I also gratefully accept donations of most fine socialist/anarchist/hobbyist cryptocurrencies, including the list below (_let me know if I've left out the coin-of-the-week, and I'll happily add it_):
| -ist-currency | Address
| ------------- |-------------|
| Bitcoin | 1GBJfmqARmL66gQzUy9HtNWdmAEv74nfXj
| Ethereum | 0x19e60ec49e1f053cfdfc193560ecfb3caed928f1
| Litecoin | LYLEF7xTpeVbjjoZD3jGLVgvKSKTYDKbK8
| :turtle: TurtleCoin | TRTLv2qCKYChMbU5sNkc85hzq2VcGpQidaowbnV2N6LAYrFNebMLepKKPrdif75x5hAizwfc1pX4gi5VsR9WQbjQgYcJm21zec4
### Hire me 🏢
Need some system design work done? I do freelance consulting - [contact](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/contact/) me for details.
Need some Cloud / Microservices / DevOps / Infrastructure design work done? I'm a full-time [AWS-certified](https://www.certmetrics.com/amazon/public/badge.aspx?i=4&t=c&d=2019-02-22&ci=AWS00794574) consultant, this stuff is my bread and butter! :bread: :fork_and_knife: [Contact](https://www.funkypenguin.co.nz/contact/) me and let's talk!