This guide documents a fully working, modern setup for running a modded Valheim dedicated server on UmbrelOS using Portainer, with: • Automatic Valheim updates• Automatic Thunderstore mod installs• Daily update schedule• Persistent worlds + backups• FIX for Therzie mods breaking after recent Valheim updates This guide assumes basic familiarity with UmbrelOS and Docker. Why this…

This is the guide I wish existed before I spent way too long fighting Portainer, and Umbrel’s sandboxing. As is the theme of this blog, I suffered so you don’t have to. This method focuses on a simple, reliable path; a method that actually works on Umbrel. I’m going to give you the TLDR right…

I wanted a place to document my homelab projects without paying for hosting and without handing my data to another cloud provider. Simple goal, right? It’s been a while since I dabbled in this stuff, and the old-school way of opening ports on your home router and hoping for the best was not going to…