Terms of Use & Homelab Disclaimer

Welcome to LanternRack (howto.croogserverdude.ca). By accessing this website, copying docker-compose.yml configurations, or running shell commands published in our guides and videos, you agree to these Terms of Use.

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1. Educational & Lab Purpose ("As-Is" Technical Disclaimer)

All Docker Compose files, shell scripts, reverse-proxy rules, and configuration guides published on LanternRack are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" for educational, testing, and homelab evaluation purposes without warranty of any kind.

Crucial Self-Hosting Safety Rules:

Change Default Credentials & Secrets: Many self-hosted applications use placeholder keys or default bootstrap logins on first boot. Always generate unique secrets (openssl rand -hex 32) and change default admin passwords immediately.
Never Expose Unauthenticated Ports to the Public WAN: Unless a guide explicitly configures hardened authentication (such as Authentik, Pocket-ID, Tinyauth, or WireGuard/Tailscale), bind ports to 127.0.0.1 or your private LAN VLAN.
Verify Volume Mounts & Backups: Before running docker compose up -d or volume cleanup commands, verify your host directory paths and back up existing databases.
Upstream Image Changes: Container maintainers may update :latest or :canary tags after our recorded Last tested date. We pin versions wherever supported and encourage inspecting upstream release notes before upgrading production data.

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2. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law in Ontario, Canada and your local jurisdiction, LanternRack and Craig Davignon shall not be liable for any data loss, service downtime, security breach, hardware damage, or indirect/consequential damages arising from the use or misuse of any command, script, or third-party open-source software featured on this site.

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3. Open-Source Software & Third-Party Trademarks

Each open-source tool featured on LanternRack remains the property of its respective authors and is governed by its own upstream license (MIT, GPL, AGPL, Apache-2.0, etc.).
Our original written guides, benchmark tables, voiceovers, vertical video edits, and the LanternRack brand assets are copyright © Craig Davignon. You are welcome to copy and adapt our docker-compose.yml snippets in your own infrastructure without restriction.

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4. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Questions may be directed to hello@croogserverdude.ca.