The latest articles on DEV Community by Petar_mc (@petar_mc). https://dev.to/petar_mc https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3864112%2F9ce116b5-c84e-48c3-a78e-01e78ab496ef.png https://dev.to/petar_mc en Petar_mc Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:38:51 +0000 https://dev.to/petar_mc/i-built-a-eu2month-devops-stack-gitea-jenkins-nexus-29hh https://dev.to/petar_mc/i-built-a-eu2month-devops-stack-gitea-jenkins-nexus-29hh <p>I built a €2/month DevOps stack (Gitea + Jenkins + Nexus)</p> <p>I’ve been running a homelab for a while and wanted to see how far I could push it.</p> <p>So I ended up building a small shared DevOps environment with:</p> <ul> <li>Gitea (git hosting)</li> <li>Jenkins (CI/CD)</li> <li>Nexus (artifact repository)</li> </ul> <p>I also experimented with hosting small APIs + databases for lightweight projects.</p> <p>The goal:<br> Make something cheap and simple for indie developers who don’t want to manage infrastructure.</p> <p>Pricing is intentionally low (€2–€9/month), since it’s running on my own hardware.</p> <p>Limitations:</p> <ul> <li>Residential connection (not for high traffic)</li> <li>Storage and repo limits</li> <li>Best-effort uptime</li> </ul> <p>Biggest challenges so far:</p> <ul> <li>resource isolation</li> <li>preventing abuse</li> <li>storage cleanup policies</li> </ul> <p>Would you trust something like this for small projects?<br> What would you improve?</p> cicd devops showdev sideprojects