Your media, together
Bring family photos, home video, films, and music into one private system instead of scattering them across accounts and drives.
The Service
A private cloud should fit the household, not the other way around.
Every Praetor system starts with your media, devices, routines, and privacy requirements. We choose the hardware, storage, and services around that reality. No two homes need the same setup.
Your family gets one familiar place for photos, home video, films, music, and selected files. We migrate what you already have, set up access, and show everyone how to use it.
We keep running it after installation. That includes updates, health monitoring, backup planning, and support from a team you know.
Private from the start
Approved devices connect through a private encrypted network. The system is not exposed to the public internet by default.
Made to fit
Storage, services, access, and support are chosen for your home. You are not buying a generic box or a fixed subscription tier.
How It Works
Enterprise operating discipline, installed at home.
The experience stays simple. Underneath it, we use proven infrastructure tools to keep services private, organized, visible, and easier to recover.
Proxmox
A stable foundation
Proxmox provides the virtualization layer. It separates core workloads from the hardware and gives us controlled maintenance, snapshots, and clear recovery points.
Kubernetes
Health checks and controlled restarts
Kubernetes runs the media services. Health checks catch failed workloads, controllers restart them, and a consistent deployment model makes updates repeatable.
Tailscale
Private access from approved devices
Tailscale creates an encrypted private network between your system and approved phones, tablets, and computers. Services stay off the public internet by default.
Praetor Operations
Managed after installation
Monitoring and alerts help us spot trouble early. We document backups and recovery for the system we install, then maintain it as your needs change.
Founder
Cloud engineering, brought home.
I’ve spent seven years building and deploying cloud systems for companies. Praetor started with a question I kept coming back to: why should households settle for less control over the media that matters most?
I’m a San Francisco local, a builder, a surfer when the weather cooperates, and a Dungeons & Dragons player. I run this system in my own home. I want other families to have the same care and reliability without asking them to become infrastructure experts.
Contact
Tell us what you want to keep private.
Start with the media you have, the people who need access, and what you want the system to do. We’ll tell you what a sensible setup looks like.