Every accomplishment in the home lab starts with curiosity about various technologies. That to me, is the spark that motivates all of us. We want to try new things, break…
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Linux is one of the best choices for self-hosting applications. It is generally very fast, lightweight, and lacks the bloat of other operating systems like Windows Server OS when it…
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There is no question that one of THE most important parts of your home lab is the networking component. Home labs are like real production environments. If the network is…
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With most running Proxmox or leaning towards running Proxmox in the home lab for the foreseeable future, running Docker containers on top of a Proxmox environment is a given. Proxmox…
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OpenStack, the open-source cloud infrastructure project, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Launched in 2010 by NASA and Rackspace to combat vendor lock-in, the platform has become a de facto standard, now powering more than 45 million cores in production across thousands of global organizations. The milestone underscores OpenStack’s evolution into a mature technology […]
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Backups are never the “fun” part of a home lab and honestly it may be one of the last things you think about. I know for me the most exciting…
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When I say that my home lab has changed over the years, that is definitely an understatement. It has gone through several iterations of build outs. Most of the upgrades…
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I have been playing around with and using OPNsense for a while now and it is a rock solid open-srouce firewall that can do just about anything you want to…
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DNS is absolutely one of the core critical services in your home lab environment. It isn’t flashy or the “next new thing” but if DNS isn’t working, nothing else will…
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Since I have moved my home lab now to mostly mini PCs, I definitely keep my eyes open for great mini PC configurations and offerings that make sense for home…
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This list of Linux benchmark scripts and tools should prove helpful for quick performance checks of CPU, storage, memory, and network on Linux servers and VPS.
Reverse proxies I think are one of the most important services that you can spin up in your home lab. In fact, if you caught my recent blog post and…
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Recently, I covered the first services that you should spin up in a home lab, including core services that are needed to make sure things work as expected with apps…
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I have been testing a lot of reverse proxies lately, comparing features, and thinking about which ones are best for which use cases. For a long while, I have thought…
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Docker Desktop is a great tool to run containers locally. It also provides a great interface to work with your containers and many features. While we may choose to run…
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Choosing a Linux server distribution for your projects can be a daunting task, especially with the many options available.
I have been all-in on mini PCs now for the past couple of years and have since gotten rid of my enterprise 2U servers and that create a lot of…
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Sometimes it is hard to know where to start when building a home lab. It can be overwhelming with all the choices and services that you know you may need…
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I have to say that I am a sucker for tools and utilities, especially when these are good and add value to a platform. Not long ago, I did a…
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There are a lot of great ways to run Kubernetes in your home lab. I have covered many of these from running k3s to running a Minikube cluster on Ubuntu…
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