My discovery of Umbrel, as self-hosted solutions for spare hardware; sparks some curiosity to jot down for future reference.
More about umbrel in the coming links:
The idea is that instead of rely on cloud services or subscriptions, we may have the options to do host some workload for ourselves and family custom use-cases. Range from home media servers, photo sharing, smart home automation, or any self-hosted applications.
The bonus part: start small, as the entry point; if we're working in the IT industry, solutions like these, help to paint the foundational knowledge for more complex enterprise solutions. Otherwise, what's the entry barrier to learn about those 'advanced solutions' ? (Smirked)
I also learnt that Umbrel it comes with its own preconfigured hardware, as well as custom installable media on the Raspberry Pi in the following article:
How to install Umbrel on Raspberry Pi 5 - Guides - Umbrel Community
If you have a Raspberry pi 5 and want to test Umbrel but don’t want to wait for the official release to support RP5, you can install it like this: 1.Install Raspberry pi os lite 64 bit (no desktop) - optional (configure ssh and user/pass via Rasberry pi Imager) SSH to your Raspberry Pi (or just connect it to a monitor and use a keyboard). Install Umbrel via: curl -L https://umbrel.sh | bash after it finished installing you will get the IP address. Please note: If you want to install ...
community.umbrel.com
I notice there is Umbrel OS AppStore!
(a curated list of applications)
https://apps.umbrel.com/
Even if I have not started to use Umbrel OS some of the applications listed on the App Store; knowing from the list may help to reinforce and validate my choice of certain applications to be used in the homelab situation.
For example, the home networking, personal VPN, we may use Tailscale. https://tailscale.com/ which is also listed on the Umbrel App Store.
With that information, that's quite helpful for me to further discover many other self-hosted solutions that can be useful for home lab DIY-crafting.