Articles by Tag #homelab
Browse our collection of articles on various topics related to IT technologies. Dive in and explore something new!
'Doglabbing' ngrok: Standardized AuthN and routing for everything
Welcome to the second in our series on "doglabbing" ngrok—you know, what we all call it when your...
Using Packer and Proxmox to Build Templates
Automating the deployment of virtual machines (VMs) is an essential part of modern IT infrastructure....
What Is a Homelab, and Why It Needs a WAF
What Is a Homelab 🏡 A homelab is a personal computing environment, often set up by tech...
SafeLine WAF — The Self-Hosted Firewall Every Homelab Needs
Introduction After setting up fail2ban to secure SSH access in my homelab, I quickly...
SafeLine WAF vs Cloud WAF: Which One Actually Saves You Money?
Introduction When I first started looking into Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) for my...
Docker or VMs for Your Homelab? Let’s Settle the Debate (Sort Of)
Ever found yourself staring at your homelab setup, wondering if you should containerize everything...
'Doglabbing' ngrok: Many services, one standard AuthN path
Much like James from yesterday, we have another heavy Kubernetes homelab setup using ngrok as its...
HomeLab
Introduction Starting off with a 5-year-old notebook from my apprenticeship that I don’t...
Home Lab: Chapter 1 — Requirements, Hardware, Software and Architecture
Howdy! Welcome to the first quest I'll be tackling! This one might take a while to complete, as it...
How I Discovered I Love Tech as a 26-Year-Old Sous Chef
From wine dinners to Linux terminals — how I fell in love with tech while still cooking full-time.
How slow HDDs caused various issues in Talos and k3s
Hi there fellow people, It's been a while since I've come back here, I keep leaving this place to...
How to Build a Home Kubernetes Cluster With Raspberry Pi (2025 Guide)
If you’ve ever wanted to get hands-on with Kubernetes without paying for expensive cloud resources,...
Basic Linux command (tr)
tr is used to translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input, writing to standard...
The Umbrel OS for home-lab, self-hosted tech solutions
My discovery of Umbrel, as self-hosted solutions for spare hardware; sparks some curiosity to jot...
From Zero to Scale: Kubernetes on Proxmox (The scaling Autopilot Method)
Today, we'll take a beginner-friendly look at housing Kubernetes in Proxmox. But instead of the...
Basic Linux command (Hostname)
Hostname is used to display the system's DNS name, and to display or set its hostname or NIS domain...
BUILDING A CYBERSECURITY DETECTION AND MONITORING LAB BY LEVERAGING LOCAL VIRTUAL MACHINES (VMs) AND MICROSOFT AZURE
Introduction Learning and implementing cybersecurity concepts can be challenging without...
Basic Linux command (nano)
nano is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look and feel of Pico, but is free software, and...
How to run a home lab without an ethernet port
In this blog, I will show you how I set up my home lab network without a direct ethernet port (also...
Proxmox: Resize Your Local (pve) Disk
Ever wondered how to resize your local (pve) disk after a fresh install or when adding a new disk to...
Setup a NAS + Homelab using Raspberry Pi
Setup a NAS + Homelab using Raspberry Pi I was tired of using cloud storage solutions and wanted...
Home Lab
The home lab! I don't know how to describe the lab, but it's something I want to live for. Currently,...
Basic Linux command (tree)
tree command a utility used to display the contents of directories in a tree-like, hierarchical...
Creating 10" homelab rack
I wanted to setup a little lab at home for years to store my internet box, domotic server,...
Homelab Kubernetes Cluster
I’ve been building a Kubernetes homelab in my home office over the last few weeks so I thought I’d...
Reproducible and Scalable VM Cloning on Proxmox-Ansible to the Rescue!
🚀 **Streamline VM cloning** on Proxmox using Ansible with this step-by-step guide! 🛠️ From setting up a minimal base VM to automating the entire cloning process, learn how to make your VM environment scaleable, reproducible, and efficient-whether for development, production, or custom server setups. 💻✨
How I Built My Self-Hosted Homelab with Docker on Ubuntu 24.04
🧠 Why I Built This Homelab This has been one of my personal projects in 2024, but I hadn’t...
Home Lab: Chapter 3 — Kubernetes Setup
Howdy! In this chapter, I'll walk through the setup of the Kubernetes cluster. For the Operating...
my work in progress project
I'm a Linux systems admin and a die hard Tori Amos fan. You never stop learning in this field but I...
Basic Keycloak setup with Ansible
So in this post let me show how I solved the installation of Keycloak on a bare-metal (VM) server. I...