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January 20, 2023June 4, 2023

Building my Home Server: Deploying a Home Lab Environment

When I decided to set up a home lab, I knew that I needed a powerful and reliable server to run my virtual machines and store my data. I started my journey by purchasing a used server from eBay, thinking that it would be a cost-effective solution. However, I soon realized that the server I…

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January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

The ultimate IT learning journey!

As someone who has always been fascinated by technology, I have decided to take the leap and start my learning journey in IT. I am excited to delve deeper into the world of networking, network security, SysOps & DevOps. The first step in my journey was to familiarize myself with networking concepts. I started with…

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February 1, 2025January 29, 2025

Kubernetes cluster. Why and how

Think of Kubernetes (often shortened to K8s) as a system that helps you manage and run multiple applications (or “containers”) across different computers automatically. Instead of manually starting, stopping, and updating apps, Kubernetes does it for you in an organized way. 🔹 Breaking It Down: What is Kubernetes? Sure! Think of Kubernetes (often shortened to…

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January 25, 2025January 25, 2025

Installing GNU-World on ircu2

OS SUPPORT: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS \n \l – Server / Raspberry Pi 4 Pre-Requisites 1 – Update OS and change Host. (root) NOTE: This Config is only on IPv4 if you don’t have a IPV6 Tunnel config. add – irc.testnet.org add – 127.0.0.1 irc.testnet.org 2 – Install (byacc, flex, screen, make, cmake, zip, perl, automake,…

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October 27, 2024October 27, 2024

Replacing Cloudflare Tunnel with Tailscale on a VPS

Why Switch from Cloudflare Tunnels to Tailscale? While Cloudflare Tunnels is a popular choice for opening home networks, Tailscale offers greater control over device access and simplified configuration using WireGuard. With Tailscale on a VPS, you can secure your home network without compromising on security or dealing with port-forwarding and firewall configurations. Prerequisites Tailscale Installation:…

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May 25, 2024

KASM – My main workspace RBI

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the process of installing KASM, a popular Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) solution, as the main workspace on a home lab using a virtual machine (VM) in Proxmox. This setup will enable you to securely isolate web browsing activities, protecting your network and sensitive data from potential web-based…

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May 12, 2024May 12, 2024

Transforming a Mini PC into a Powerful Home Network Hub / Router/ Firewall with OPNsense

When it comes to optimizing home network infrastructure, the choice of hardware and software plays a pivotal role. I recently embarked on a project to elevate my home network using a fanless mini PC and the robust capabilities of OPNsense. Here’s a detailed journey of how I turned a compact, silent mini PC into a…

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March 30, 2024March 30, 2024

Ansible – Make Any Linux Distro Yours Using Ansible

During my consumption of tech YouTube content, I came across a video talking about Ansible Pull. I am familiar with Ansible, so I queue it up. As soon as I finished the video this project came to mind. I know a lot of Linux desktop users use git to store their rc files and config…

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February 5, 2024February 5, 2024

Cronjobs – Reboot schedule

So because one of my VMs was acting up (due to a lot of transcoding on my media server) when not rebooting for a long period, I had to look for a cronjob format that would help with this issue. I’d use cron (should already be installed): The first time you might have to choose…

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January 5, 2024

My new favorite HomeLab Dashboard – Homarr

Before diving into the tutorial, let me explain a bit about Homarr. As of my last update, Homarr is a web application that allows users to control and manage smart home devices. It’s often deployed using Docker, a containerization platform, and Portainer, a user-friendly Docker management tool. The process typically involves setting up containers, configuring…

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January 1, 2024

The Ultimate Home Lab Monitoring Setup – Prometheus + Grafana

After avoiding and putting this off for months now, I finally decided to set this up and I must say, I was a bit silly to even fear this. The only reason I didn’t want to get into it was that I felt it was going to be tedious and hard to maintain, but to…

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December 9, 2023

Tutorial for ProxMox E-Mail Alerts

Setting up alerts in Proxmox is critical to making sure you are notified if something goes wrong with your servers. It’s so easy, I should have done this years ago! In this tutorial, we’ll set up email notifications using SMTP with Gmail or G Suite that send email alerts when there are disk errors, ZSF…

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