Homelab
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Is OPNSense Really That Good In Our Homelabs?
OPNSense is a FreeBSD-based, open-source firewall/router forked from pfSense, offering enterprise-grade features via a web GUI. Homelabbers choose it for granular security controls, VLAN support, VPNs and plugin extensibility.
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Host Your Own Password Manager With Vaultwarden
Vaultwarden is a lightweight, open-source implementation of the Bitwarden API that you can host yourself, giving you full control over your password data without recurring subscription fees.
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Self-hosting Your Notes with Joplin
Self-hosting your note-taking applications offers both control and economy. Today we look at Joplin as an alternative to Trilium Next and compares features between the two most popular self-hosted note-taking apps.
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Pterodactyl: A Guide to Game Server Hosting
If you’ve ever tried setting up a game server for Minecraft, Rust, or Valheim, you know it can be confusing – especially when managing multiple servers or giving access to friends. That’s where Pterodactyl comes in.
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Give Your Homelab a Name: How to Purchase a Domain Name
To access more than one service at a time on our homelab, we will need to start thinking about our very own domain name for easier access to our homelab services.
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XCP-ng vs. Proxmox: A Homelab Showdown
Although most of our tutorials uses Proxmox to run your homelab, there is an equally awesome alternative to Proxmox called XCP-ng. Let’s take a quick look at this awesome tool.
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Homelabs: Tips For First Time Users That I Wish I Knew Sooner
A Homelab can be one of the most rewarding endeavours, however, if you are not careful, it can turn into a nightmare. Here are some tips from our homelab years.
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Automate Your Home Lab with n8n
If you are following along with our Build your own homelab series, we have got quite a few services up and running, secured and adding value. Today we have a look at a fairly popular service that might not make into our Homelab, not because of lack of features, but more because we are going…
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Adjusting Resources and Disk Space for Containers and VMs in Proxmox
If your Proxmox Homelab is filling up with LXC Containers and VM’s, there is the ever high risk of resources running out. Let’s ahve a look at changing the resource values of your LXC Containers and VMs.
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Simplify Your Home Lab Notifications with ntfy.sh
In this article, we’ll explore what ntfy.sh is, how it works, and how it can add value to your home network, all in plain language without getting too technical.
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Adding a VPN Server to a TP-Link Deco Unit
Let’s add a technology stack that can help us not only access our home network from anywhere in the world, but also add a secondary layer of security when we are travelling
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Discovering Homarr: The Ultimate Home Lab Dashboard
Homarr is a modern dashboard app designed to serve as a control center for your home lab. Whether you’re monitoring a media server, checking on smart devices, or running a few personal projects, Homarr makes it easier to see what’s happening at a glance.
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Mastering Proxmox VE: A Deep Dive into the Post Install Script
After installing Proxmox, many administrators seek to streamline their system setup, and that is where the community-driven Proxmox VE Post Install Script comes in
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A Beginner’s Guide to HexOS: The Next Evolution of User-Friendly NAS Software
For years, setting up and managing a Network Attached Storage (NAS) system has been a challenge for non-technical users. While solutions like TrueNAS SCALE and Unraid have made significant strides in bringing enterprise-grade storage features to the home and small business market, they can still be complex for users who are unfamiliar with Linux-based systems…
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Understanding LXC Containers vs. Virtual Machines in Proxmox
When exploring virtualization technologies, you might come across terms like LXC containers and virtual machines (VMs) both of which you can run using our personal homelab platform called Proxmox. If you are interested in running your own homelab, be sure to check out our Build your Homelab series. We have already got a couple of…
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Home Assistant is Officially Matter Certified!
In exciting news for smart home enthusiasts, Home Assistant has achieved official Matter certification! Whether you are running your Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi or on a VM in your homelab, this new certification is certainly a massive step for Home Assistant, the community and all contributors involved. But what does it actually mean…
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Securing Your Home Lab: How Free SSL Certificates from Let’s Encrypt Keep Your Self-Hosted Services Safe
When it comes to running your own servers, home labs, or self-hosted applications, security is not just an option—it’s a necessity. One of the easiest and most effective ways to protect your data is by using SSL certificates, and thanks to Let’s Encrypt, these certificates are free and easy to install.
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How IPv6 Can Impact Your Home Network: The Pros and Cons
If you have issues getting your local DNS to work, even if you have followed stops to bypass the .local domain issue, you might have a problem with IPv6 on your home network
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Why Your .local Domain Might Not Work, Even with a Personal DNS Server
If you try to use a .local domain, you may find that it simply doesn’t work – even when your DNS server is correctly configured. The culprit? LLMNR (Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution)
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Exploring TriliumNext Notes: A Comprehensive Guide for Everyone
TriliumNext Notes is an innovative note-taking application designed to help you capture, organize, and navigate your ideas with ease. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just someone who loves keeping their thoughts organized, TriliumNext offers a versatile solution that works both online and offline.
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Understanding Evil Twin Wi-Fi: Protect Yourself From Unsafe Hotspots
We dive into a bit more detail when talking about Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks, closely looking at the Evil Twin Wi-Fi attack. Reflecting on the pointers we previously gave, we also focus on one pointer: VPN usage.