AIHomelab
LocalAI in Your Homelab: Models, Hardware and a Proxmox Install
Run a LocalAI inference service in Proxmox with the Community Scripts installer, then choose a model, secure access and verify requests, resources and recovery.
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Proxmox VE virtualization, LXC containers, KVM virtual machines, helper scripts, and cluster management.
HardwareHomelab
Intel N150 vs Intel N100: Choosing a Mini-PC or Homelab Server
Compare Intel N150 and N100 specifications, memory and expansion limits, power, video acceleration and complete mini-PC choices for a home server.
HomelabSoftware
Proxmox Backup Server: A Practical Homelab Backup and Restore Guide
Set up Proxmox Backup Server for your homelab, protect encryption keys, manage retention, sync off-site and prove recovery with an isolated restore.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 45 - Immich LXC in Proxmox with Helper Scripts
To install Immich in our Proxmox Homelab previously, we had to first install a Docker LXC and then Immich. This changed with the introduction of a new LXC Helper Script that was released. Let's look at installing Immich a bit easier.
SoftwareHomelab
Raspberry Pi vs. Proxmox: Choosing the Right Home for Your Home Assistant
Running Home Assistant in your homelab is a must for most self-hosters. But should you run it in your Proxmox instance or on your Raspberry Pi? Let's take a look at a detailed comparison between the two options.
SoftwareHomelab
Level Up Your Homelab: Self-Host Your Collaboration with Slack Alternative Mattermost
Explore Mattermost for a homelab: channels, integrations, current free-edition limits, PostgreSQL deployment, Calls networking and practical backup checks.
SoftwareNetworks
pfSense: The Open-Source Guardian of Your Homelab Network
Explore pfSense CE and Plus, firewall and VPN capabilities, and the hardware, virtualization and recovery checks that matter for a homelab gateway.
SoftwareHomelab
Self-Hosting Game Servers at Home with Pelican: Gaming In Your Homelab
Explore Pelican Panel and Wings, supported Linux hosts, game-specific eggs, network access and the backups needed for a dependable homelab game server.
SoftwareHomelab
Beszel: A Simpler Alternative to Prometheus and Grafana for Server Monitoring?
Compare Beszel’s hub and agents with Prometheus and Grafana, then plan connections, permissions, alerts and recoverable monitoring data.
SoftwareHomelab
Paperless-ngx: Organize and Search Documents at Home
Organize documents with Paperless-ngx, understand OCR and matching, choose a current deployment recipe, and test permissions and recovery.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 44 - Updating Your Docker Container Easily (And Automatically)
Any homelab, be it big or small, mature or starting out, will have quite a few Docker containers running. Today we will look at keeping these containers up to date via Portainer by using Watchtower.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 43 - Updating Existing Helper-Scripts Containers
Any growing homelab will surely start to notice updates for the services they are running. Let's see how easy it is to update services that were installed with the help of helper-scripts.com.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 42 - Configure Your Turnkey Nextcloud
Now that we have successfully installed a VM with Turnkey Linux's Nextcloud , we can get it set up. While the helper scripts simplified the process, the installation itself presented...
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Build Your Homelab: 41 - NextCloud VM In Proxmox
Installing Nextcloud in our Proxmox environment is a bit more hands-on than our normal installs, so we are going to be using multiple sources to make our lives easier.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 40 - Configure Your Self-Hosted Immich
Now that Immich is running in a separate LXC with a load of space, let's start using it by setting up a reverse proxy and access rules.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 39 - Installing Immich In Proxmox
Let's start saving some money with a service that the majority of smartphone users have: a service that backs up their photos and videos to the cloud. This is something that is very easy to self-host with the help of Immich.
SoftwareHomelab
Build Your Dream Resume With Reactive Resume - A Self-Hosted Wonder
Compare Reactive Resume's hosted and self-hosted options, match deployment instructions to the release, and verify privacy, backups and exported resumes.
SoftwareHomelab
Nextcloud vs. Immich: Which Self-Hosted Option Is Best For Mobile Phone Photo Backups?
Compare Nextcloud and Immich for phone photo uploads, storage and recovery, with the deployment and maintenance tradeoffs of hosting your own photo library.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 37 - Configuring Plant-it
After installing a new Plant-it server, there is still quite a few things we need to get done before our Plant-it service will be secure and useful. Let's take a look at the configuration of Plant-it.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 36 - Plant-it in Docker With Portainer
Using Portainer, it is very easy to install Plant-it in our Docker environment. If you prefer to rather have it in an existing environment instead of creating another LXC, the install is very straightforward and easy.
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Build Your Homelab: 35 - Manage Your Flora: Plant-it In An LXC Container
Install Plant-it 0.10.0 in an LXC using the demonstrated ports and startup notes, then configure it through the series and test backups and recovery.
SoftwareNetworks
Is OPNsense Really That Good in Our Homelabs?
Does a homelab with Tailscale/Headscale still need OPNsense? Compare gateway and overlay roles, segmentation, virtualisation, wireless management and recovery work.
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 34 - Access Local Network Devices via Tailscale
The last part of our Headscale installation - getting exit nodes set up and routes activated to be able to access network resources
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 33 – Connect To Headscale From Android
Follow the Android Headscale registration screenshots using the techdecode example, with separate compatibility notes and peer, subnet and exit-node checks.
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 32 – Configuring Headscale
Once Headscale is installed, there is quite a bit of intricate setup and config to complete before we will be able to connect to our VPN. Let's get it sorted and set up so we can start using our VPN.
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 31 - Host Your Own Tailscale VPN In Proxmox With Headscale
Install Headscale in Proxmox using the demonstrated helper workflow, with separate explanations of coordination, reachability, policy and recovery.
SoftwareHomelab
XCP-ng vs. Proxmox: A Homelab Showdown
Compare Proxmox VE and XCP-ng for a homelab: VM/container architecture, XO Lite and Xen Orchestra, storage support, backups and a practical evaluation plan.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 28 – Uptime Kuma Integration Into ntfy
Now that we have Uptime Kuma running in our Docker LXC Container , we can start monitoring our other services in our Homelab. We can also alert us if one of the services goes down,...
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Build Your Homelab: 27 - Uptime Kuma
Any respectable homelab has quite a few services running that we need to be notified of if they go down. This is where Uptime Kuma is our best friend, so let's get it included in our Home Lab.
HomelabSecurity
Build Your Homelab: 25 – Securing ntfy
Seeing as our ntfy is open to all guest users to send and receive, we need to lock it down behind a username and password. Let's get the default changed and some credentials set up.
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Build Your Homelab: 24 – ntfy From Outside Your Home Network
Follow the demonstrated NGINX and HTTP notification test, then continue to authentication and HTTPS, with optional proxy tuning and troubleshooting.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 23 – Notifications To Your Phone With ntfy
Install ntfy in a Proxmox LXC and test local phone notifications, then follow the series to external access, authentication and HTTPS.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 22 – Minecraft Server Easy Mode with Crafty Controller
Now that we can create a Minecraft server, how do we create multiples? And how do we manage them all? Today we take a look at a single LXC that can run multiple Minecraft servers at once.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 21 – Host A Minecraft Server
Now that we have core infrastructure services up and running in our homelab, it is time for something that is a lot more fun — hosting our own Minecraft server in our Proxmox Homelab.
HomelabSoftware
Adjusting Resources and Disk Space for Containers and VMs in Proxmox
Adjust Proxmox LXC and VM resources through the original GUI workflow, with clear pending-setting, disk-growth, guest-filesystem and recovery checks.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 20 – Microsoft SQL Server
We have two separate editions of MySQL Up and running in our homelab, so now we will complete the trio with the awesome SQL Server 2022 from Microsoft to ensure we can deploy any type of database for any of our services or apps.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 19 – MySQL - Not MariaDB
Although we have already installed a MariaDB instance of MySQL via Turnkey Linux, there might be a need for a Vanilla MySQL instance to be installed. Let's get that done today via the amazing helper-scripts.com
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 17 – Deploy Docker Containers with Portainer
Install Portainer to manage Docker containers and stacks through a web interface, with practical setup, access and backup guidance for your homelab.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 16 – Docker In A VM
If running Docker in an LXC Container is not for you, it can also easily be run in a full Virtual Machine for stronger kernel isolation. This has slightly more overhead, but is the officially recommended path for complex storage and networking stacks.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 15 – Docker In An LXC Container
Most of the services and apps we are going to run will be inside Docker containers. We can install Docker in an LXC container for a lightweight implementation that can handle most workloads.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 14 – Visualise Prometheus Data with Grafana
Let's install a new LXC container that can help with the display of our Prometheus Node Exporter data so we can make informed decisions on the resource usage of our services and apps.
SoftwareHomelab
Discovering Homarr: The Ultimate Home Lab Dashboard
Use Homarr as a visual homelab dashboard, with private Docker setup, tested integrations, appropriate permissions and a backup that supports recovery.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 13 – Monitoring Prometheus Nodes
We have quite a few services already running in our Build Your Homelab series, and with our SSL certificates up and running, we need to start monitoring our nodes and containers using Prometheus.
HomelabSoftware
Mastering Proxmox VE: A Deep Dive into the Post Install Script
Understand the Proxmox VE community post-install script, preserve the photographed VE 8.3 walkthrough and check current repository, HA and update choices before running it.
HomelabSecurity
Build Your Homelab: 12 – SSL Certificates with Let's Encrypt
We can finally start securing our sites with the help of Let's Encrypt free certificates. In this article we will generate a certificate for our WordPress site after getting our NGINX VM ready to install certificates
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 11 - NGINX On Our VM
Now that we have a dedicated VM up and running, it is time for us to install and set up NGINX on the newly created VM. This adds extra isolation and increases security.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 10 – Our First Virtual Machine
We're migrating NGINX from an LXC container to a dedicated Ubuntu VM for enhanced security and control, paving the way for easier SSL certificate implementation. This crucial step ensures better isolation and prepares our homelab for further security measures.
HomelabSoftware
Understanding LXC Containers vs. Virtual Machines in Proxmox
Compare Proxmox LXC containers and KVM VMs, including kernel isolation, device access, migration limits and backups before choosing a guest type.
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 9 – NGINX From Outside The Home Network
Now that we can access our network from the outside, we configure an NGINX reverse proxy to safely route external traffic to our internal WordPress server, laying the foundation for a secure, accessible online presence.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 7 – Databases with MySQL
One of the most valuable additions to any homelab is a MySQL instance, a powerful and widely used relational database system. But why would you want to run MySQL at home?
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 6 - Reverse Proxy with NGINX
Now that we have a DNS server, what about accessing our Proxmox server? Currently we still have to to 192.168.1.2:8006 to access Proxmox (your IP address may be different). How about we change that to something easier to remember, like proxmox.local?
HomelabNetworks
Build Your Homelab: 5 – Your Own Personal DNS
One of the first (if not the first) apps you can self host (run in your homelab) will probably be your own personal DNS server. Today we will look at running our own DNS server and how to set it up for the entire network
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 4 – Host a WordPress Site
Our first LXC Container! Let's get a self-hosted WordPress server up and running inside Proxmox VE using the TurnKey Linux WordPress template.
HomelabHardware
Build Your Homelab: 3 – Monitor CPU Temperature
Now that we have our homelab hardware sorted and Proxmox installed, it is not a bad idea to keep an eye on CPU temperature seeing as we will probably (hopefully) keep the machine powered on 24/7.
HomelabSoftware
Build Your Homelab: 2 – Installing Proxmox
Now that we have the hardware up and running, it is time to start installing our operating system for our homelab. We have decided to run Proxmox . Proxmox is an open-source...
HomelabSoftware
Understanding LXC Containers: A Simple Guide for Everyone
Understand LXC’s shared kernel, Docker versus system-container workflows, unprivileged mappings, Proxmox mount backups and current OCI preview boundaries.
SoftwareHomelab
A Beginner’s Guide to Homepage: Your Central Hub for a Home Lab
Have you ever wished for an easy way to access all your favorite tools and applications in your home lab? Enter Homepage—a simple, customizable dashboard that brings everything together on one screen.
SoftwareHomelab
Conquer Your Chaos: Self-Hosting Vikunja at Home
Organise tasks with Vikunja, understand free core and managed hosting, and plan a local Docker setup with persistent storage, access and backups.
SoftwareHomelab
Harvester OS on Your Home Network: Is It Worth It?
Harvester’s home-lab suitability, current hardware requirements, VM architecture, witness-node limits and practical installation, backup and upgrade checks.
SoftwareHomelab
Using Ansible for Your Home Lab: Worth It?
Learn Ansible with one Debian or Ubuntu host, a complete Apache playbook, verified privileges and a controlled path to broader maintenance.
SoftwareHomelab
A Beginner's Guide to Proxmox: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Use It
Proxmox is a powerful yet user-friendly open-source platform that allows users to create and manage virtual environments. It’s mainly used for setting up and running virtual machines (VMs) and containers on a single physical server or multiple servers.
HomelabSoftware
Understanding Containers in Servers: A Beginner's Guide
Learn the difference between images and running containers, build a local example, and plan persistent data, resource limits, updates and isolation.