pfSense vs OPNsense – Best Open Source Firewall
In the home lab and open source community, there are two firewall solutions that seem to get everyone’s attention when it comes to running an enterprise-grade firewall that is free.…
Month: March 2023
Windows 11 Debloater with Tiny11 OS
Windows 11 has brought many new features and improvements to operating systems. While these advancements are welcomed, several pre-installed apps and services may not be essential to every user. These…
Connect to Azure AD PowerShell – Step-by-step guide
Using install-module to install the AzureAD PowerShell module
TrueNAS Docker Compose with Scale Apps and Truecharts
TrueNAS can truly be a LAN in a CAN solution as it can run virtual machines and even Docker containers which you may not have realized. Let’s look at this…
Truenas Core vs. Scale – A detailed comparison
TrueNAS has made a name for itself as a great all around solution for not only storage but also running workloads itself like virtual machines and even Docker containers. There…
Cloud Infrastructure Management for Beginners
There have been a lot of changes over the past several years in how organizations are rolling out their infrastructure. They have shifted a lot of infrastructure to cloud computing…
Kubernetes Monitoring Tools with Prometheus and Grafana
Kubernetes monitoring and effective monitoring at that can be done with effective free and open source solutions like Prometheus and Grafana. Both of these solutions when used together can help…
Bitwarden Unified Docker installation self-hosted password manager
Getting your self-hosted Installation ID and Installation Key
Adguard Home Docker Compose with Traefik Ingress
I have been playing around with different DNS sinkhole services in the home lab environment. I have been running Pi-Hole for a while now, but I wanted to take Adguard…
AdGuard Home vs. PiHole – Best adblocker?
There are two popular solutions to getting rid of ads in the home network, AdGuard Home and PiHole. Which one is best? What are the pros and cons of each?…