Home Assistant Docker Compose Design Decisions: Networking, Storage, Backups
If you have been wanting to get into Home Assistant, it is a growing ecosystem that is fun and exciting. And, if you already have a home lab environment, which…
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Automate Your Home Lab with n8n Workflow Automation and AI
If you have not heard about a tool called N8N, please read this blog post. This is a phenomenal tool that really opens a lot of possibilities for doing things…
15 Weekend-Ready Ansible Playbooks for Your Home Lab
I’ve spent countless weekends automating every corner of my home lab, and nothing feels better than kicking back on Monday morning knowing that routine tasks and projects in the home…
Docker Networking Tutorial: Bridge vs. Macvlan vs. Overlay for Home Labs
Everyone starts out using the default bridge network in a Docker container environment. And, if you are running standalone Docker hosts there is likely nothing wrong with using this network…
Run Your Home Lab with Infrastructure as Code Like a Boss
There has never been a better time to get into coding things, especially infrastructure as code. There are so many powerful AI tools available now so the barrier to entry…
Amazon Kiro AI IDE Released in Preview Download it Now!
I have been super excited and using AI-enhanced coding tools for the last few months now. So, I am on the lookout for new tools and solutions. In case you…
Ansible Semaphore UI: My New Go-To Infrastructure Automation Tool
A couple of years ago now, I wrote about Ansible Semaphore which brings an awesome UI to Ansible and it is a MUCH simpler tool to get up and running…
High-Availability (HA) Proxmox Clusters: Do’s & Don’ts
One of the most powerful features of running a virtualization cluster is being able to have high availability features that are built into the solution. High availability features allow you…
Proxmox Networking Best Practices for Home Labs and Downloadable Cheat Sheet!
One of the most important parts of any virtualization solution is the networking. It doesn’t matter how awesome your storage is or how many capabilities your hypervisor has if you…
Docker Security Tips for Container Hosts & Ansible Playbook
Running containers in your lab or production environment is one of the best things you can do, not only for learning, but running workloads efficiently. Over the last couple of…