These Git Repositories Changed How I Manage My Home Lab
One of the biggest changes I have made in my home lab over the past few years has nothing to do with Proxmox, Kubernetes, Docker, networking, or storage. Instead, it…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
I Created a Modern Home Lab Blueprint. Here’s What Made the Cut
If there is one thing I think that has changed over the years with self-hosting and learning, it is what a home lab actually looks like. When most of us…
I Thought I Needed an Unbound Cluster. The Solution Was Much Simpler
As of recently, I have been looking at some low hanging fruit as it relates to improving the resiliency of DNS services in my home lab as it relates to…
These Are the Home Lab Projects That Earned a Permanent Place in My Lab
When I started thinking about the projects that I have covered in the past several months, I stopped to think about the actual projects I have introduced in my home…
Why I Never Bought Into the Home Lab Dashboard Trend
If you have spent time looking at blogs and videos on home lab blogs, forums, and Reddit communities, you will eventually notice there is a particular service/app that is always…
I Tried This Storage OS Most Home Labbers Have Never Heard Of
When it comes to storage specific operating systems that are popular in the home lab, most of the time names like TrueNAS are the ones that come to the top…
I Still Use Wireshark, but This Is the Network Tool I Open First
Whenever you are troubleshooting network issues at a very deep level or trying to troubleshoot advanced or complex issues in the environment, you will always see mention of a packet…
I No Longer Follow This Popular Home Lab Advice
Needless to say like EVERYTHING else out there, home labbing has a lot of advice that you can follow across various message boards, videos, and blogs like this one 🙂…
I Tried MicroCloud and It Might Be Canonical’s Most Interesting Home Lab Project Yet
I am always looking at solutions that can be considered as serious platforms for not only self-hosted solutions but also for production environments. In looking at what is out there,…
This Home Lab Learning Tool Made Kubernetes Finally Click for Me
I have been looking for self-hosted tools for learning outside of actual lab environments that I have built in my home lab for Kubernetes. Hands on labs with Kubernetes are…