I Finally Found a Docker Backup Tool That Fits a Home Lab
There are all kinds of backup solutions out there that do some really amazing things. However, when it comes to Docker, the options start to shrink down. So, when I…
Category: home lab
I Tried WolfStack and It Might Be the Simplest Way to Run a Home Lab
I am always looking at what I think might be the simplest way for ones to get into running a home lab. There are definitely simple ways to do it.…
What Worked Great Until My Home Lab Got Bigger (And Why I Moved On)
Like everything else in a home lab, change is inevitable. There are certain tools that served me well at a certain point or size of my home lab that I…
I Did Not Expect to Like This Self-Hosted Termius Alternative This Much
The article I wrote on Termius seemed to strike a chord with many who use various tools across the home lab. There were many comments for Termius, but also comments…
I thought my Technitium DNS cluster was fixed. These settings were the real problem
When you run a home lab long enough, you eventually hit one of those troubleshooting sessions that turns into a full-on detective story. You start out convinced the issue is…
I Tried Termius for My Home Lab and Replaced My SSH Client
I am always on the lookout for the next tool that makes sense for me to use in my home lab environment or that brings new features or capabilities to…
The Home Lab Alerts I Refuse to Live Without
I have shared quite a bit of content on the tools I use in my current monitoring stack. However, I haven’t really shared the details of what I actually “alert”…
Before I Deploy Anything to My Home Lab, I Make These 8 Decisions
When you start spending enough time self-hosting applications in your home lab, you stop “just deploying” stuff because they look cool. We all still do some of that, no matter…
Why I Run Some Things in Docker, Some in VMs, and Some in Kubernetes
I have been very transparent about the fact that I still have Docker hosts in my home lab in addition to running Kubernetes. If you haven’t seen my post on…
The Best Infrastructure Decisions I Made This Year
It has been quite a year already in my home lab when it comes to infrastructure and the decisions I have made so far. This year I have made some…