home lab
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TDARR: Optimize your Self-hosted Video Streaming Library
Managing a home media library can be daunting. Maintaining an organized, accessible, and efficient media library is important for video enthusiasts and casual viewers alike. Enter Tdarr, a powerful tool designed to help you manage and optimize your media files.…
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Homarr: Sleek Home Lab Dashboard for Server Monitoring
There are many excellent home lab dashboard solutions out there. However, this post will look at another solution called Homarr. Homarr integrates with your existing apps, and displays information that is valuable so it is easy to see. Table of…
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Top VMware Home Lab Configurations in 2023
In 2023, many great options exist for delving into a home lab. Many get into running a home server to learn more skills for their day job, or they like to tinker and play around with technology as a hobby.…
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Chatpad AI: Self-hosted Secure ChatGPT App in Docker
There is no shortage of OpenAI tools and self-hosted apps. However, among the ones I have tried so far, Chatpad AI is arguably the best experience. In case you have not heard about Chatpad AI, this post will take a…
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Top 5 Home Lab Server Backup Solutions
Let’s explore the top five backup solutions for your home lab server to guide you in building an effective backup system, ensuring the safety and longevity of your data. Table of contentsAre Backups needed for home lab environments?It depends on…
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TinyPilot: Raspberry Pi KVM over IP Solution Review
Legacy discovery software available
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Authelia: Open source SSO and MFA in Docker
If you are looking at securing your home lab or other environment, two-factor authentication is the way to go. However, is there a way to self-host your two-factor authentication and SSO technologies? Yes, there is! I want to introduce you…
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Best Hypervisor for Home Lab in 2023
If you are looking to install a hypervisor in the home lab, there are a lot of options to choose from for the home labber. We will look at open source hypervisors, paid hypervisors, and even desktop hypervisors which can…
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Snippet-box: Home Lab Dashboard for Code!
I love little self-hosted utilities that are great in what they do and can provide tremendous benefits running them in the home lab. I recently discovered one of those cool little self-hosted container images called Snippet-box. Let’s look at Snippet-box…
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Top 7 Low Power Home Server Tips and Tricks in 2023
When you decide to run a home lab, part of the cost that you need to consider comes from the power consumption that you will be paying for when running servers 24x7x365. Let’s look at the top 7 low power…
