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…
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Uptime Kuma Self-hosted application and server monitoring
Monitoring is a critical part of running enterprise IT infrastructure. You need to know when critical services are down, or the underlying infrastructure has issues. Uptime Kuma provides visibility to…
IoT Notification System Push Notifications for Home Lab no SMTP required
There has been an explosion of IoT devices across consumer and enterprise environments leading to IoT notification system needs. IoT or Internet of things devices comprises sensors, connected industrial equipment,…
Grafana Loki Configuration Syslog Server for Home Labs
If you are looking for a free and open-source Syslog server for your home lab or production environment, there is a great solution that you may not have heard about…
Home lab dashboard with Dashy
Running a homelab provides an excellent opportunity to learn new technologies, applications, services, troubleshooting skills, and the list goes on and on. When you start spinning up dozens or more…
NVMe server for vSAN virtual machines
Just a few years ago, an NVMe server would have been a premium to have either in the enterprise or at home. However, with the availability of NVMe drives and…
Home Lab virtualization software I use
Those who have followed my site and Youtube channel know that I am passionate about home lab environments. It has gone a long way toward helping me to sharpen my…
Cooling for Home Labs and tricks to reduce your heat
Especially since we are in the middle of the summer here in the U.S., running your home lab now with a few servers, network gear, storage, and other devices may…
Best Quiet Home Server in 2022 for Virtualization
Running a home lab is an investment and certainly comes with the cost of equipment, including servers, networking gear, storage, and ancillary devices. However, a cost that is part of…
Virtual firewall vs Physical firewall in the home lab
So, in thinking about the direction of where my home lab is headed, I find myself using less and less discrete physical devices as opposed to running things as virtual…