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Containers
Backup Docker Volumes with Duplicati and Docker Compose
Backing up your Docker persistent volumes is a crucial part of disaster recovery for container filesystem resources that exist on your Docker hosts. This guide looks into installing Duplicati with Docker Compose. We will focus on backing up container data…
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Networking
Alta Labs AP6 Pro Wireless Access Point Review
I have seen Alta Labs information, YouTube videos, and blog posts increasing in visibility over the past year or so. After contacting Alta Labs, they sent over a couple of Alta Labs AP-6 access points for me to try out.…
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home lab
Best DNS Server you can Self-Host in 2023
Choosing a DNS Server for your home network or home lab environment is crucial to performance and security. There are many public DNS servers that can be used for DNS queries. However, in this post, we will look at the…
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Mini PC & Server
GMKtec M3 Mini PC Review: Good Home Server for VMware or Proxmox?
The GMKtec M3 Mini PC, also known as the mini PC NucBox M3, is a mini PC that I picked up on a Black Friday deal this year that I wanted to try out for the home lab and see…
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Proxmox
Proxmox Backup Server: Ultimate Install, Backup, and Restore Guide
Backups are essential to running Proxmox VE in the home lab or production to avoid data loss. Proxmox Backup Server is a free solution to back up and recover Proxmox VE VMs and containers. Table of contentsWhat is Proxmox Backup…
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DevOps
Vagrant Boxes Create Virtual Machines in Seconds on VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and VMware
Virtualization technologies are front and center in software development, testing, and deployment. One of the best tools for spinning up quick and easy development environments is a tool from Hashicorp, called Vagrant. Let’s look at how, using Vagrant boxes, we…
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home lab
Home Lab Update Late 2023: New Switches, Mini PCs, Upgraded Lighting and More!
I am hoping to make this a regular series each year as the home lab undergoes changes and upgrades and as I introduce new things. The home lab for me has come a long way. It is great to be…
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Automation
Install Terraform DevOps Beginners Guide
Getting started with DevOps is a great way to introduce yourself to the more modern way of controlling infrastructure as code with tools that treat building infrastructure by its definition in infrastructure code. In this way, you can provision infrastructure…
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Proxmox
Upgrade Proxmox Host to 8.1: Tutorial & Steps
With the release of Proxmox 8.1, you may be itching to update your Proxmox host in the home lab or production. Let’s look at the steps to upgrade your Proxmox host to Proxmox 8.1. In the example below, I will…
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Proxmox
Proxmox 8.1 New Features and Download with Software-Defined Network and Secure Boot
The Proxmox 8.1 hypervisor has been released with great new features. The official information and documentation show it is a worthy upgrade for Proxmox 8 systems. Highlights include new software-defined network (SDN) features, secure boot, flexible notifications, and other new…