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Self hosted
OmniTools: A Swiss Army Knife of Self-Hosted Utilities
I love really cool self-hosted tools that allow you to have total control over the solution and helps to avoid “free” online services that are riddled with ads, telemetry data and other undesirables. I want…
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Latest articles
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Software Defined Storage
Try Microceph for an Easy Ceph Install
One of the software-defined storage solutions gaining popularity in the enterprise and home lab community is Ceph. Ceph is a…
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Containers
Docker Container Monitoring with cAdvisor Node Exporter Prometheus and Grafana
Recently, I have been taking a hard look at a container monitoring solution for my home lab and production environment.…
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Containers
Docker Swarm is Awesome with Portainer
I have been revisiting how I have been running containers in my home lab. While Kubernetes is awesome, and I…
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Security
Commvault Cloud Rewind Restores Cloud Data AND Infrastructure
If you are like me, the news of ransomware attacks across the world seem to be on the increase with…
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Software Defined Storage
GlusterFS configuration in Ubuntu Server 22.04 and 24.04
In preparing to spin up a home lab Docker Swarm cluster, I wanted to get a working GlusterFS configuration setup…
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Mini PC & Server
GMKtec NUCBOX M7 Pro Review: Great for Gaming and Home Lab
GMKtec graciously sent over a NUCBOX M7 Pro unit for me to take a look at, and needless to say,…
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Proxmox
QEMU Guest Agent Installation in Proxmox VE
If you are running a Proxmox VE server in your home lab or production, there is a component that you…
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home lab
Raspberry Pi Wayland Kiosk for Home Lab Dashboard
In looking for upgrades to my home lab, one of the things that I wanted to implement was a kiosk…
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Windows Server 2025
New OSConfig PowerShell Security Tool in Windows Server 2025
In looking at Windows Server 2025 and security configuration settings, there is a new tool that Microsoft has introduced called…
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home lab
NetBox Docker Compose Install Example
The NetBox solution is a great tool that can allow you to document and have a single source of truth…
