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…
Tag: docker
Dozzle Real-Time Docker Log Monitoring Made Easy
One of the struggles that I know I had when starting to implement containers in the home lab a few years back was visibility on what was actually going on…
5 Best LLM Models You Can Run in Docker on Low-Power Hardware
I have been super interested in running LLMs at home with the help of great open source tools freely available out there. Large Language Models (LLMs) are now not just…
Top Docker Performance Tweaks on Low-Power Hardware
There are two things that I highly recommend for modern home lab environments, Docker and low-power mini PCs. Docker provides a much more efficient way to run apps compared to…
Why I Started Documenting My Docker Containers and What I Include
Running Docker containers and learning them is one of the best things you can do for your IT learning and career in 2025. Containerized technologies are everywhere. They are simple,…
Docker NFS Mount on Synology and Performance Tweaks
One of the viable solutions for shared storage for running your Docker containers is NFS. Many are running a NAS in their home lab environment that is used for storage.…
Build Your Own Arpwatch Docker Container to Watch Your Network
If you are looking for a solution to monitor Ethernet address changes in your network, arp monitoring is a great way to do this. ARP or address resolution protocol is…
Secure Nginx Proxy Manager Admin Interface with SSL
I really like Nginx Proxy Manager to secure my Docker containers running on Docker hosts with SSL certificates. I find it to be extremely intuitive and it is absolutely one of those…
Best Containers for DevOps in 2025
I use a LOT of Docker containers in the home lab and in my DevOps journey to continually work with various code projects, automation, and just running applications in containers. There are…
Best 5 Home Server Projects to start learning Docker in 2025
I am a huge fan of projects to get started with using and becoming familiar with Docker. I think we will continue to see a shift to containerization from VMs…