I Added Authentik SSO to My Home Lab with Docker-Compose: Logging In Will Never Be the Same
I have been experimenting with SSO lately in the home lab and decided to give Authentik a try. And let me tell you, it is a crazy good self-hosted SSO…
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TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus Review: Blazing Fast Storage for Creators and Home Labs
The portable SSD market has exploded in recent years. When Terramaster sent over the D1 SSD Plus for me to take a look at, it was an intriguing little device…
I Replaced Nginx Proxy Manager with Traefik in My Home Lab and It Changed Everything
I have been using Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) for quite some time now, a few years from what I remember. It is a great solution and one that I point…
Visualize Your Docker-Compose with Mermaid + docker-compose-viz This Weekend
I have been big into documenting my home lab and finding tools that are great for creating documentation for my DevOps processes in the lab and in production. This has…
How to Install Talos Omni On-Prem for Effortless Kubernetes Management
Kubernetes is one of the most complex architectures and solutions in modern infrastructure. When it comes to K8s, we need to manage control planes, worker nodes, certificates, upgrades, and lifecycle…
Top Home lab Networking Mistakes to Avoid in 2025
Networking is literally the lifeblood of your home lab. If the network is no good, then everything else is going to fall down. Things won’t perform well, and you will…
Portainer 2.33 LTS Released with Alerting, New Look, Helm Overhaul and More!
Portainer has long been on the lists of best Docker tools that you can use in the home lab and in production environments. REcently, they have announced the new Portainer…
5 Storage Projects to Supercharge Your Home Lab This Weekend
Storage is one of the coolest projects that you can undertake in your home lab as most apps or services that you want to self-host will have the need to…
How to Totally Control DNS in Your Home Lab
When you start building a home lab, one of the first things you realize is how important DNS is. Every service you run, including Proxmox, Docker containers, Kubernetes clusters, or…
7 Ways to Make Your Home Lab More Resilient to Power Outages
I can tell you that when you are on a consumer power grid, one of the biggest headaches with running a home lab is power outages. When you don’t have…
