Tag: homelab

You've been compromised. Now what? A practical incident response playbook for self-hosters who didn't think they'd need one until right now.

A honeypot sits quietly on your network pretending to be valuable. Touch it and you've found an intruder. Deploy OpenCanary in Docker, dead simple.

2026 home lab hardware picks: N100/N150 mini PCs, used rack servers, NAS options, UPS, and switches, plus the power-draw math you need to justify the build.

GitLab CE does everything and wants all your RAM. Gitea and Forgejo run on a Raspberry Pi. Here's which self-hosted git platform actually fits your setup.

Wazuh gives you SIEM, HIDS, FIM, and threat detection in one stack. Here's how to deploy it in your home lab with Docker and actually use it.

DRAM prices are killing the hobbyist SBC market, but there are still great options. Here's what's worth buying in 2026 for a sub-$200 homelab setup.

LUKS encrypts your drives so a stolen server is just expensive recycling. Here's how to set it up, manage keys, and unlock headless boxes remotely.

Run Docker containers without root privileges, here's the security difference, the install steps, and the gotchas nobody tells you about.

Attackers love finding ways to go from www-data to root. Here's how they do it, and more importantly, how you harden your Linux boxes to stop them.

Steam crossed 5% Linux usage in March 2026. Proton runs most Windows games without touching a config file. Here's the setup that makes Linux gaming not suck.

Google Drive, Gmail, Photos, Calendar, Maps, Analytics, all replaceable with self-hosted alternatives that don't report your life back to Mountain View.

Google's Gemma 4 is the best open model they've shipped yet. Here's how to pull it, run it, and actually use it for real work with Ollama on your own hardware.