Tag: homelab

Tired of manually updating containers? Watchtower handles it. But if you set it wrong, you'll wake up to broken apps. Here's how to do it right.

You've got backups. Great. But do you know if they actually work? RTO and RPO mean nothing if you've never actually restored.

IPv6 isn't just for the future, it's broken on your network right now. Here's why you should care and how to actually set it up.

Run BGP in your home lab with FRRouting. Covers iBGP vs eBGP, FRR installation, basic BGP config, peering with OPNsense, route filtering, and when BGP is actually worth the complexity.

nmap isn't just for pen testers. Learn what's actually worth scanning on your home network and what those open ports really mean.

Plex defaults to transcoding files your TV could already play. Fix direct play, enable hardware transcoding, kill the relay tax, and know when to quit for Jellyfin.

Home Assistant handles device integrations. Node-RED handles the multi-step logic HA's YAML can't. Docker Compose setup, real flows, and where to draw the line.

Proxmox vs XCP-ng compared for homelabbers: KVM vs Xen, ZFS support, web UI vs Xen Orchestra, backups, and which free hypervisor fits your spare rack server.

You're paying $20/month to Zapier for two HTTP requests. n8n and Node-RED replace it for free: Docker setup, real workflows, and a head-to-head comparison.

Ventoy turns any USB drive into a multi-boot drive, drop ISOs on it and boot any OS without re-flashing the drive each time.

daemon.json controls how the Docker daemon behaves, logging drivers, storage drivers, registry mirrors, and the options worth tuning.

Intel 13th and 14th gen CPUs have a documented instability problem. Here's what's happening, who's affected, and what Intel is doing about it.