Windows Server
Best Home File Server Storage Options in 2025
One of the most basic types of resources that most want to self-host is file storage. File storage in general includes anything and everything that…
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VMware
Install the New VMware ESXi Free Edition Custom ISOs and Limitations
So you may be like me and still wondering if this is some kind of parallel universe where Broadcom reversed their decision to pull the free VMware …
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Articles
Spring Cleaning Your Home Lab with 5 Ways to Optimize and Save Resources
Every spring many like to take a look around the house and see things they could get rid of, donate, or just downsize. This is usually beneficial a…
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Articles
Meet kubectl-ai: Google Just Delivered the Best Tool for Kubernetes Management
There is no question that the world of Kubernetes is evolving fast. The AI revolution has also brought about some tremendously helpful tools to wor…
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Articles
OmniTools: A Swiss Army Knife of Self-Hosted Utilities
Omnitools swiss army knife self hosted utilities I love really cool self-hosted tools that allow you to have total control over the solution and …
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Articles
Ansible Semaphore UI: My New Go-To Infrastructure Automation Tool
Ansible semaphore ui A couple of years ago now, I wrote about Ansible Semaphore which brings an awesome UI to Ansible and it is a MUCH simpler to…
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Articles
5 Must-Have Coding Tools to Supercharge Your Home Lab Workflow
5 home lab coding tools Wow, I feel like I can’t keep up with all the awesome tools that are out there. With the explosion of AI and AI-driven wo…
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Articles
Sync Pi-Hole Settings and Blocklists between Instances with Nebula Sync
If you were like me, when you saw the Gravity Sync project was archived and would have no future development, this was a bummer as I have relied on…
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Articles
Dozzle Real-Time Docker Log Monitoring Made Easy
Real time docker log monitoring made easy with dozzle One of the struggles that I know I had when starting to implement containers in the home la…
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VMware
VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 9.0 Released New Features
Vcf 9.0 released new features Well, we have heard about it for quite some time now, but VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 9.0 is here. It has a lot…
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Articles
Home Lab Security: 5 Threats You’re Not Watching (But Should Be)
Running your home lab is a tremendously good resource for learning. It allows you to get your hands on many different technologies and experiment w…
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Articles
Checkmate Monitoring for Free Open Source Docker Solution for Uptime Monitoring
I am always on the lookout for great new open-source tools for monitoring and management in the home lab and in production environments. I am a hug…
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