HomeLab Services Tour 2024 - What Am I Self Hosting?
What a year of self-hosting! Join me as we walk though my entire infrastructure and services that I have running in my HomeLab! This time I also include network diagrams and dive deep into which services I have running, where they are running, and why I chose them!
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In case you missed it, check out my HomeLab Hardware Tour (late 2023)!
Logical Network Diagram
Here is the diagram for my network!
A logical Network Diagram of my HomeLab including VLANs and servers
Since many have asked, I use Figma to design my network diagrams. (affiliate link but they have a free plan)
Services I use
Here’s a breakdown of all the services I use
Dashboard
Sites:
Tutorials:
Hypervisor
Sites:
Tutorials:
Storage
Sites:
Tutorials:
- TrueNAS Scale Apps - Official, Unofficial, Docker, and Kubernetes
- The EASIEST way to Expand Your ZFS Pool in TrueNAS (But is it the Best?)
DNS
Sites:
Tutorials:
- Automate Cloudflare with Terraform and GitHub Actions! - Terraform Tutorial for Beginners
- High Availability Pi-Hole? Yes please!
- Is adding 3 MILLION domains to your Pi-Hole Block List a good thing?
Network Management
Sites:
- UniFi Network Controller (affiliate link)
Tutorials:
- Setting up your UniFi Express
- Configuring VLANs, Firewall Rules, and WiFi Networks - UniFi Network Application
Home Security
Sites:
- UniFi Protect (affiliate link)
Tutorials:
Containerization
Sites:
Tutorials:
- Fully Automated K3S etcd High Availability Install
- High Availability Rancher on Kubernetes
- How to Update Portainer Fast, Simple, and Easy Guide
GitOps
Sites:
Tutorials:
- The FASTEST way to deploy apps to Kubernetes - GitOps with FLUX
- Meet Renovate - Your Update Automation Bot for Kubernetes and More!
- Encrypt Your Sensitive Information Before Storing It - Encrypting with Mozilla SOPS and AGE
Reverse Proxy (and Ingress Controller)
Sites:
Tutorials:
- Wildcard Certificates with Traefik + cert-manager + Let’s Encrypt in Kubernetes Tutorial
- Put Wildcard Certificates and SSL on EVERYTHING
Monitoring & Logging
Sites:
- Uptime Kuma
- Uptime Robot (affiliate link)
Tutorials:
Data Visualization
Sites:
Tutorials:
- Meet Grafana LOKI, a Log Aggregation System for Everything
- Installing Grafana Loki with Helm on Kubernetes
- Beautiful Dashboards with Grafana and Prometheus - Monitoring Kubernetes Tutorial
- Monitoring Your Kubernetes Cluster with Grafana, Prometheus, and Alertmanager (Rancher Monitoring)
Home Automation
Sites:
Tutorials:
- Home Assistant on Docker and Kubernetes (Open Source Home Automation)
- Meet Scrypted - Stream ANY Camera to ANY Home Hub
- I Built Something for Your Homelab… (Broadlink Control)
Data Synchronization
Sites:
Links Page
Sites:
Tutorials:
Link Shortener
Sites:
Media Server
Sites:
Tutorials:
Power Management
Sites:
Tutorials:
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Sites:
Static Site Generators (SSG)
Sites:
Tutorials:
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI /CD)
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Tutorials:
Everything else…
Sites:
- Longhorn
- Netboot.xyz
- much, much more!
Tutorials:
- Cloud Native Distributed Storage in Kubernetes with Longhorn
- Meet netboot xyz - Network Boot Any Operating System
- much, much more!
Join the conversation
What a year of self-hosting! Join me as we walk though my entire infrastructure and services that I have running in my HomeLab! https://t.co/9b2hGFzoPz pic.twitter.com/zqEVKy8rhy
— Techno Tim (@TechnoTimLive) January 4, 2024
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