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This page goes over few major applications running on my Homelab RustDesk  RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop solution that I host locally on Akamai and Linode cloud platforms. This setup ensures secure, private, and encrypted communication channels, ...

The idea for my homelab began when I first saw Pi-hole at my friend's house and discovered how it works. He had set it up on an old laptop as a simple DNS server designed to remove ads. I was amazed by the data it produced and the ability to curate my own list...

The first go-around taught me that there is much more involved in establishing a homelab than I initially realized. While the essential requirement is a device capable of running a server, other critical aspects include networking, security, and constructing a...

Once the network, hypervisor, and security were configured, I began spinning up my first virtual machine (VM). I chose Ubuntu Server as the base image because of its stability and reliable performance. Later on, I experimented with a few Fedora Server VMs, but...

I've set up a Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) system in my home to create a secure and private cloud for storing personal files and data. This system is connected to a Ubiquiti network, ensuring high-speed internet and robust security. The NAS is organ...

Network Security Network Setup   This NAS is located at my private residence behind a Ubiquiti Router, in a separate VLAN. Ubiquiti, an American tech company, specializes in home and enterprise network and security systems and infrastructure. Their system prov...

Redundancy The Synology NAS system is designed with RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). RAID is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical data storage components into one or more logical units for data redundancy, perfo...

Search Engine Around this point in my homelab journey, I had the baseline established and was ready to focus on applications that would bring more meaning to my homelab and actually be of use. Throughout graduate school, a big focus of mine was cybersecurity a...

Security was at the forefront of this project — an idea that sparked a huge part of the build, and the topic I enjoyed most during graduate school. In the Foundation chapter, the focus was around access control at the firewall level, making sure that only spec...

Applications Once the foundation and all the supporting systems were in place, I thought — this is it, now I can actually start running applications. Up until that point, the only non-administrative thing running was my SearXNG search engine. The whole idea of...

When I first started running applications in my homelab, I was managing everything through the command line. Spinning up a container meant crafting a docker run command with all the right flags, ports, volumes, environment variables, network bridges, and hopin...

First lesson that every homelab journey eventually teaches, it's that it's not a matter of if something will break, it's when. Especially if you use used hardware from your old computer or cheap mini pc of ebay.  Having a solid backup strategy in place before ...