Tag: homelab

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.

Bridge, host, overlay, macvlan, and none, every Docker network mode explained with real use cases from beginner to production.

The -v and --mount flags for Docker volumes explained, bind mounts vs named volumes, read-only, propagation, and tmpfs options.

Move Docker images between hosts without a registry using docker save and docker load, air-gapped deployments made simple.

CMD and ENTRYPOINT both define what runs in a container but work differently, exec vs shell form, and how they interact when combined.

Use docker cp to move files between running containers and your host machine, no volumes needed for one-off file transfers.

COPY and ADD look similar but ADD auto-extracts tarballs and fetches URLs, know when each is appropriate and why COPY is usually better.