Tag: homelab

Make Plex actually fast: enable hardware transcoding, fix remote access without relay, tune Docker env vars, and decide if Jellyfin is calling your name.

Restic forget, prune, and check: right order, real retention flags, cron automation, and why --read-data on a large repo will ruin your whole weekend.

Using :latest in production is a ticking time bomb. Pin your Docker image versions or watch a surprise update break everything at 2 AM.

Zabbix is enterprise-grade monitoring that you can self-host — agents, templates, triggers, and dashboards for your entire home lab.

Apply zero-trust principles to your home lab — network segmentation, VLANs, identity-aware proxies, and Tailscale as the glue.

Containers share the kernel; VMs have their own. Understand the isolation trade-offs, overhead differences, and when to use which.

LXC/LXD runs full Linux environments in lightweight containers — faster to spin up than VMs and perfect for home lab service isolation.

Run a WireGuard VPN server in Docker with the linuxserver image — Compose setup, peer config generation, and road warrior access to your home network.

Run WordPress on PHP-FPM with Caddy as the web server — all in Docker Compose with automatic HTTPS and proper PHP config.

Google Photos went paid and the alternatives matured fast. Immich, PhotoPrism, and Ente: which self-hosted photo library actually fits your life in 2026?

Picking a recursive DNS resolver for your home lab — Unbound, Technitium, and BIND9 compared on speed, GUI, DNSSEC, and split-horizon.

HACS custom integrations can brick your Home Assistant setup overnight. Here's how to use them safely, recover when they don't, and know when to skip them.