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home lab
Top 5 Home Lab Projects I have Tackled in 2024
As I look back on 2024, when it comes to my learning and labbing adventures, it has been quite a fruitful year along those lines. I really have enjoyed the growing pains and decision making for the home lab that…
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Kubernetes
How to Check if Kubernetes Ingress Worked with Traefik
There are many different components with a working Kubernetes installation. However, one of the most important when it comes to getting traffic into your Kubernetes and serving out application is the Kubernetes ingress. However, if you have implemented the Kubernetes…
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Proxmox
Proxmox VE 8.3 New Features with OVA Import
Proxmox has gained tremendous popularity in 2024. So many home lab enthusiasts, SMBs, and enterprise environments are looking at their options with the fallout from VMware by Broadcom. Proxmox has been introducing many new features with each release and are…
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes Home Lab with Microk8s, Microceph, and Portainer
As you guys know I have been exploring what I think are really great setups from a standpoint of a home lab and also for learning purposes in production. Recently, I explored how viable it was to run a Docker…
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Azure
Microsoft Azure Local: New Azure Stack HCI Replacement!
Lots of news coming out of Microsoft Ignite 2024. Microsoft has announced a new offering, Azure Local which is a new solution that is taking the place of Azure Stack HCI. It will continue the functionality of allowing organizations to…
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Security
New Local Administrator Protection in Windows 11: Just In Time Security to Admin Accounts!
As IT admins we all know the challenge that is the local administrator accounts on a Windows PC or endpoint. These are really a double-edged sword as they are needed in some cases. However, they are definitely teh target of…
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Containers
Best Way to Backup Docker Containers Volumes and Home Server
If you are running Docker containers that serve out critical services in your home lab environment, and probably most of you are, then what is the best way to backup Docker containers volumes and home server? Well, that is a…
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Containers
10 Best Docker Container Stacks I am using in 2024
I have been using tons of Docker stacks this year and moving into 2025, that doesn’t look to be slowing down for me. I have several standalone Docker container hosts, as well as a production swarm cluster in the home…
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Proxmox
Windows Server 2025 Proxmox Packer Build Fully Automated
Since updating my VMware vSphere Packer build template for Windows Server 2025 (you can read that here: Windows Server 2025 Packer Build for VMware vSphere), I decided to tackle Proxmox, which wasn’t as straightforward. I wanted to share with you…
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home lab
Split Horizon DNS: How I Resolve a Subset of DNS Records locally
One of the core aspects of any network, whether it be your home lab network or an enterprise network is DNS. It’s always DNS right? DNS has been described as the phone book of the Internet and of computer networks…
