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Self hosted
Best Pihole Adlists in 2023
Let’s take a look at the most recommended Pihole adlists of 2023. As we will see, these adlists (aka blocklists) are designed to secure and protect your network from malicious sites and specific types of content. Pihole adlistsWhat is Pi-Hole?Why…
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Security
Raspberry Pi Firewall Command Line Configuration Step-by-Step
Raspberry Pi OS is an extremely popular self-hosting platform many use for running services. Let’s set the tone for Raspberry Pi firewall configuration via the command line and see what we will learn. Raspberry pi os What: A step-by-step how-to…
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VMware
VMware Storage: Top 15 Tips in 2023
The storage layer is vital for having a high-performance, stable, and reliable virtualized environment. Specifically looking at VMware vSphere, there are specific storage best practices to note when architecting your storage for performance and reliability. If you are running VMware…
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Security
Suricata vs Snort: Which is the best IDS?
This post will look into a detailed comparison between Suricata vs Snort security solutions and look at their architectures, capabilities, community support, and technical nuances of network intrusion detection and threat detection. Table of contentsWhat is Snort?Snort and Suricata as…
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Self hosted
Best Self-hosted Apps in 2023
You can run many great self-hosted apps in your home lab or on your media server with only a small amount of tinkering. Let’s look at the best self-hosted apps in 2023 and a list of apps you should check…
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Mini PC & Server
Acemagic S1 Mini PC Home Server with LCD Display
Home lab servers are extremely popular among enthusiasts and those who want to self-host services at home. There are now a multitude of mini PCs on the market to choose from with powerful and efficient hardware. The Acemagic S1 is…
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Security
Security Onion Install: Awesome Open Source Security for Home Lab
Security Onion is at the top of the list if you want an excellent security solution to try in your home lab or even for enterprise security monitoring. It provides many great security tools for threat hunting and overall security…
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home lab
VMware Networking: 5 Concepts to Master
One of the challenges when getting into virtualization using VMware ESXi and vSphere with vCenter Server is understanding the many different networking concepts. There are a few foundational concepts in the VMware networking layer that you need to understand and…
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home lab
Proxmox GPU PassThrough: Step-by-step Guide
GPU passthrough provides many advantages when running a virtual machine with a GPU exposed directly to the operating system from the Proxmox host. Let’s look at GPU passthrough and how this is configured with your internal PCI GPU. Table of…
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Self hosted
Tautulli Plex Media Server Monitoring and Statistics
More and more people are cutting the cord and using self-hosted streaming services like Plex Media Server. Plex is a great solution. However, there is a 3rd party add-on you may not know about that makes it even better. It…
