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DevOps
GitLab CI CD Pipelines for Home Lab: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you are like me, for years, you have used scheduled tasks in the home lab and production to accomplish various tasks. However, delving into the world of CI CD opens many opportunities to learn how to use this instead…
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DevOps
Top 10 DevOps Containers in 2023
If you want to learn more about DevOps and building an effective DevOps stack, several containerized solutions are commonly found in production DevOps stacks. I have been working on a deployment in my home lab of DevOps containers that allows…
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home lab
Proxmox Homelab: First 5 Basic Configuration Steps
Proxmox VE is becoming a favorite among home lab enthusiasts or those who want to easily stand up a hypervisor host at home to play around with different types of technology. After you install Proxmox VE, what are the basic…
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Security
Wazuh Open Source SIEM: XDR for Enterprise and Home Lab
The cybersecurity landscape is evolving. Many commercial security platforms offer value, including SIEMs and others. However, an open-source solution called Wazuh stands out as a powerful open-source security platform, offering tools for threat detection, regulatory compliance, and much more. Let’s…
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Self hosted
Setting Up Nginx Proxy Manager on Docker with Easy LetsEncrypt SSL
There are many reverse proxy solutions that enable configuring SSL certificates, both in the home lab and production environments. Most have heard about Traefik reverse proxy that allows you to pull LetsEncrypt certificates for your domain name automatically. However, there…
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Self hosted
Top 10 Open Source NAS software in 2023
There are many freely available open-source NAS solutions you can download for free. An open-source NAS server offers an excellent way to manage and protect your data. Let’s dive deeper into the top free NAS software solutions available in 2023.…
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Mini PC & Server
Acemagician Mini PC AD15 Core i7-11800H Home Server
Not too long ago, Acemagician sent me an AD15 model to look at. However, this is not a paid review. It is simply my thoughts on the unit and how well it can handle home server workloads. Since I have…
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Storage
RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Which one is the best for SSDs?
Two RAID levels that get compared quite a lot are RAID 5 vs RAID 6. What are the differences between these two RAID levels, and which one should you use for SSDs? Table of contentsParity Data – What is it?XOR…
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home lab
Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN Review: 2.5 Gigabit Switch For Home Lab
The 2.5-gigabit switch market is set to really heat up in late 2023 and 2024 with so many cheap switches and network adapters now running at 2.5 gig in micro PCs, access points, and other devices. The MikroTik CRS310-8G+2S+IN is…
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Networking
Netmaker: Automated Wireguard VPN You Can Self-host
With the hybrid workforce and hybrid networks spread across on-premises and cloud environments, network connectivity between devices and server resources is important no matter where these are located. A traditional VPN server and VPN connection between clients and resources is…
