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High Availability Pi-hole 6
After a long time, a totally new under the hood, Pi-hole is here. This is an update to my old post, A redundant DNS - Pi-Stack. This HA DNS will use Pi-hole, Unbound, Nebula-sync and keepalived.
Nalle
Since 1975, a HomeLab enthusiast. In IT 1970 →, 25y for Fortune 500 companies, rest as independent entrepreneur and senior consultant, IT and Management. Happily retired from IT 2011 and totally 2020.
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Koozali SME Server
The Koozali SME Server is a server and gateway and an industrial-strength communications server that optionally allows all the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection. A FOSS server for small – medium-sized enterprises. Koozali SME Server 11 Alpha1 released on Feb 4th 2025.
Basics
My New Lab – ZFS
ZFS is the new normal and replaces the RAID card generation. Why - our disks are too big and the problems with bit rot had to be addressed. After the release of the code as open source in 2001 it quickly moved into MacOS, FreeBSD and Linux. This is a guid for Proxmox users. #zfs
MyNewLab
My New Lab
As we have moved, I need to downsize my lab drastically. I will create a series of posts how I create my new lab. Not only will I lower the number of servers but also use smaller machines, NUCs- and SFF-machines. As I need to do a lot of travelling, this will take a long time to get ready.
Yazi - Terminal File Manager
Yazi - ⚡️ Blazing Fast Terminal File Manager Yazi (means "duck") is a terminal file manager written in Rust, based on non-blocking async I/O. It aims to provide an efficient, user-friendly, and customizable file management experience.
Generate Passwords Locally
Generating passwords isn't complicated. You can do it using normal CLI commands. Today, we can't use an easy password like your mother's middle name or your first pets. They need to be long and complicated.
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Warnings and Welcome Banners
A personalized SSH banner is fun. But also most companies have them. It is easy to do the banner. So follow this quick guide and you have one.
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Proxmox Security – Fail2ban
All servers should be protected against Brute Force Attacks. Fail2Ban may reduce the rate of incorrect authentication attempts, but it can't eliminate the risk presented by weak authentication.
Networking
VLAN - Setup How To
VLAN in our home and home lab. How to segregate, allow traffic between VLAN. Networking is the base knowledge we need to run a home lab. This is about how not why, The way is for you to read about.
Talos
Talos on Proxmox
Running a Kubernetes cluster using Talos on Proxmox. Talos is small, efficient and has safety by design. Adding my new favorite to my cluster to replace my K8s and K3s clusters. I will still keep the K0s cluster I have.
Proxmox
Proxmox Datacenter Manager
PDM is a perfect dashboard for our Proxmox setup. Perfect for a home lab, but The current version is now 1.0. It's an open-source, centralized solution providing a single pane of glass view overseeing and managing multiple, independent Proxmox based environments.
News
The Polar Night is finally Over
The Kaamos, also known as the Polar Night, is the time of the year when there are at least 24 consecutive hours of darkness. Kaamos can be long in the North - 52 days.