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Linux comes in many forms: linux, linux-harden, linux-lts, linux-zen or the linux-next or linux-mainlaine. What kernel should you use, or build your own? It depends, the choice is yours. You might experience some kernel panics using some of thees kernel. Please see to Troubleshooting Kernel panics
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Everyone needs Git Servers. A safe place for your GIT stuff in the home lab.
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Making large, interesting fonts has been a thing for over 30 years with FIGlet. Today we also have a horde of new versions like figurine with its random neon colors.
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How to set up a VPS with Docker, Dockge to run NPM, Authelia and using apps like Ghost to host a homepage for our Home Lab. Later we will discuss Traefik and Authentic.
A fantastic use for a VPS instances is to host web-servers and blogs. As cloud servers are pretty inexpensive these days, it might be time to test them. Ghost is targeting hosted and self-hosted blogs.
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SDN The Software-Defined Network enables the creation of virtual zones and networks (VNets) including a DHCP. This functionality simplifies advanced network configurations for home labbing. The benefits in a more responsive and adaptable network infra. #pve #sdn
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In a home lab, you will use a lot of different OSes and a lot of tools to investigate issues. I use iPXE or 'pixie boot' to install them. I use Docker and Dockge to install NeytBootXYZ. You can download assets on demand or store them on your server. I am using Docker and Dockge to install it.
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“Noble Numbat” release date is coming closer. How to update a VM or a system running on real rust? This is my preferred way of doing LTS upgrades.
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Do you need a self-hosted blog or home page? Off course – we all need them, and a lot of them. Ghost 6 is my favorite, both as hosted and self-hosted. I prefer to run it in Docker or Docker Swarm for HA.
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Who hates the Proxmox nagging screen? We all do. Working on corporate systems you do not see it, but at home it's there every time you need to log in to the GUI. This is how you get rid of the Proxmox No Subscription Notice screen. How to use SSH keys. Tested and works on Proxmox PVE 9 and PBS 4.
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Installing Docker-Desktop on PopOS. As it isn't in the Pop!-Shop we need to add the repo and some other packages. The actual installation of Docker-Desktop is the recommended way for any Ubuntu installation.
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Another ultralight NAS installation. Samba is the SMB server on Linux, introduced in 1992. Everyone needs storage, and samba is what we use for Windows storage. This one uses a small VM with Docker .