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This page is all about accessing things securely. For example, you may have a service running in your homelab that you’d like to access from your phone while you’re out and about. There’s a whole bunch of different ways to accomplish this, some sketchier than others, but I’ll cover some of the more secure options here. Note Some of the options mentioned below rely on functioning DNS and/or TLS certificates. I highly recommend checking out my post on Domains and Certificates for background information....

This page will be a high-level overview of domains and certificates since they can be an important aspect of one’s homelab. Domains Everyone interacting with the internet deals with these. Domains represent a “name”, a domain name if you will, that can be associated with one or more IP addresses. These associations are created via DNS (Domain Name Service) records which are public information. This allows a user to navigate to github....

The goal of this page isn’t to explain everything about networking, rather it’s talking about some high-level ideas and how your homelab fits into the equation. Typical home network The diagram below shows a pretty typical home network setup, plus or minus some devices: Typical home network Some details being: The gateway for your network is the ISP-provided router/modem, usually also with wireless capabilities. A few devices may be physically connected to the router/modem with ethernet cable....

This page will talk about various storage options for your homelab, starting simple and building from there. Bare bones At this level, you’re really just using whatever storage is available on your compute hardware, maybe adding another disk to it, etc. This will work fine in the beginning, but as you grow you’re likely going to want more capacity/availability/redundancy/etc. Pros Little to no extra financial investment “It just works” Cons Potentially limited capacity, depending on the device Lack of availability The data is only available on this host Lack of redundancy Who’s RAID?...

This page will give examples and ideas for homelab hardware. It starts basic and works its way up to hopefully give a good spread of options for everyone. Starting out This section outlines some options that require little or no financial investment, perfect for just starting out! Windows + WSL Assuming that most people have a Windows machine, one of the quickest ways to start playing with things is WSL. This allows you to run a lightweight Linux VM on your Windows box with minimal effort....