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ThibMe in March: "k3s sounds like a fun toy, I'll play with it a bit"Me in July, emerging from the homelab rabbit hole with my hands full of VMs, clusters and services of all kinds:<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/k3s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#k3s</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/kubernetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kubernetes</a>

Bob Dendry (Join Our Server!)Anyone in NSW Australia looking to offload a 2U server with Xeon E5 v4 (or AMD equivalent) or newer for a cheap price?Struggling a little bit with compute capacity on the cluster after our hardware failure last week and looking to beef it up a little bit.<a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a>

Roland<a href="https://vm.io/tags/letsencrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letsencrypt</a> <a href="https://vm.io/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://vm.io/tags/outage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outage</a> In case of emergency, you can give ZeroSSL a try. ACME, free, just a different endpoint.

ay<a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/netbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netbird</a> or <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/tailscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tailscale</a> for <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> stuff?

Kieran MurphyNobody panic. LetsEncrypt is red. <a href="https://letsencrypt.status.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://letsencrypt.status.io/</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/letsencrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letsencrypt</a>

Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️What do people use to <a href="https://fedi.kcore.org/tags/monitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monitor</a> their <a href="https://fedi.kcore.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> hardware/vms/containers?Preferably selfhosted, and something that doesn't create more work than it monitors ;)

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:My Cute Homelab™️ [1] got a few minor updates over the weekend. All 3 ThinkCentre Tiny PCs are now from the m910 series. Two of them now have 2 network ports each. All have HDMI. And I added a 4 port KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switch for an even cleaner look and less cable switching. I consider this homelab done from the hardware side. Now the fun begins. With the software. [1] <a href="https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute-Homelab/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute-Homelab/</a><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

amdLong post about proxy and GoToSocial rate limiting

Christoffer S.Finally got my new home router/firewall: TLSense N100L4: 4x 2.5Gbit LAN, N100 CPU, 256GB NVMe SSD, 16GB RAM ( from <a href="https://www.teklager.se" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.teklager.se</a> h/t to <a href="https://swecyb.com/@meriksson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@meriksson</a> )This bad boy has already caused me to rethink my life choices and whether or not I'm sane. They who said firewall rules, NATs and such is fun and games should... be sent to the principals office.But... having now spent a significant amount of time configuring I'm starting to get things into a state that I'm happy with. Multi-WLAN, WireGuard based interfaces, selective routing and all those other fun things.And I still have absolutely no clue about what reflective NAT is, or whatever all those 513 other settings do... but perhaps it's like DSLR cameras... you mostly use auto and convince yourself that you'll learn that other stuff eventually...<a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/Routing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Routing</a> <a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/Hard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hard</a> <a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Learning</a>

Miroslav StankicNice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomePage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomePage</a> addition.<a href="https://github.com/gethomepage/homepage/pull/5385" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/gethomepage/homepage/pull/5385</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a>

Marcus AdamsI think I've pretty well done everything I want to do it, for now at least. Goal accomplished; a mostly point and click option for desktop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> to get information about my server's UPS.I may see about turning this into a simple .deb package later so you can get a shortcut in your apps menu, but the script itself is, I think, basically finished. I accomplished what I set out to do.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zenity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zenity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a>

Daniel Keer🆕 Here are all the BIOS options I found on my Minisforum MS-A2.<a href="https://thedxt.ca/2025/07/minisforum-ms-a2-bios-options/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thedxt.ca/2025/07/minisforum-ms-a2-bios-options/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Minisforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Minisforum</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MSA2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MSA2</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BIOS</a>

Miroslav StankicFun, fun, fun... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zabbix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zabbix</a> trying to resolve local ISs...<a href="https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/commits/5b2d07b65dbd3be0cf516dad31f43e7aa1556f16" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/commits/5b2d07b65dbd3be0cf516dad31f43e7aa1556f16</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a>

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:Addendum 2: Oh, nice! And another advantage of refurbished machines that were used by companies. All 3 of my little Lenovo Tiny machines are already correctly configured for WoL (Wake on LAN). So now I can switch them on and off, depending on needing them or not :)<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

Ivan TodorovSelf-hosting tip from the trenches:If you're running multiple services at home (like Matrix, Nextcloud, Home Assistant…), invest early in a reverse proxy with proper domain names + SSL. It makes access simpler, more secure, and lets you scale cleanly later. My current combination is Apache + Certbot (Let’s Encrypt), but Nginx seems like a solid choice too!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeLab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:So that's my message to you. Homelabs are fun. They give you a safe place to experiment, learn and become more experienced with Linux, networks and running stuff at a comparably low price. And these cute 10 inch racks make it even more fun! I have documented my setup with a bill of material at <a href="https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute-Homelab/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/05/Cute-Homelab/</a> in the hope that more people join the movement :)5/5<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:And before you ask, my homelab needs are humble. I don't need or want to go to 10G ethernet. I also don't need petabytes of storage. These little refurbished machines are dirt cheap (around €80-100) and have more than enough oomph for my needs (run containers, build stuff with a forgejo runner, some home automation stuff). I also like that when the sun shines, my solar panel produces enough electricity to run it :)4/5<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:It was another one of those experiences. When I searched for support of the RTL8125 on Linux I got a lot of negative results. Mostly by people trying (and failing) to get it running on more obscure Linux distros. But for €20, I was willing to JustTry™. And it works. So. Thank you, fellow colleagues at Red Hat for this :)3/5<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

Jeff TriplettWhile I am still mulling over Coolify, I see enough value that I just installed it on my ~9-year-old NUC that's basically the core of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://coolify.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coolify.io</a>I run a bunch of services to build out go-links, docs, and other services that I haven't but a ton of thought how to clean it up, but would miss when my NUC eventually dies.

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:This 3rd server is a bit special, as I added a M2 network card with a 2.5G ethernet port (RTL8125). And as expected, it JustWorks™. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 immediately saw it during install. So now I have at least 1 machine with 2 network ports and can add these M2 thingies to other boxes too. At around €15-€20, it was worth a try and now that it works, I can have even more fun with my setup!2/5<a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHost</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelab</a> <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SlowHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlowHosting</a>

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