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Homelab

One machine in a house, doing the work a dozen subscriptions used to. Proxmox on the metal, Docker on top, and a NAS that keeps the whole thing honest.

Host EvilPC Hypervisor Proxmox Runtime Docker Compose Edge Cloudflare

U1 Hardware

  • Proxmox hostBare metal. Everything else is a guest on it.
  • Debian VMWhere the containers actually live.
  • Synology NASBulk storage and the backups that matter.
  • APC UPSTalks to both over NUT, so nothing dies mid-write.

U2 Services

  • Nginx Proxy ManagerOne front door. TLS on everything behind it.
  • VaultwardenPasswords, kept in the house.
  • EmbyMedia, mostly watched from an iPad.
  • AdGuard HomeDNS with the junk taken out.
  • Portainer & WatchtowerManaging containers and keeping them current.

U3 How it's wired

  • CloudflareRegistrar and DNS, records proxied.
  • DDNS containerKeeps those records pointed at a home connection.
  • Let's EncryptCertificates issued over the DNS challenge.
  • SubdomainsEvery service gets its own, none of them advertised here.
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