https://homelabstarter.com Practical guides for building and running a home lab. en https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-netbird-mesh-vpn/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-netbird-mesh-vpn/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up NetBird as a self-hosted mesh VPN for your homelab. Connect remote devices, VMs, and containers with zero-config WireGuard tunnels. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/pterodactyl-game-server-panel/ https://homelabstarter.com/pterodactyl-game-server-panel/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up Pterodactyl Panel to manage Minecraft, Valheim, CS2, and more game servers from a clean web interface on your homelab. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/librenms-network-monitoring-homelab/ https://homelabstarter.com/librenms-network-monitoring-homelab/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up LibreNMS in your homelab for automatic device discovery, SNMP monitoring, bandwidth graphing, and alerting across your entire network. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/n8n-self-hosted-workflow-automation/ https://homelabstarter.com/n8n-self-hosted-workflow-automation/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up n8n in your homelab to automate tasks across services — backups, notifications, API integrations, and more — with a visual workflow builder. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/cilium-ebpf-networking-kubernetes-homelab/ https://homelabstarter.com/cilium-ebpf-networking-kubernetes-homelab/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Learn how to replace kube-proxy with Cilium for high-performance eBPF networking, network policies, and observability in your homelab Kubernetes cluster. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/minio-s3-object-storage-homelab/ https://homelabstarter.com/minio-s3-object-storage-homelab/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up MinIO in your homelab to get self-hosted S3-compatible object storage for backups, media, and app data — with the same API as AWS S3. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/headscale-self-hosted-tailscale-control-server/ https://homelabstarter.com/headscale-self-hosted-tailscale-control-server/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Run Headscale on your homelab to get Tailscale's mesh VPN without depending on Tailscale's cloud. Full setup guide including clients and subnets. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/stirling-pdf-self-hosted-pdf-tools/ https://homelabstarter.com/stirling-pdf-self-hosted-pdf-tools/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Deploy Stirling PDF in your homelab for private, self-hosted PDF manipulation — merge, split, convert, OCR, and more without uploading files to third-party services. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-ipv6-setup-guide/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-ipv6-setup-guide/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT IPv6 is no longer optional for serious homelabs. This guide covers getting native IPv6 from your ISP, subnetting your network, configuring your router, and making services reachable over IPv6. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/openmediavault-nas-setup/ https://homelabstarter.com/openmediavault-nas-setup/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenMediaVault is a free, Debian-based NAS OS with a web UI. Covers installation, disk management, SMB/NFS shares, Docker via Portainer, RAID, and how it compares to TrueNAS. 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Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-intel-amt-remote-management/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-intel-amt-remote-management/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) provides BIOS-level remote access, power control, and KVM over IP for Intel vPro CPUs. Covers enabling AMT, using MeshCommander, and how it compares to iDRAC and IPMI. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-iscsi-storage-network/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-iscsi-storage-network/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set up iSCSI targets and initiators to share block storage across your homelab VMs and containers. Enables live migration, shared disks, and storage consolidation without expensive SANs. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-prometheus-grafana-stack/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-prometheus-grafana-stack/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prometheus scrapes metrics from exporters and stores them in a time-series database. Grafana visualizes them with dashboards. This guide covers setting up the Prometheus + Grafana stack for homelab monitoring with Node Exporter, cAdvisor, and SNMP Exporter. Subscribe to HomeLab Starter for weekly guides: https://homelabstarter.substack.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-ups-monitoring-nut/ https://homelabstarter.com/homelab-ups-monitoring-nut/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Protect your homelab from power outages using Network UPS Tools (NUT) — monitor battery status, trigger graceful shutdowns, and alert before power fails. 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