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CasaOS, ZimaOS, Cosmos Cloud OS, RunTipi, etc.

Server OS

So, none of these are a true OS.  At best, some of them are trying to be an app suite built on to...

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Docker Apps (Reddit Post)

Hosted Services/Apps

Analytics:  [Grafana](https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/grafana)  [Uptime Kuma](https://github.com...

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Docker Apps (under construction)

Hosted Services/Apps

Maintenance & Dev Analytics Grafana: https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/grafanaUptime Kuma: https...

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Note to self

Hosted Services/Apps

Organize apps by category and give them descriptions and such.

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Docker Commands

Linux

docker stats --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}\t{{.MemPerc}}\t{{.Ne...

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ToDo List

Hosted Services/Apps

Migrate this list to bookstacksClean and setup living room (40% complete)Find battery chargers an...

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Current Server Plan

Hosted Services/Apps

Server list with intended roles.  Servers named N/A haven't been purchased yet. Ares[NUC]: Hard...

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The Lounge + ZNC

Hosted Services/Apps

So, this was more complicated than it needed to be but it's manageable.  I know The Lounge has a ...

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ECC Memory

Misc

Yes, this is such a contentious topic I made an entire section just to say it's a waste of money....

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Redundancy != Backup

Misc

RAID is redundancy.  Clusters are redundancy.  It's about keeping services available, not prevent...

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Basic Networking Requirements

Networking

The basic requirements are a router, WiFi and a switch.  Cheap SOHO routers like the many Linksys...

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Router

Networking

The first thing you'll need is a router.  Most people will, surprisingly, be fine with a basic ch...

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Switches

Networking

Unless your router comes with enough Ethernet ports for your whole network, you'll need at least ...

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WiFi

Networking

As I mentioned in the Router and Basic Networking Requirements pages, you should have at least on...

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Where to start

Servers

So, there's basically four types of servers most people will want in their home lab. This first ...

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General purpose/Media Server

Servers

Honestly, you can use almost anything for this.  However, I'm going to give pretty much the same ...

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Appliance Server

Servers

This could be anything from smart home control panels to HTPCs.  Pretty much, any app or small su...

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AI Server

Servers

I actually don't have a lot of advice on this because there just isn't a lot known about optimal ...

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Enterprise Server

Servers

If you're buying one for your home lab, it's most likely going to be used.  Even at the price of ...

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Cabling 101

Networking

This is specifically about making Ethernet cables but a lot of this will likely apply to most typ...

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