Docusaurus for Homelab Documentation — Setup and Docker Deployment
One guide to a Git-based homelab documentation site: project setup, useful runbooks, static builds, Docker hosting, and optional search and versioning.
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Linux TCP BBR Congestion Control — Enable on Proxmox, Docker, and LXC
Enable TCP BBR congestion control on your Proxmox host, Docker containers, and LXC guests. Step-by-step sysctl config, kernel module loading, and iperf3 benchmarks showing real-world throughput gains for homelab and remote streaming.
Linux Cgroups v2 Guide — Docker Container Resource Management
Learn Linux cgroups v2 for Docker resource control: memory.max and memory.hard limits, CPU quotas, I/O throttling, PSI monitoring, and compose deploy.resources configs. Includes real container debugging and OOM prevention.
Cilium CNI for K3s — eBPF Networking in the Homelab
Replace K3s default Flannel with Cilium CNI for accelerated eBPF networking, remove kube-proxy, gain Hubble observability, and enforce identity-based network policies in a lightweight homelab cluster.
Proxmox Firewall Security Hardening — IPSets, Rules, Cluster Firewall
Harden Proxmox VE with datacenter firewalls, dynamic IPSets for trusted management networks, cluster-wide security, fail2ban for web UI brute-force protection, and firewall log auditing.
Container Runtimes: runc vs crun for Docker Performance in Homelab
Compare runc and crun container runtimes for Docker on Linux. Benchmark startup times, memory profiles, and io_uring performance. Switch runtimes in ~60 seconds with a daemon.json change.
Docker Overlay2 Storage Driver — Layers, Disk Usage, Troubleshooting
Everything about Docker’s overlay2 storage driver — how overlay layers work, tracking disk usage by layer, recovering space from dangling layers, and performance tuning on ZFS-backed Proxmox hosts. Real commands, real output.
Paperless-ngx Docker Deployment — AI-Powered Document Management
Deploy Paperless-ngx with Docker Compose in your homelab. Covers OCR processing, ML-based document classification, consumption templates, automated ingestion, and Traefik reverse proxy integration.
Proxmox API Tokens and RBAC — Secure Automation Access
Learn to secure Proxmox API access using API tokens and fine-grained RBAC. Covers token creation, role-based permission separation, Terraform/Ansible integration, and audit logging — all without exposing root credentials.
MikroTik RouterOS Container Apps — One-Click Service Deployment
Deploy containers on your MikroTik router in minutes using the new Apps catalog. Automatic firewall rules, NAT, and veth interfaces — no manual Docker setup required.