Monitor disk health proactively with smartmontools and Scrutiny. Covers smartd alert configuration, reading SMART attributes, and deploying a Scrutiny Docker dashboard for centralized multi-host disk health tracking.
Swap your standard Docker Hub images for Docker Hardened Images (DHI) to cut CVEs by up to 95%. Step-by-step Compose migration for Postgres, Redis, Nginx, and your full homelab stack.
Route specific Docker containers through a WireGuard VPN while keeping the rest of your stack on the local network. Full Gluetun Docker Compose setup with kill switch, qBittorrent integration, and Traefik compatibility.
Harden your Docker images with multi-stage builds, distroless base images, and runtime security options. A practical guide to reducing image size and CVEs in your homelab.
Deploy BookStack with Docker Compose for a self-hosted homelab documentation wiki. Real configs for MariaDB, Traefik, LDAP, and automated backups.
Configure MikroTik RouterOS 7 routing filters for BGP, OSPF, and policy-based routing. Real CLI examples for route maps, mangle rules, routing marks, and traffic steering.
Compare Btrfs and ZFS for homelab storage on Proxmox and Docker. Architecture, memory, snapshots, compression, and practical recommendations.
Deploy Homepage, the lightweight homelab dashboard, with Docker Compose. Configure service widgets, system monitors, Docker stats, and API integrations in a single YAML-driven interface.
Deploy the Homelab MCP server in Docker to manage your homelab infrastructure through Claude Desktop. Monitor Docker containers, Ollama AI models, Pi-hole DNS, and network devices using natural language commands.
Protect your homelab from brute-force attacks with Fail2ban. Deploy on bare-metal for SSH and configure custom jails for Docker containers using Traefik and Nginx logs with email alerting.