Configure OSPF dynamic routing on MikroTik RouterOS 7 for your homelab. Step-by-step guide with real RouterOS CLI commands, area design patterns, route redistribution, and multi-router topology examples.
Step-by-step guide to deploying Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) on a homelab — from installation to automation, encryption, remote sync, and restore testing.
Automate Proxmox LXC and VM provisioning using Terraform or OpenTofu with a GitOps pipeline — declarative infrastructure, remote state, and CI/CD from Git pushes.
Complete guide to deploying n8n with Docker Compose in your homelab — PostgreSQL backend, persistent workflows, Traefik SSL, security hardening, and practical workflow automation examples.
Deploy Docker Swarm in single-node mode for orchestration in your homelab — initialize the cluster, convert Compose files to stacks, deploy Portainer and Traefik, and manage persistent storage with NFS.
A practical nftables firewall guide for homelab servers — write IPv4 and IPv6 rule sets, handle Docker integration, rate-limit SSH access, log dropped traffic, and persist rules with systemd on Debian 12 / Ubuntu 24.04.
A practical guide to deploying a full Prometheus and Grafana monitoring stack in your homelab with Docker Compose — collect CPU, RAM, disk, network, and Docker container metrics from every host, visualize with pre-built dashboards, and get alerts when things go wrong.
A practical guide to ZFS pool design and performance tuning for Proxmox homelabs — topology selection, ashift, recordsize, compression, ARC sizing, and real-world monitoring with arcstat and zpool iostat.
A practical guide to diagnosing and fixing Docker container networking problems — DNS timeouts, port conflicts, bridge network isolation, cross-host communication, and the netshoot toolkit for homelab deployments.
A practical guide to Linux disk I/O performance tuning for homelab servers — IO scheduler selection for NVMe, SSD, and HDD, mount option optimization, real-time monitoring with iostat and ioping, and container IO throttling with cgroup v2.