Linux

FRRouting BGP on Linux — Dynamic Routing for Your Homelab Network

Deploy FRRouting on Linux for BGP dynamic routing in your homelab. Covers FRR installation, iBGP/eBGP peering with MikroTik, route filtering, prefix-lists, and OSPF-to-BGP redistribution with production-ready configs.

Proxmox VM Disk Performance — virtio-blk, iothreads, cache modes, and async IO

A practical guide to tuning Proxmox VM disk performance — covering virtio disk controller selection, iothread pinning, cache modes, discard/trim, and async IO settings for maximum throughput on ZFS and NVMe storage.

Docker Compose Override Files — Multi-Environment Homelab Deployments

Learn how Docker Compose override files let you manage dev, staging, and production deployments from a single base docker-compose.yml — with port mapping overrides, resource limits, volume mounts, and security hardening for your homelab.

Docker CVE-2026-31431 — Mitigate the Copy Fail Vulnerability

A practical guide to understanding and mitigating CVE-2026-31431 ‘Copy Fail’ in Docker environments. Covers kernel patching, seccomp profile hardening, AppArmor rules, and verification steps for homelab operators.

Netdata Docker Monitoring — Real-Time Container Monitoring Guide

Complete guide to deploying Netdata with Docker Compose for real-time container and infrastructure monitoring in your homelab. Covers auto-detection, health alarms, notifications, parent-child streaming, and Prometheus integration.

HAProxy Docker Load Balancer — Homelab Reverse Proxy Guide

Step-by-step guide to deploying HAProxy with Docker Compose for TCP/HTTP load balancing in your homelab — SSL termination, health checks, stats monitoring, and backend failover with real configuration files.

Docker Container DNS Guide — Custom DNS and Service Discovery for Homelab

Master Docker container DNS for your homelab — configure custom resolvers like Pi-hole, enable internal service discovery with Docker Compose network aliases, set global DNS via daemon.json, and troubleshoot container DNS failures step by step.

PostgreSQL Docker Deployment — Production-Ready Homelab Guide

Complete guide to deploying PostgreSQL 16 with Docker Compose in your homelab — persistent volumes, health checks, pgvector extension, automated pg_dump backups, replication, and performance tuning.

MikroTik RouterOS 7 OSPF — Dynamic Routing for Your Homelab

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.

nftables Linux Firewall — Practical Homelab Security with nftables

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.