I found your first homelab video like an hour ago and I've commented on each one of them with suggestions for what I wanna watch, and immediately after I post the comment I notice the next recommended video and it ends up covering most of what I requested. So on this one I'm just gonna say: thank you for making such great videos! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Another excellent video, Jay. I know I'm 2 years after the publishing, but my Linux journey only started in May this year. 🙂 With your help, I've built a Linux Server, which I run as a Type 2 Hypervisor, Linux Desktop, and Linux Laptop. Admittedly, I did some distro hopping, but in the end settled on Ubuntu LTS for server and Kubuntu interim for my Desktop and Laptop.
Good stuff. I’m confused though: do you run proxmox on your ubuntu server or is it a standalone server? Maybe same question for TrueNas and pfSense. I cant figure out what are applications running on a linux os and what are standalone machines. 🤨😣
Since you like proxmox I believe you are aware of the dark theme which helps the eye takes a rest from this snowy environment. At least it helped me. For everyone else doesn t know how to make the whole interface dark (it works on 6.3 also) you just download and run the script wget raw.githubusercontent.com/Weilbyte/PVEDiscordDark/master/PVEDiscordDark.py python3 PVEDiscordDark.py PS with every update affecting the main OS you need to run the python3 PVEDiscordDark.py again and refresh the browser in order for the theme to take effect. Script itself has an option for unistallation also
I watched your low-power virtualization server build, th-cam.com/video/0cN-bFZMysE/w-d-xo.html and then I found this video thinking it was the follow up. Though the video is not part of this series, it was great content and combined, I liked and subscribed. Thank you for promoting to be mindful of taking advantage of low-power, low-noise, highly efficient solutions and repurpose equipment when you can.
Nice to hear OMV being talked about. That's what I use, using containers. Can I suggest you look at Jellyfin (a fork of emby), I don't like how plex has moved on, I, just like how Jellyfin has developed and works really well with the app on my firestick. Keep the video's coming!
Hey Jay, I am wondering if you have that truenas instance running virtually or not? Looking at getting into my own homelab one day soon. I have a PowerEdge R320 that I plan on using to get started. Thanks for the great content.
This will be a great series. If you can, please show some diagrams with your hardware setup. Starting from router, switch, this VM, that CT ... you know ... how you wire up things between them. Also, I am curious to see how you handle a power outage grater then 30-40 mins. How you will graceful shutdown all your computers?
what sw manages your dns needs, with all those vlans? pfsense itself, or pihole, or your router? could you show up your setup, because dealing with dns names is way better than searching for new ip addresses when you connect a new esp devices to your iot network and such things... thanks!
I'm late to the game but I've watched most of this series along with your proxmox series. The content is excellent and better than most. I'm wanting to build my own sever again, I have had 2 before, one Windows Home Server and then just an extra windows 10 PC then ran Plex and acted as a file host sharing a large drive on the network. I still find much of this content unbelievably confusing and complex. First for example, for an introduction series like this start with a video explaining just the terms and jargon. I am still in the dark about what many of the terms are like cluster, and the difference between a container and a docker for example. You'd be surprised how many times terms and acronyms are shared without context that a new user would have no idea what your talking about. Even when it comes to in episode 2 for example when you presented what services you were running you did not explain what each of them do. You explained some but not all. Anyway still on the journey of discovery.....
The more I watch videos like this the more I get confused - not your fault! For example it actually took me a few listens to understand that you actually had 2 servers - one running truenas and another running proxmox. I had assumed truenas was running as a VM on proxmox since I thought that was the point of it. So that left me even more confused since I went into this thinking I should set up proxmox and then add a truenas VM as one of the VMs. Now I honestly wonder why I would bother with Proxmox. So I'm maybe 20 hours into research and I still have no idea where to start. Another example again why do you need all the raspberry pis running, when again I thought proxmox could host those same features/functions as VMs or containers etc.? Perhaps some more explanation into why you have made some of the choices you did would help others like myself that end up more confused at then end then at the beginning
Hi Jay, It looks like your rack behind you is a bit heavy for your desk! I see some bowing of your desktop. You might want to strengthen it. Great videos -- I always learn something from them.
Hi, why recommending closed source Plex when Jellyfin is perfectly fine for 90% of people? Thanks for this homelab serie it's a treasure trove of idea.
I have a OMV server made with Raspberry Pi 4B 2 Gb RAM and 16 Gb sd card,and as storage i'm using an external 1Tb usb3 Toshiba hdd.And i'm installing Dietpi on Raspberry Pi 3B+ for Pi-Hole.
Hey thanks for this awesome guides! Just a question, can you run a cluster with 2 raspberrys + a virtualized OS together the 3? I want to make a VM available even if it goes down, through the Pi's
This is really long, my apologies in advance! Did you at all consider running north truenas and pfsense on the same box? I currently have the two running separately, but an idea recently hit me to sketch out options to run both my router and storage on the same host... some highlights of reasoning/thought process below, in the event you find them interesting: * Both BSD based ** What packages are required? Perhaps truenas could be hacked to additionally host pfsense routing modules? Seems overly complex. * Bhyve is a PITA in my exp, but possible options here to investigate. Perhaps it's simpler when virtualizing other BSD based VMs * Each is required for the other to be useful (at least on lan - nothing to access if theres no data, no way to access it if theres no router) ** This is specific to the concern about a single host taking down services, and while this'd normally be sub-optimal, given one is semi worthless without the other (again, for lan at least), theres no "additional" risk related to host hw downtime ** As far as mitigating that risk (router downtime), several options involving a keep alive check, and either an old unused pc and wake on lan with pfsense, or home assistant/homekit/IFTTT to turn on a smart plug to some old ddwrt all-in-on (if feeling frisky, maybe trying pfSense on a Nano R4S, or even better, support the netgate devs and buy the most entry level unit as the backup). Maybe a VM on your proxmox host... *** Script a WoL and copy when update time changes for config in order to replicate changes within keep-alive ** Keep alive device must be on same vlan/subnet so accessing is switching only, not requiring routing * Install proxmox on host currently running truenas, create VMs for both truenas (passing through necessary devices like disks, HBA, and a NIC) and pfSense (passing through NIC[s]) ** Added benefit of greater possible utilization of hosts, now closer to the magic 3 host high availability config ** Careful consideration of resource allocation required ** Enables easier implementation of backup router being a virtual machine; no physical equipment to power on when updating or failing over, just start the VM in proxmox, copy config, shutdown VM (less complexity in HW implementation, assuming a spare port's avail on current proxmox host ** Seems like network management might be simplified a bit by having proxmox host the router - at least I'd be less apt to forget to update the proxmox cluster when updating the router (hopefully?)
You should change ur lock on ur computer case it's a wafer lock very easy to pick open I can pick locks and all wafer suck you should get a good pin tumbler lock on there I have a pad lock on mine
Ok, I've subbed this channel a while ago but recently your content just seems better/more complete. I do have a suggestion though: Consider adding some Cisco hardware in in lieu of your software network gear. Your vlans and firewall for instance. I'm in college for network ops and I've pretty much done your setup but with hardware switches and routers. I got them for my classes, but I use them more for my own purposes mostly. Just a thought. Keep Linuxing.
Great video. Can you explain how you have the system information shown after login (timestamp 15:56)? I believe it's neofetch. I'm assuming you added the command to execute the program in the shell config file but would like to know the path you took. Thanks!
Great video this looks like it will be a fun series. Have you looked into Untangle before as an alternative to PfSense? I think it would be cool to see some directory stuff and samba maybe some use cases in a home setup. I am starting to develop a passion for Linux and it has been cool looking into your videos. It might be a good idea to have a recommended setup so we can follow along :)
I found your first homelab video like an hour ago and I've commented on each one of them with suggestions for what I wanna watch, and immediately after I post the comment I notice the next recommended video and it ends up covering most of what I requested. So on this one I'm just gonna say: thank you for making such great videos! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Another excellent video, Jay.
I know I'm 2 years after the publishing, but my Linux journey only started in May this year. 🙂
With your help, I've built a Linux Server, which I run as a Type 2 Hypervisor, Linux Desktop, and Linux Laptop.
Admittedly, I did some distro hopping, but in the end settled on Ubuntu LTS for server and Kubuntu interim for my Desktop and Laptop.
DNS please. Could you please explain how you handled DNS resolution in homelab.
Could you expand on your vlans, specifically what you did for your kids vlan? Thanks as always appreciate your videos.
Really loving this series. Thank you for doing it.
A Plex tutorial would be good. I have Linux with NAS but not serving much to the house other than the printer.
Great video thanks Jay
Good stuff. I’m confused though: do you run proxmox on your ubuntu server or is it a standalone server? Maybe same question for TrueNas and pfSense. I cant figure out what are applications running on a linux os and what are standalone machines. 🤨😣
If Plex is king, what about OpenMediaVault? I've found it to be a pretty simple solution.
What is the white oblong box with blue eyes on top of your network cabinet. I have seen it in all your videos and was curious.
8:37 watching this after the xz backdoor 🫠
Since you like proxmox I believe you are aware of the dark theme which helps the eye takes a rest from this snowy environment. At least it helped me. For everyone else doesn t know how to make the whole interface dark (it works on 6.3 also) you just download and run the script
wget raw.githubusercontent.com/Weilbyte/PVEDiscordDark/master/PVEDiscordDark.py
python3 PVEDiscordDark.py
PS with every update affecting the main OS you need to run the python3 PVEDiscordDark.py again and refresh the browser in order for the theme to take effect. Script itself has an option for unistallation also
I watched your low-power virtualization server build, th-cam.com/video/0cN-bFZMysE/w-d-xo.html and then I found this video thinking it was the follow up. Though the video is not part of this series, it was great content and combined, I liked and subscribed. Thank you for promoting to be mindful of taking advantage of low-power, low-noise, highly efficient solutions and repurpose equipment when you can.
Hi Jay. One thing that could be great in a future video is how you have setup all SSL certificates for you homelab. Thank you.
I hardly recommend you to try Nginx Proxy Manager
Very underrated channel. This guy is solid
I want to setup my first homelab, i need help from you. It is for a backup server to run MEAN stack API servers for my apps.
Nice to hear OMV being talked about. That's what I use, using containers.
Can I suggest you look at Jellyfin (a fork of emby), I don't like how plex has moved on, I, just like how Jellyfin has developed and works really well with the app on my firestick.
Keep the video's coming!
I used OpenMediaVault for years but switched to TrueNAS for all the ZFS Stuff, but I still use OMV If I only need a lightweight SMB Share :)
Hey Jay, I am wondering if you have that truenas instance running virtually or not? Looking at getting into my own homelab one day soon. I have a PowerEdge R320 that I plan on using to get started. Thanks for the great content.
This will be a great series. If you can, please show some diagrams with your hardware setup. Starting from router, switch, this VM, that CT ... you know ... how you wire up things between them. Also, I am curious to see how you handle a power outage grater then 30-40 mins. How you will graceful shutdown all your computers?
what sw manages your dns needs, with all those vlans? pfsense itself, or pihole, or your router? could you show up your setup, because dealing with dns names is way better than searching for new ip addresses when you connect a new esp devices to your iot network and such things... thanks!
Just chiming in to say I'd love a tutorial on best practices setting up Plex. I keep messing up.
I'm late to the game but I've watched most of this series along with your proxmox series. The content is excellent and better than most. I'm wanting to build my own sever again, I have had 2 before, one Windows Home Server and then just an extra windows 10 PC then ran Plex and acted as a file host sharing a large drive on the network.
I still find much of this content unbelievably confusing and complex. First for example, for an introduction series like this start with a video explaining just the terms and jargon. I am still in the dark about what many of the terms are like cluster, and the difference between a container and a docker for example.
You'd be surprised how many times terms and acronyms are shared without context that a new user would have no idea what your talking about.
Even when it comes to in episode 2 for example when you presented what services you were running you did not explain what each of them do. You explained some but not all.
Anyway still on the journey of discovery.....
Great video! Don't understand the love for Plex though. I mean, Kodi is even more powerful and it is FREE!
The more I watch videos like this the more I get confused - not your fault!
For example it actually took me a few listens to understand that you actually had 2 servers - one running truenas and another running proxmox. I had assumed truenas was running as a VM on proxmox since I thought that was the point of it.
So that left me even more confused since I went into this thinking I should set up proxmox and then add a truenas VM as one of the VMs. Now I honestly wonder why I would bother with Proxmox.
So I'm maybe 20 hours into research and I still have no idea where to start. Another example again why do you need all the raspberry pis running, when again I thought proxmox could host those same features/functions as VMs or containers etc.?
Perhaps some more explanation into why you have made some of the choices you did would help others like myself that end up more confused at then end then at the beginning
Pi-Hole on a vm with unbound as the dns resolver including dnssec
“There’s a server version of Fedora.” Lol. Please show me on the doll where Red Hat touched you.
Do you use any LDAP or similar type user management for all the servers?
You teaching style is very clear and easy to follow. Thank you for doing this.
Great video. Very informative. I moved from FreeNAS to Unraid and absolutely love it.
"...there's CentOS..." it's only been a month, but we all feel a little bit different about that recommendation ( ;
Hi Jay, It looks like your rack behind you is a bit heavy for your desk! I see some bowing of your desktop. You might want to strengthen it. Great videos -- I always learn something from them.
Hi, why recommending closed source Plex when Jellyfin is perfectly fine for 90% of people? Thanks for this homelab serie it's a treasure trove of idea.
I think it’s mostly because of popularity, OMV was his FOSS rec. can’t talk about media servers w/o mentioning Plex
Can you please do a tutorial on how to setup Plex.
Definitely got my sub
I have a OMV server made with Raspberry Pi 4B 2 Gb RAM and 16 Gb sd card,and as storage i'm using an external 1Tb usb3 Toshiba hdd.And i'm installing Dietpi on Raspberry Pi 3B+ for Pi-Hole.
It seems Tom is the general sponsor of the video 😂
Hey thanks for this awesome guides! Just a question, can you run a cluster with 2 raspberrys + a virtualized OS together the 3? I want to make a VM available even if it goes down, through the Pi's
Please do video on PiHole
I am building a Raspberry Pi 4 Home Lab. You may want to think of Big/Little Home Lab set ups. Thanks for publishing this series.
Quick question, how did you map gateway.home-network.io to your pfsense? Is that just a DNS entry in PiHole?
This is really long, my apologies in advance!
Did you at all consider running north truenas and pfsense on the same box? I currently have the two running separately, but an idea recently hit me to sketch out options to run both my router and storage on the same host... some highlights of reasoning/thought process below, in the event you find them interesting:
* Both BSD based
** What packages are required? Perhaps truenas could be hacked to additionally host pfsense routing modules? Seems overly complex.
* Bhyve is a PITA in my exp, but possible options here to investigate. Perhaps it's simpler when virtualizing other BSD based VMs
* Each is required for the other to be useful (at least on lan - nothing to access if theres no data, no way to access it if theres no router)
** This is specific to the concern about a single host taking down services, and while this'd normally be sub-optimal, given one is semi worthless without the other (again, for lan at least), theres no "additional" risk related to host hw downtime
** As far as mitigating that risk (router downtime), several options involving a keep alive check, and either an old unused pc and wake on lan with pfsense, or home assistant/homekit/IFTTT to turn on a smart plug to some old ddwrt all-in-on (if feeling frisky, maybe trying pfSense on a Nano R4S, or even better, support the netgate devs and buy the most entry level unit as the backup). Maybe a VM on your proxmox host...
*** Script a WoL and copy when update time changes for config in order to replicate changes within keep-alive
** Keep alive device must be on same vlan/subnet so accessing is switching only, not requiring routing
* Install proxmox on host currently running truenas, create VMs for both truenas (passing through necessary devices like disks, HBA, and a NIC) and pfSense (passing through NIC[s])
** Added benefit of greater possible utilization of hosts, now closer to the magic 3 host high availability config
** Careful consideration of resource allocation required
** Enables easier implementation of backup router being a virtual machine; no physical equipment to power on when updating or failing over, just start the VM in proxmox, copy config, shutdown VM (less complexity in HW implementation, assuming a spare port's avail on current proxmox host
** Seems like network management might be simplified a bit by having proxmox host the router - at least I'd be less apt to forget to update the proxmox cluster when updating the router (hopefully?)
You should change ur lock on ur computer case it's a wafer lock very easy to pick open I can pick locks and all wafer suck you should get a good pin tumbler lock on there I have a pad lock on mine
Ok, I've subbed this channel a while ago but recently your content just seems better/more complete. I do have a suggestion though:
Consider adding some Cisco hardware in in lieu of your software network gear. Your vlans and firewall for instance. I'm in college for network ops and I've pretty much done your setup but with hardware switches and routers. I got them for my classes, but I use them more for my own purposes mostly. Just a thought. Keep Linuxing.
Great video. Can you explain how you have the system information shown after login (timestamp 15:56)? I believe it's neofetch. I'm assuming you added the command to execute the program in the shell config file but would like to know the path you took. Thanks!
No one has physical media these days! How do you rack multiple raspberry pi's? Do you have a psu for each pi?
Very informative. I am looking into creating my own home lab to consolidate several boxes that do various things. Thanks for the information.
Are you considering making video on APACHE server for Home Lab
Open media vault works perfect for me.
That was really awesome, I am about to set up a home lab so I can experiment and hopefully put it down on my resume, thanks!!
FYI, it says your book is out of stock?
Do you have any video about how to setup the home-network.io network?
Great video this looks like it will be a fun series. Have you looked into Untangle before as an alternative to PfSense? I think it would be cool to see some directory stuff and samba maybe some use cases in a home setup. I am starting to develop a passion for Linux and it has been cool looking into your videos. It might be a good idea to have a recommended setup so we can follow along :)
Jay, this is awesome, I know I want to set up a canary CD delivery system and seeing up separate networks. Loving this series.
Thank you Jay for your inspiring overview.
Thanks for your time and effort.
You need three servers for quorum, with some asterisk on this too.
I use TrueNAS and Proxmox :)
The best series available on this channel, seriously!
Can you do a tutorial on how to use the Pi-Hole.
Please do Pi hole video
This series are amazing my bro!
:( no love for Slackware. One of the oldest Linux distribution.
Is it alive?
Isn't Unraid running on Slackware?
Please put your content on Odysee.com by lbry
Unraid is missing from the list..