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Too Many Dashboards And Not Enough Sense

Moving Services Off the Cloud and Back Home

Backups I Actually Test Now

TrueNAS and the Great Disk Shuffle

Too Many Dashboards, and the Slow Walk Back

TrueNAS and the Great Disk Shuffle

the garage rack, two years on, regrets included

bringing it all back home, one service at a time

a backup you've never restored is just a hope

one compose file to rule the homelab

i built fourteen dashboards and look at none of them

the backup you never restore is just hope on a disk

nextcloud, for the third time, and the setup that finally stuck

pulling a few things back off the cloud

i built nineteen dashboards and looked at two

moving twelve terabytes without losing my nerve

how home assistant quietly colonised my free time

replacing every disk in the pool without losing my nerve

bringing the small things back home from the cloud

real certificates for services that never touch the internet

one compose file to rule the homelab (and the regret that followed)

reverse proxy, certs, and let's encrypt at home

i ran kubernetes at home, and mostly regret it

backups you haven't restored are just wishes

nextcloud, again, but properly this time

docker compose for the whole house

kubernetes in the spare room, and why i kept some of it

i had eleven dashboards and could not tell you if anything was broken

home assistant ate my evenings, and i let it

why i finally left esxi for proxmox

bringing it all back home

the homelab as one stack, profiles and all

one compose file to rule the homelab

my third nextcloud install, and the first one i trust

one compose file to run the house

bringing it all back home

bringing it all back home

i have too many dashboards and not enough alerts

nextcloud, again, properly this time

moving the homelab off esxi and onto proxmox

the backup you have not restored is a rumour

how i moved every disk in my nas without losing a byte

home assistant ate my evenings

bringing it all back home

the garage rack, and what i'd do differently

the day i pulled esxi out of the rack

bringing the services home again

nextcloud, again, and this time it sticks

the day i resilvered the wrong pool

bringing it all back home

nextcloud, the third attempt, and the one that actually stuck

rebuilding a truenas pool one disk at a time

truenas and the great disk shuffle

too many dashboards and not enough alerts

one compose file to rule the homelab

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

why i finally moved the homelab off esxi and onto proxmox

bringing the small stuff back home from the cloud

how a single smart plug became a second job

bringing the small stuff back home

the backups i actually restore from now

the garage rack, and what i'd do differently

tls on the home network without the faff

rebuilding nextcloud and meaning it this time

real certificates for things that never touch the internet

how home assistant quietly stole a fortnight

i put a server rack in the garage, and i'd do it again (mostly)

the great disk shuffle, or how i rebuilt a pool without losing my nerve

a backup you have not restored is a rumour

bringing it all back home, one service at a time

the backups i finally bothered to test

how home assistant quietly took over my evenings

kubernetes at home was a mistake (mostly)

real certificates for things that never touch the internet

i put a proper rack in the garage and i have feelings about it

replacing every disk in a pool without losing the pool

one compose file to rule the house

reverse proxy, certs, and let's encrypt at home

home assistant ate my evenings

nextcloud, the third install and the one that stuck

i put a server rack in the garage and i have notes

one compose file to run the whole house

every exporter i installed and the one metric i should have started with

i ran kubernetes in my house for two years, here is the bill

i had forty grafana dashboards and looked at three

a backup you haven't restored isn't a backup

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

i have built too many grafana dashboards

one compose file to rule the house

replacing every disk in a pool, one at a time

reverse proxy, certs, and let's encrypt at home

why i moved the homelab from esxi to proxmox

running kubernetes at home was mostly a mistake

i ran kubernetes at home and mostly regret it

running the whole house from one compose file

nextcloud, the fourth attempt, the one that stuck

the backups i now bother to restore

why my homelab moved off esxi onto proxmox

bringing it all back home

the day i put a server rack in the garage

nextcloud, again, properly this time

i ran kubernetes at home and mostly regretted it

one compose file to run the entire flat

bringing it all back home

nextcloud, the third time, done properly

proper https for everything on the home network

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

docker compose for the whole house

i had forty dashboards and no idea if anything was broken

running the whole house on one docker-compose file

home assistant ate a fortnight of my evenings

one compose file to run the whole house

rebuilding nextcloud the way i should have the first time

truenas and the great disk shuffle

too many dashboards, not enough alerts

dragging my services back home from the cloud

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

nextcloud, again, properly this time

bringing the small stuff back home

nextcloud, for the third time, finally done properly

home assistant ate my evenings

home assistant ate my evenings

backups i actually test now

one compose file to rule the cupboard

bringing the services home, one bill at a time

i built forty graphs and looked at none of them

rebuilding the nas without losing anything

kubernetes at home was a mistake (mostly)

backups I actually test now

moving services off the cloud and back home

rebuilding my nas one disk at a time without losing my nerve

kubernetes at home was a mistake, mostly

i monitored everything and learned almost nothing

truenas and the great disk shuffle

bringing the small stuff back home from the cloud

i finally swapped esxi for proxmox at home

i moved the homelab off esxi and onto proxmox

i swapped esxi for proxmox and the homelab got friendlier

i ran kubernetes at home so you don't have to

one reverse proxy to terminate them all

i built fourteen dashboards and looked at none of them

a rack in the garage, and everything it taught me the hard way

there is a server rack in my garage now and i have feelings about it

i put kubernetes in my spare room and mostly regret it

moving the homelab from ESXi to Proxmox

one docker-compose file to rule the homelab

truenas and the great disk shuffle

running kubernetes at home, and what it actually taught me

one compose file to run the whole house

home assistant ate my evenings, and i let it

i built a dashboard for everything and could see nothing

i swapped esxi for proxmox in the rack and didn't look back

replacing a pool, one disk at a time, without losing my nerve

the backups i finally bothered to restore

rebuilding a pool one disk at a time without losing my nerve

i ran kubernetes at home and mostly regret it

one reverse proxy, real certs, and no more browser warnings at home

i put a rack in the garage, and the garage had opinions

truenas and the great disk shuffle

i built fourteen dashboards and look at none of them

backups i actually test now

why i swapped esxi for proxmox at home

i ran kubernetes at home, and mostly i regret it

why i finally moved the homelab off esxi and onto proxmox

the great disk shuffle, or how i rebuilt my nas without losing a byte

one compose file to run the entire house

i ran kubernetes at home for a year so you don't have to

running kubernetes at home was a mistake, mostly

i instrumented everything and then drowned in dashboards

why i moved the homelab off esxi and onto proxmox

i ran kubernetes at home and i'm mostly sorry

one compose file to run the whole house

i put a rack in the garage and i mostly don't regret it

i ran kubernetes in my house and i have regrets (mostly)

one docker-compose file to run the whole house

i built a wall of dashboards and stopped looking at any of them

i monitored everything and learned nothing

truenas and the great disk shuffle

a rack in the garage, regrets and all

a year on proxmox, and i'm not going back

home assistant has quietly eaten a month of my life

kubernetes at home was a mistake (mostly)

real certs for the things on my own network

kubernetes at home was a mistake, mostly

one compose file to run the lot

the garage rack, one winter in

one compose file to run the whole house

shuffling disks under freenas without losing my nerve

the great disk shuffle, or how i grew a freenas pool the slow way

ripping esxi out of the homelab for proxmox

i swapped esxi for proxmox and didn't look back

one compose file to run the house

i put kubernetes in my house and i have regrets

i bought a server rack for the garage

terminating tls at home with one nginx box

ripping ESXi out of the homelab for Proxmox

kubernetes at home was a mistake, mostly

proper certs at home with a reverse proxy and let's encrypt

one compose file to run the house