Earlier setup

🖥️ Server Hardware

Server (MB name TBC)

The main box running Proxmox VE bare-metal. The core of the homelab. [Hypervisor Host]

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500

Quad-core workhorse keeping all the LXC containers running smoothly. [Processor]

RAM: 32GB DDR4

Plenty for running Proxmox, the Debian media VM, and multiple LXC containers simultaneously. [Memory]

Storage: 2×4TB HDD, 1TB HDD, 256GB M.2, 512GB SSD

HDDs now managed directly by the Debian media VM via ZFS. M.2 for Proxmox OS, SSD for VM storage. [Storage]

Network: 1GbE

1 Gigabit ethernet. More than enough for homelab traffic and SMB shares. [Networking]

💻 Desktop Setup

Windows 11

Main desktop OS. Where all the SSH sessions, tinkering, and web browsing happens. [OS]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

8-core, 16-thread beast. Handles gaming and homelab management without breaking a sweat. [Processor]

GPU: RTX 3060 12GB

Great for gaming. 12GB VRAM leaves plenty of headroom. Might passthrough to a Proxmox VM someday. [Graphics]

RAM: 32GB DDR4

Plenty of headroom for gaming, running VMs, and having too many browser tabs open. [Memory]

Storage: 1TB NVMe

Fast NVMe SSD for OS and games. Speedy enough that Windows actually boots quickly. [Storage]

Monitor: 27" 165Hz KOORUI

27-inch 165Hz panel. Smooth enough for gaming, big enough for split-screen server terminals. [Display]

🍓 Raspberry Pi Setup

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Compact ARM single-board computer running 12 self-hosted services 24/7. Surprisingly powerful for always-on service hosting with minimal power draw. [SBC Host]

CPU: ARM Cortex-A72 (4-core 1.8GHz)

Efficient ARM cores handling a dozen services simultaneously without breaking a sweat or the electricity bill. [Processor]

RAM: 4GB LPDDR4

Enough headroom for twelve services running simultaneously. Rarely hits the ceiling. [Memory]

Storage: MicroSD

MicroSD card for the OS and service configs. Lightweight and gets the job done. [Storage]

🛠️ Software & Tools

VSCode / Antigravity

VSCode for general editing, Antigravity for AI-assisted development. This site was built with Antigravity. [Editor]

Terax Terminal + PowerShell

Terminal of choice on Windows. SSH sessions into the homelab launch from here. [Terminal]

Zen Browser

Firefox-based browser with a clean UI. Bookmarks full of Proxmox dashboards and Pi-hole stats. [Browser]

GitHub

Version control for this site and any other projects I work on. [Version Control]

☁️ Self-Hosted Stack

Proxmox VE 8.x

Bare-metal hypervisor. The foundation that everything else runs on. [Hypervisor]

Debian — Plex + Jellyfin

Debian media VM running Plex and Jellyfin with local ZFS pools and SMB shares. [Media — VM]

Docker + Portainer

Container management in a dedicated Debian LXC. Portainer gives a visual UI. [Containers — LXC]

Pi-hole

Network-wide DNS-based ad blocking. Upstream: Cloudflare 1.1.1.1. Blocks thousands of trackers. [DNS / AdBlock — Pi]

Tailscale

WireGuard-based mesh VPN. Lets me securely access every homelab service remotely with zero open ports. [VPN — LXC]

Cloudflare Tunnel

Exposing this personal site publicly without opening any router ports. Still learning the finer config! [Tunnel — LXC]

Nginx

Lightweight web server serving this static personal site from the Cloudflare LXC. [Web Server — LXC]

Homepage

Custom start page and service dashboard. All self-hosted services aggregated into one clean, linkable page. [Dashboard — Pi]

Uptime Kuma

Beautiful self-hosted uptime monitoring. Watches all my services and sends alerts if anything goes down. [Monitoring — Pi]

Navidrome

Self-hosted music streaming server. Subsonic-compatible so I can stream my personal music library from any client, anywhere. [Music — Pi]

Filebrowser

Clean web-based file manager. Browse and manage files on the Pi through the browser without touching a terminal. [Files — Pi]

IT-Tools

A massive self-hosted collection of handy developer and sysadmin utilities — encoders, converters, hash generators, and more. [Tools — Pi]

Dozzle

Real-time Docker log viewer. Tail container logs from the browser without ever opening a terminal. [Logs — Pi]

Glances

Cross-platform system monitoring in the browser. Quick snapshot of CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage at a glance. [Monitor — Pi]

UpSnap

Wake-on-LAN web app. Wake or sleep network devices remotely — no more walking over to the machine. [WoL — Pi]

Beszel

Lightweight multi-host server monitoring hub. Tracks system stats across all my machines from a single dashboard. [Monitoring — Pi]

NetAlertX

Network presence detection and alerting. Know exactly what devices are on the network and get notified when new ones appear. [Network — Pi]

Arcane

Utility and management app running alongside the Pi's service stack. [Utility — Pi]