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I've finally completed most of the guides I was planning on adding to my #Homelab Wiki - now it's got guides on setting up #Portainer, #Immich, #Jellyfin, #ErsatzTV, #OpenMediaVault (#OMV), and even #HomeAssistant - all of these (besides Jellyfin and ErsatzTV, those are on #Proxmox) are hosted on my #RaspberryPi in my homelab.

Most importantly though, I've organised the wiki a lil better - into different
courses. The first course details the type of hardware you're going to want to assemble - a beefy server (with only consumer parts) or a mini server (i.e. an #SBC), or whether you'd like to deploy a #NAS, followed by a course to setting up and managing a hypervisor (including #ESXi, but really, use Proxmox - which is #FOSS and plain better).

There's also a whole course on all sorts of 'host deployment environments' (i.e. where your application is hosted on, like
#VM, #Docker, #Kubernetes, and #LXC) you could have in your homelab. (One of the) Most importantly, a course on networking - which covers valuable topics like setting up a domain, free or paid, and setting up a reverse proxy for serving your hosted applications publicly, securely.

There's still some stuffs I gotta add, like a complete guide on setting up
#TrueNAS (which I've set up for many years at this point, without much documentation on how I did it - so I gotta find an opp to replicate it, when I have extra hardware maybe), but I'm pretty happy with it at this point. If you're planning to get into homelabbing, or even if you're already in it - maybe check it out ​:blobfoxcat:

🔗 https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/homelab-wiki

RE: https://sakurajima.social/notes/a9so79m6ze

My #homelab wiki is getting really complicated to organise and write for haha, but it's definitely getting more interesting topics like more #RaspberryPi stuffs, #Docker, and some cool stuffs like #OpenMediaVault and #HomeAssistant. I'm taking my sweet time to update them 'properly' and hope it'll all link/piece together sensibly in the end.

This is partially thanks to me embracing the fact that I just don't (yet) have the resources for a
standalone 'mega' homelab (#Proxmox & #Kubernetes based) server cluster that I could simply throw everything to it, hence supplementing that setup with tinier SBC-based servers. Gives me a bit of peace of mind too that things are now more 'spread out'.

The most interesting bit will probably be when I manage to explore replicating a mini version of my
#RKE2 Kubernetes cluster, on a single (or at most, two) Raspberry Pi node - maybe based on #k3s, assuming that's better. I'm just not there yet cos I'm kinda reluctant if using something like #k8s on RPi makes much sense since I'm expecting a lot of resources will be wasted that way, when hosting on Docker alone (i.e. on #Portainer) should be leaner.

🔗 Anyway, if y'all wanna keep an eye on it: https://github.com/irfanhakim-as/homelab-wiki

Started Suricata in IPS mode on pfSense — noisy at first, but worth it.
I’ve been incrementally building a custom dropsid.conf by reviewing alerts daily. It now blocks Simda C2 payloads, Log4j and Zyxel RCE attempts, scanners like masscan and OpenVAS, and a sea of CINS/COMPROMISED IPs probing Plex, Redis, SSH, and more.

Takes some tuning, but a properly trained IPS is rock solid.

I think my next #homelab task is purging every LinuxServer image from my stack. The Tautulli and Overseerr ones regularly just dump all configuration at random when updated, and this is apparently a well-known issue. Plus the guys making/maintaining them are jerks introducing breaking changes.

#HomeAssistant is ending its support for the Supervised installation I was running the last years (On a #Debian 12, just like recommended). I have now finally fully transitioned to a fully dockerised installation, now managing things like #ESPHome myself. Still, it was pretty annoying switching, since the backup restore function in the #docker version of HomeAssistant didn't want to take the folders from the backup image. Like this, I had to manually bring them into the docker container.
But I am happy. It works now 🎉

Just spent five hours troubleshooting my home network - tried everything from checking cables to reconfiguring routers and switches. Turned out the fix was the classic: turn it off and back on again.

Honestly, the ultimate IT hack never gets old. 😂

Lesson learned: patience and persistence pay off, but sometimes it’s the simplest solution that wins.

Anyone else have those epic “wasted hours for a reboot” stories? Share ‘em!

I'm doing the weekly home IT update chore this morning. I wasn't home last week, so there's a lot.

- OPNsense minor upgrade (save 25.7 for next week)
- New firmware for two Omada access points
- PI-Hole 25.7
- Home Assistant Core and ESPHome Builder
- Karakeep 0.26.0

Then I'm going to take the first steps in the TrueNAS Core -> Scale migration. That'll go on for days if not weeks.

German Version (english below)

Ich habe gerade "GTS-HolMirDas" als Open Source Projekt veröffentlicht.

Ein RSS-basiertes Content-Discovery-Tool für kleinere GoToSocial-Instanzen. Es hilft dabei, die föderierte Timeline zu füllen, ohne auf traditionelle Relays angewiesen zu sein.

Was es macht:

  • Verarbeitet RSS-Feeds verschiedener Fediverse-Instanzen
  • Docker-Deployment mit simplem .env-Setup
  • Sehr ressourcenschonend (kompletter Stack mit GoToSocial + FediFetcher: ~450MB RAM)
  • Zeigt detaillierte Statistiken

Inspiriert von Alice's HolMirDas für Misskey (@aliceif), angepasst für GoToSocial mit Docker-Integration.

Repository: https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas

Läuft bei mir produktiv und verarbeitet stündlich Content von 80 RSS-Feeds. Falls jemand sowas braucht - einfach ausprobieren.

Feedback gerne willkommen! 🚀

Just released "GTS-HolMirDas" as an open source project.

RSS-based content discovery tool for smaller GoToSocial instances. Helps populate your federated timeline without relying on traditional relays.

What it does:

  • Processes RSS feeds from various Fediverse instances
  • Docker deployment with simple .env setup
  • Very resource-efficient (complete stack with GoToSocial + FediFetcher: ~450MB RAM)
  • Shows detailed statistics

Inspired by Alice's HolMirDas for Misskey (@aliceif), adapted for GoToSocial with Docker integration.

Repository: https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas

Running in production here, processing content from 80 RSS feeds hourly. If anyone needs something like this - just give it a try.

Feedback welcome! 🚀

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Forgejo: Beyond coding. We Forge.gts-holmirdasRSS-based content discovery for GoToSocial