Detailed, step-by-step guides built from real homelab experience — hypervisors, storage, networking, security, media servers, and more. No fluff.
Build a multi-host XCP-NG cluster with an unlocked community Xen Orchestra — live migration, shared storage, GPU passthrough, and VMDK import at zero cost.
Deploy Proxmox VE on bare metal via GPT/UEFI USB, resolve SAS HBA passthrough issues, configure GPU passthrough for Emby, and build a 3-host cluster.
Build ODIN — a 27TB+ FreeBSD storage node with a 30-disk ZFS pool, LAGG bonded network, NFS exports, and a bhyve Debian VM as SMB gateway.
Run OpenBSD 7 as a VM on bhyve with PF firewall, multi-VLAN segmentation, per-subnet DHCP, and relayd reverse proxy. Full production configs from a real homelab deployment.
Configure secure remote access VPN on pfSense using the wizard, Certificate Authority setup, user management, and the client export package for easy OVPN profiles.
Route all self-hosted services through a single reverse proxy with automatic Let's Encrypt SSL via Cloudflare DNS challenge. Includes static site hosting config.
Deploy a full self-hosted service stack: Portainer, NPM, AdGuard, Plex, Overseerr, Cloudflare DDNS — with automated deployment via Portainer API.