--- title: "/homelab" date: "2024-05-26T21:30:51Z" lastmod: "2024-11-28T14:00:20Z" aliases: - playground description: "The systems I use for fun and enrichment." featured: false toc: true timeless: true categories: slashes --- *I enjoy tinkering with small technology projects, and I learn a ton from these experiments. I also self-host a number of apps/services from my home as well as various cloud environments. This page describes some of my technical playground.* Everything is connected to my [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com) tailnet, with a GitOps-managed ACL to allow access as needed. This lets me access and manage systems without really caring if they're local or remote. [Tailscale is magic](/secure-networking-made-simple-with-tailscale/). The Docker containers are (generally) managed with [Portainer](https://www.portainer.io/) using configs hosted [on GitHub](https://github.com/jbowdre/compositions). ### On Premise **Proxmox VE 8 Cluster** - 1x [Intel NUC 9 Extreme (NUC9i9QNX)](https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Extreme-NUC9i9QNX-Single-Model/dp/B0851JV4R8) - 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK (8 cores @ 2.40GHz) - 64GB RAM - 1x 512GB NVMe system drive - 2x 1TB NVMe drives (ZFS) - 2x [HP Elite Mini 800 G9](https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-elite-mini-800-g9-desktop-pc-p-88u16ua-aba-1) - 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700 (8 cores @ 2.10GHz, 4 cores @ 1.60GHz) - 96GB RAM - 1x 512GB NVMe system drive - 1x 2TB NVMe drive (ZFS) - [Unifi USW Flex XG 10GbE Switch](https://store.ui.com/us/en/collections/unifi-switching-utility-10-gbps-ethernet/products/unifi-flex-xg) The Proxmox cluster hosts a number of VMs and LXC containers: - `doc`: Ubuntu 22.04 Docker host for various on-prem container workloads, served via [Tailscale Serve](/tailscale-ssh-serve-funnel/#tailscale-serve) / [Caddy + Tailscale](/caddy-tailscale-alternative-cloudflare-tunnel/): - [Calibre Web](https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web) for managing my ebooks - [Cyberchef](https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef), the Cyber Swiss Army Knife - [Golink](https://github.com/tailscale/golink), a private shortlink service for tailnets - [Hashicorp Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) for secrets management - [Heimdall](https://github.com/linuxserver/Heimdall), an application dashboard and launcher - [IT-Tools](https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools) for handy online development-related tools - [Linkding](https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding) bookmark manager serving [links.bowdre.net](https://links.bowdre.net/bookmarks/shared) - [Opengist](https://github.com/thomiceli/opengist), an open-source alternative to GitHub's Gists ([post](https://srsbsns.lol/opening-up-opengist/)) - [RIPE Atlas Probe](https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-measurements/ripe-atlas/) for measuring internet connectivity - [SilverBullet](https://silverbullet.md), a web-based personal knowledge management system ([post](/publish-silverbullet-notes-quartz/)) - [Tailscale Golink](https://github.com/tailscale/golink), a private shortlink service ([post](/tailscale-golink-private-shortlinks-tailnet/)) - `files`: Ubuntu 20.04 file server. Serves (selected) files semi-publicly through [Tailscale Funnel](/tailscale-ssh-serve-funnel/#tailscale-funnel) - `hassos`: [Home Assistant OS](https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/), manages all my "smart home" stuff ([post](/automating-camera-notifications-home-assistant-ntfy/)) - `immich`: Ubuntu 22.04 [Immich](https://immich.app/) server - `ipam`: Ubuntu 20.04 [phpIPAM](https://phpipam.net/) server ([post](/integrating-phpipam-with-vrealize-automation-8/#step-0-phpipam-installation-and-base-configuration)) - `salt`: Ubuntu 20.04 [Salt](https://saltproject.io/) Master server for configuration management - `unifi`: UniFi Network Application. Manages the Unifi switch. **Hashicorp Nomad Cluster (WIP)** - 3x [Zima Blade 7700](https://shop.zimaboard.com/products/zimablade-single-board-server-for-cyber-native) - Intel® Celeron® N3450 (4 cores @ 1.10GHz) - 16GB RAM - 1x 32GB eMMC - 1x 1TB SATA SSD - [TP-Link TL-SG108E 1GbE Switch](https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/8-port-switch/tl-sg108e/) This triad of cute little single-board computers will *eventually* be a combination Nomad + Consul + Vault cluster, fully managed with Salt. **[PiAware](https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build) ADS-B/MLAT Receiver** - Raspberry Pi 2 Model B - 2x [RTL-SDR Blog V3 R860 RTL2832U 1PPM TCXO SMA Dongle](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0129EBDS2) - [SIGNALPLUS 1090MHz 12dBi 1.1m ADS-B Antenna](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XYRMG3V/) I like to know what's flying overhead, and I'm also feeding flight data to [flightaware.com](https://flightaware.com) and [adsb.fi](https://adsb.fi). **Federated Raspberry Pi** - Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - 64GB Sandisk USB Drive Runs [GoToSocial](https://gotosocial.org/) in Docker to host my personal Mastodon-compatible ActivityPub server, [goto.srsbsns.lol](https://goto.srsbsns.lol) ([post](https://srsbsns.lol/going-to-gotosocial/)). ### Cloud **[Google Cloud Platform](https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features)** - `smp`: Ubuntu 22.04 [SimpleX](/simplex/) server - `smp1`: Ubuntu 22.04 [SimpleX](/simplex/) server **[Vultr](https://www.vultr.com)** - `volly`: Ubuntu 22.04 Docker host for various workloads, served either locally through [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) or as a cloud proxy with [Caddy + Tailscale](/caddy-tailscale-alternative-cloudflare-tunnel/): - [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) server for [git.bowdre.net](https://git.bowdre.net/explore/repos) ([post](/gitea-self-hosted-git-server/)) - [ntfy](https://ntfy.sh/) notification service ([post](/easy-push-notifications-with-ntfy/)) - [SimpleX](/simplex/) server (`smp2`) - [Uptime Kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) for monitoring internal services (via Tailscale) - [vault-unseal](https://github.com/lrstanley/vault-unseal) to auto-unseal my on-prem Vault instance