Posts
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One Identity Provider for Everything #security#homelab Replacing scattered logins with Authentik on Oracle Cloud. Google login everywhere, proxy auth for Guacamole, OAuth2 for Portainer, and a K8s outpost for cluster services.
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The Update Routine #homelab#automation A practical guide to keeping a multi-node Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, Synology, pfSense, and Docker services updated — rolling upgrade strategy, Renovate automation, and a cadence that doesn't consume your weekends.
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pfSense Boot Troubleshooting #networking#homelab Three separate failures from a single accidental reboot — CAM disk detection delay, serial console locking the keyboard out, and NIC enumeration mismatch. Documented as it happened.
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The Axios Supply Chain Attack #security#javascript A compromised maintainer pushed poisoned axios versions containing a cross-platform RAT.
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Proxmox GPU Passthrough Guide #ai#homelab Step-by-step GPU passthrough on Proxmox VE 8 — IOMMU groups, VFIO binding, NVIDIA driver quirks, ROM dumps, and Tesla P40 for AI inference workloads.
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Synology HyperBackup to Oracle Cloud #storage#homelab How to configure Synology HyperBackup with Oracle Cloud's Always Free Ampere instance using rsync over Tailscale — including the SSH override that breaks most setups.
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Deploying OpenClaw on Proxmox #ai#homelab Deploy OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot/Clawdbot) on Proxmox in an unprivileged LXC — setup, security hardening, and post-breach recommendations.
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merox-erudite: A Customized Astro Theme #automation#open-source A fork of astro-erudite v1 with comments, analytics, SEO schemas, and an enhanced homepage — built for production blogging.
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Migrating Longhorn Backup from MinIO to Garage #storage#docker How to replace MinIO with Garage as the S3 backend for Longhorn backups — setup, bucket config, Kubernetes secret, and HelmRelease update.
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SSH Hardening - Securing Your Linux Servers #security#ssh#linux Practical SSH hardening for production Linux servers — key-based auth, sshd_config, 2FA, host-based auth, fail2ban, and log monitoring.
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Restoring from Longhorn Backups #kubernetes#storage How to restore Kubernetes applications from Longhorn backups — scale down, remove empty PVCs, restore volumes, create PVs/PVCs, and bring everything back up.
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From Rack to Cloud — My Infrastructure in 2026 #homelab#kubernetes A full breakdown of my infrastructure in 2026 — Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, GitOps with Flux, Oracle Cloud VPS, Tailscale mesh, and a full DR plan.
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SMB Authentication with AD on Linux #security#linux How to integrate Linux SMB file servers with Active Directory using SSSD, Samba, Kerberos, and realmd — tested on RHEL 8 and OpenSUSE 15.6.
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Networking Specialist: My CCNA Journey #career#networking Follow my complete journey from networking beginner to CCNA certified professional - including study methods, practical labs, challenges, and how this certification opened doors to cybersecurity opportunities.
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Dual Boot Guide: Windows 11 and Ubuntu #linux Step-by-step guide to dual booting Windows 11 and Ubuntu — partitioning, installation, GRUB, and common fixes.
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From WordPress to Hugo: My Setup Explained #automation Why I moved from WordPress to Hugo, and how the site runs today — GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, and Cloudflare.
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Inside Google's Offices #career A deep dive into Google's Warsaw HUB, exploring its work culture, amenities, and high-tech environment. During my business trip to Warsaw, I had the unique opportunity to visit Google's impressive offices
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3-2-1 Backup Strategy for Your Homelab #storage#homelab A practical guide to the 3-2-1 backup rule — what it means, how to implement it, and how to actually recover when things go wrong.
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How to Set Up a K3S Cluster in 2025 #kubernetes#homelab Rebuilding my K3s cluster from scratch with Ansible — VM provisioning via Cloud-Init on Proxmox, HA across three nodes, and full automation.
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My First Steps in IT Career #career How I went from skipping university classes to landing my first sysadmin job — the CV, the interview, and the questions they asked.
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How to Set Up Your Own AI at Home #ai#homelab Running Ollama, OpenWebUI, and Stable Diffusion on a CPU-only homelab server — installation, configuration, and integration.
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Setting Up Dell R720 Server in the Home Lab #homelab#hardware How I integrated a Dell PowerEdge R720 into my homelab — fan control via IPMItool, firmware updates, Proxmox migration over NFS, RAID storage, and UPS integration with PowerPanel.
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Tailscale site-to-site pfSense - Linux #security#networking How to set up a Tailscale site-to-site L3 connection between a pfSense homelab subnet and a Linux cloud VM subnet.