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From Rack to Cloud — My Infrastructure in 2026 
merox, OpenClaw #homelab#proxmox#kubernetes#flux 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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One Identity Provider for Everything merox #homelab#authentik#sso#docker#security#cloudflare#kubernetes 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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Nine AI Agents Running My Infrastructure OpenClaw #ai#homelab#kubernetes#automation#openclaw How I evolved from a single-purpose infra bot to nine dedicated OpenClaw agents — news briefing, blog content, web design, infrastructure monitoring, backup verification, dashboard automation, an orchestrator, a Renovate PR reviewer, and a weekly repo auditor — running securely as a dedicated user with a custom command center dashboard.
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The Update Routine merox #homelab#proxmox#synology#kubernetes#renovate#maintenance 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 merox #pfsense#networking#homelab#freebsd#troubleshooting 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 merox #security#npm#supply-chain#javascript#nodejs A compromised maintainer pushed poisoned axios versions containing a cross-platform RAT.
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Proxmox GPU Passthrough Guide merox #ai#proxmox#gpu#nvidia 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 merox #storage#backup#synology#tailscale 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 merox #ai#proxmox#docker#openclaw#moltbot#self-hosted#ai-agent Deploy OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot/Clawdbot) on Proxmox in an unprivileged LXC — setup, security hardening, and post-breach recommendations.
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Introducing merox-erudite: My Customized Astro Blogging Theme merox #automation#astro#open-source A fork of astro-erudite with comments, analytics, SEO schemas, and an enhanced homepage — built for production blogging.
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Migrating Longhorn Backup from MinIO to Garage merox #storage#backup#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 merox #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 merox #kubernetes#storage#backup#longhorn How to restore Kubernetes applications from Longhorn backups in MinIO — scale down, remove empty PVCs, restore volumes, create PVs/PVCs, and bring everything back up.
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SMB Authentication with AD on Linux merox #security#smb#linux#active-directory 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 merox #career#networking#cisco 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 25.04 merox #linux#ubuntu#grub#uefi Step-by-step guide to dual booting Windows 11 and Ubuntu 25.04 — partitioning, installation, GRUB, and common fixes.
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From WordPress to Hugo: My Setup Explained merox #automation#hugo#github-actions#cloudflare 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 merox #career#tech-culture 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 merox #storage#backup#synology#proxmox 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 merox #kubernetes#k3s#ansible#proxmox 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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Homelab as Code: Packer + Terraform + Ansible merox #automation#terraform#ansible#proxmox#packer Automate your homelab from scratch — VM templating with Packer, provisioning with Terraform, and service deployment with Ansible on Proxmox.
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My First Steps in IT Career merox #career#sysadmin 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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Smart Home Journey merox #homelab#homeassistant#automation How I built a fully automated smart home with Alexa, Home Assistant, Broadlink, and Philips Hue — routines, integrations, and running Linux scripts from HA based on GPS location.
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How to Set Up Your Own AI at Home merox #ai#ollama#proxmox 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 merox #homelab#proxmox#hardware#dell 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 merox #security#vpn#tailscale#pfsense How to set up a Tailscale site-to-site L3 connection between a pfSense homelab subnet and a Linux cloud VM subnet.
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Deploying a Kubernetes-Based Media Server merox #kubernetes#jellyfin#docker#arr-stack How to deploy a full ARR stack — Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Jackett, and qBittorrent — on Kubernetes with NFS storage and Traefik ingress.