Home Server
My Lab-in-a-Box for Experiments, Media, and More
Overview
My home server is the centerpiece of my tech playground: a box for running apps, hosting VMs, streaming media, learning, and building whatever comes next.
What It Does
- Hosts Docker containers and VMs for testing new setups
- Runs PiHole, PiVPN, and my GeniSys automations
- Media server for movies, shows, music, and backups
- Monitoring tools to keep an eye on performance and uptime
Key Lessons Learned
- Home networking and storage basics
- Virtualisation, Docker Compose, and automation scripting
- How to break (and fix!) my own environment safely