Ghost in the Rack

Topic

servers

A collection of 23 issues

Learning DNS the Hard Way: When My Pi-hole Went Silent

My homelab thrives on Pi-hole, until one day, the internet vanished. This is the story of how a simple network hiccup turned into a deep dive into the world of DNS, teaching me invaluable lessons about networking fundamentals and the critical role of Pi-hole.

My Experience with Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned: What I Learned

My experience implementing Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Experience with How I automated my entire home with Home Assistant (and broke it twice): What I Learned

My experience implementing How I automated my entire home with Home Assistant (and broke it twice) in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

How I Finally Got Setting up monitoring that actually alerts me when things break Working in My Homelab

My experience implementing Setting up monitoring that actually alerts me when things break in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Journey with My journey from Windows Server to Linux: the struggles and victories: A Homelab Story

My experience implementing My journey from Windows Server to Linux: the struggles and victories in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Journey with Setting up monitoring that actually alerts me when things break: A Homelab Story

My experience implementing Setting up monitoring that actually alerts me when things break in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

How I Finally Got Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned Working in My Homelab

My experience implementing Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Journey with My disaster with ZFS pools: how I lost 2TB and got it back: A Homelab Story

My experience implementing My disaster with ZFS pools: how I lost 2TB and got it back in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My $500 Homelab Misadventure: When Enterprise Gear Just Doesn't Fit

Ever been lured by the siren song of cheap enterprise hardware? I certainly have! Join me as I recount my personal tale of spending $500 on a beast of a server that taught me some expensive lessons about homelab suitability, noise, and power bills.

My experience with different virtualization platforms: what worked and what didn't Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing My experience with different virtualization platforms: what worked and what didn't in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.