I decided that I wanted to configure my own router without using something like OPNsense. I wanted to do it with iproute2, nftables, frrouting, unbound, and kea. Kea was something I only discovered...

I recently gained access to a /48 IPv6 prefix for my connection. I previously had access to a /56 on my old ISP but their implementation of IPv6 is terrible and the /56 was not statically assigned ...

I recently got hold of a mini PC with a Nvidia GPU and wanted to get hardware transcoding working with Jellyfin in an LXD container. I have previously done this on my existing mini PC that only has...

With the recent release of the official HAProxy bouncer for Crowdsec I thought I would give it a go. In doing this I found out that CrowdSec bouncer was detecting the IP using source IP, which requ...

I recently had to configure BGP on 2 pairs of Aruba CX switches configured as VSX pairs. Requirements To follow this setup completely you will need: ExpressRoute Circuit configured with ISP ...

Paperless-ngx now has inbuilt support for this, so you can ignore this entirely. When I am deciding on web services to use on my home lab, I lean towards ones that support SSO. I do this because ...

This is an explanation of my HAProxy config, as a reminder for myself. This has evolved over time. Most recently I have added a redirection for external or internal traffic to backends. The reason ...

This is the second guide in the series on how I setup my homelab. In my setup I use Cloudflare Origin Server between the world and my home server. My instructions will include all of the necessary ...

This was previously a guide for Using LXD on Ubuntu. This guide is a look into how I setup my homelab. This is the first part to a group of guides I am writing. Requirements A reasonable com...

This was done to provide remote access to a server and make it as secure as possible. Notes This install was done in an LXD container behind a HAProxy reverse proxy. This is only a secure ins...