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TrueNAS Scale Complete Guide – Everything You Need to Know

Learn how to install and configure TrueNAS Scale from scratch in this complete beginner’s guide. This step-by-step tutorial covers everything you need to know about setting up TrueNAS Scale, including hardware requirements, installation, storage pool creation, and configuring network shares for your homelab or business.

Whether you’re building your first home server or migrating from FreeNAS/TrueNAS Core, this tutorial will get you up and running with TrueNAS Scale quickly and confidently.

Thanks to Alice for sponsoring today’s video! Check out how Alice can help you eliminate manual errors & delays, reduce consulting costs, and unlock trapped data.

Also, consider supporting the channel by purchasing a TrueNAS Mini – it’s a great way to get started!

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5 Reasons Why I Love TrueNAS

TrueNAS is one of my favorite platforms for storage, virtualization, and self-hosting—and in this video, I break down five reasons why I love TrueNAS and why it continues to be a top choice for homelabs and production environments alike.

We’ll take a look at TrueNAS deployment flexibility, including how easy it is to run on everything from a small home server to enterprise-grade hardware. I’ll explain why ZFS and data integrity are such a big deal, what I love about the UI, some of my favorite features – and more!

Whether you’re building a homelab, running a media server, or managing business storage, this video explains why TrueNAS stands out from other NAS and storage solutions—and why I keep coming back to it.

If you’re interested in ZFS, self-hosted storage, containers, or open-source infrastructure, this one’s for you.

Also, consider supporting the channel by purchasing a TrueNAS Mini – it’s a great way to get started!

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Boost Your pfSense Security With CrowdSec’s New Plugin

CrowdSec is a free crowd-powered security solution that adds a powerful layer of security to your infrastructure. It’s also a fan-favorite among Enterprises and Homelabs. Now, CrowdSec is able to help protect our pfSense firewalls with its new plugin – and you’ll learn all about it in this video.

This video is supported by CrowdSec. Sign up for their free service here, and check out the official website here.

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Easy Portainer Setup: Run Your First Docker Container!

Running and managing containers on Linux may sound like a daunting task, and to be fair, it can be. For those of you that want to run containers and do so on a platform that’s easy to get started with, then look no further than Portainer! In this video Jay goes over the process of setting it up on Ubuntu 24.04 and running your first container.

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The Homelab Show Episode 117 – The Raspberry Pi 5

The Raspberry Pi platform continues to excel, and the latest iteration has some interesting changes. In this video, Jay and Tom will discuss all the details.

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The Homelab Show Episode 112 – Open Source Home Lab Security

Security is a very important topic, even in the world of homelab. The idea is simple – you need access to your servers, but you want to ensure only those that are authorized can get in. In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss some tips and strategies around security.

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The Homelab Show Episode 111 – Open Source, Firewalls, and other Updates

In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss some odds and ends, including a great deal of discussion on firewalls. Don’t miss it!

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Kasm Workspaces: Your Solution for Remote Desktops? Full Review!

Kasm Workspaces is dubbed as the “Container Streaming Platform”, and it gives you the ability to quickly launch containers (dubbed “Workspaces”) that can consist of applications and even entire Linux distributions – all from within your web browser. In this video, Jay will give you his thoughts on Kasm Workspaces.

Thanks to Akamai for sponsoring this review. Check out their cloud platform to support this channel and launch your own Linux server!

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The Homelab Show Episode 109 – Taking Notes

In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss several note taking apps that might be a good fit for homelabbers. This discussion will include Joplin, Obsidian, and more!

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The Homelab Show Episode 108 – Your Questions and our Answers

It’s time for another Q&A episode, this time involving questions about firewalls, threat surface, and more!

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The Homelab Show Episode 106 – How to Audit your Homelab

If you have an awesome Homelab, you’ll definitely want to maintain it – but auditing may or may not be the first thing you think about. Whether you’re testing backups, VM templates, container automations or whatever it happens to be – auditing things in your Homelab can definitely prevent unintended surprises. In this episode, Jay and Tom share some thoughts about auditing your homelab.

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The Homelab Show Episode 105 – Homelab Workstations

With all the talk around servers and networks, what about the devices we use to configure them? In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss workstations.

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