• 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.

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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.

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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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  • The Homelab Show Episode 104 – Q & A

    Another awesome episode of the podcast that’s focused on your questions! In this episode, Jay and Tom covers questions related to Red Hat, LXD, Ansible, and more!

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  • 2023 Homelab Tour – TrueNAS, Proxmox, and More!

    In this video, Jay shows off some of the services that run in his homelab! This time around, we’ll take a look at TrueNAS, Proxmox, and even get a sneak peak at the provisioning solution known internally as “NodeForge”. This is more of an introductory video, additional videos will be considered for diving into even more detail!

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