Systemd – the init system some people love to hate and others don’t totally understand. It powers the majority of the major Linux distributions, but what are some of the secrets lurking within? In this video, Jay goes over some of the finer points of Systemd that you may not be aware of, ahead of the tutorial video uploading soon that goes over the same. Check it out, you might just learn something new!
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Building a Powerful Raspberry Pi NAS with the Argon EON Pi Case & OpenMediaVault
Are you looking to build your very own Raspberry Pi-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) for your network or homelab? In this video, we’ll take an in-depth look at the features and functionality of the Argon EON Pi NAS case, a case designed for Raspberry Pi that transforms it into a NAS. You’ll see the the build process, and we’ll also demonstrate how to install and configure OpenMediaVault, a popular open-source NAS operating system, to maximize the capabilities of your build. This is definitely a fun project, so check it out!
Relevant Links
- Check out the Argon EON Pi NAS case (affiliate link, commission earned)
- Vendor instructions for installing the script for enabling all features
- Argon 40 documentation for the EON Pi Nas Case
- Raspberry Pi OS
- OpenMediaVault
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The Homelab Show Episode 97: Network Traffic Monitoring & Filtering
In this episode of The Homelab Show, Jay and Tom discuss network monitoring and DNS filtering tools. Check it out!
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The Homelab Show Episode 92 – Live Q & A
In this episode, Tom and Jay answer some feedback, talk about some new software versions that have been released lately, and more.
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The Homelab Show Episode 91 – CI/CD
Continuous Integration/Continuous delivery is a great thing for software engineers, but is this something that homelabbers can take advantage of? Absolutely! Some of the tooling around CI/CD can be of major benefit to automation within your homelab, and in this episode Jay and Tom will give you some thoughts on how it can be implemented.
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The Homelab Show Episode 90 – Netdata
Netdata is an awesome monitoring solution that’s easy to set up, and has a ton of features. Jay had a chance to test it out recently, and Tom and Jay share their thoughts. Also, we’ll talk about some new software releases, why static leases are greater than static IP’s (well, Jay seems to think so anyway). In addition, some viewer questions will be answered. Check it out!
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The Homelab Show Episode 89 – Rocky Linux Interview
Rocky Linux is an enterprise Linux distribution that’s an attractive option for those that prefer CentOS as it used to be, before the recent change to CentOS Stream. In this episode of The Homelab Show, Jay and Tom discusses Rocky Linux with Gregory Kurtzer, who was the person that started the project.
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The Homelab show Episode 88 – Q&A (Plus ChatGPT)
We love receiving feedback from our audience, and in this episode Jay and Tom will answer some questions that came in. Also, we’ll mention ChatGPT because it may actually have an interesting Homelab use-case.
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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 87 – Home Assistant Update, and Unfortunate News Regarding Mycroft
In this episode, Tom and Jay go over some additional details on how they use Home Assistant, as well as some updated purchase recommendations. Also, there’s an update regarding Mycroft that’s not so pleasant.
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The Homelab Show Episode 86 – Cloudflare Tunnels
Should you expose your Homelab services to the public Internet? Normally, that will also expose your services to threat actors as well. However, sometimes public access is required for the use-case of a server. Historically, this has been a complicated and debated topic – consisting of technologies such as VPN, Dynamic DNS, and others. Now, Cloudflare has a solution – Cloudflare Tunnels. In this video, Jay and Tom discuss this feature of Cloudflare and will help you determine if it’s a good fit for your homelab.










