Infrastructure
1130 words
The physical build — two Dell enterprise servers, a double-NAT home network, and TrueNAS ZFS storage shared over NFS and iSCSI to every service.
Homelab
Two Dell enterprise servers running a full self-hosted stack. Start with Infrastructure to see the hardware and network, then Foundation for the concepts every other page builds on.
| Machine | Role | OS | IP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell R630 | Compute | Proxmox VE 9.1.1 | 192.168.5.146 |
| Dell R730 | Storage | TrueNAS Scale | 192.168.5.142 |
Internet → Cloudflare → home IP → NPM (LXC 104)
├── nextcloud.imadinc.com → LXC 103
└── ...
R630 Proxmox ── LXC 102: Tailscale (subnet router, remote access)
── LXC 103: Nextcloud
── LXC 104: NPM
└── VM 101: arr stack (Plex, Radarr, qBT+VPN)
R730 TrueNAS ── ZFS pool: datasets (NFS) + zvols (iSCSI → LXCs)
Foundation
1501 words
The concepts every other homelab page builds on — hypervisors, VMs vs LXC containers, ZFS storage, subnets and NAT, and iSCSI block devices. Read this first.
Tailscale — Remote Access
1444 words
How to access every homelab device from anywhere using Tailscale mesh VPN — WireGuard fundamentals, NAT traversal, subnet routing, and the static route fix that makes LAN replies work.
Nginx Proxy Manager — Public Access
1144 words
How to route all public traffic through one entry point using Nginx Proxy Manager — reverse proxy fundamentals, SSL termination, Let’s Encrypt with DNS challenge, and the Cloudflare API integration.
Nextcloud — Self-Hosted Cloud
1098 words
Self-hosted file sync and cloud storage on a Nextcloud LXC, with data stored on a TrueNAS iSCSI zvol. Covers why iSCSI (not NFS), how to fix NextcloudPi behind a reverse proxy, and how to use it for Obsidian vault sync.
Arr Stack — Media Server
1384 words
A fully automated media pipeline — Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, and qBittorrent behind a VPN kill switch. Covers how the arr stack works, why hardlinks save disk space, and how Docker networking connects it all.