Self-Hosted

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.

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.

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.

Two Dell enterprise servers running a full self-hosted stack — Proxmox hypervisor, TrueNAS ZFS storage, iSCSI block devices, Tailscale mesh VPN, Nginx Proxy Manager, Nextcloud, and an automated media server.

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.

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.

University teaches security theory. The homelab is where I find out if any of it is actually true.