I want to document my homelab adventures and to share any useful insights with others. Notes here are perpetually incomplete, so take them with a grain of salt.
You can reach me at email [at] fumeknight [dot] org.
Blog
Misc Setting up hugo.toml Hosting image data on Amazon S3
Containers
FreeBSD supports running Podman containers. Linux containers can be run (with restrictions) Restrictions Does not support specifying jail parameters1 e.g. .NET applications require allow.mlock parameter Workaround: patch ocijail2 Work in prorgess to support this3 https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/27887 ↩︎ https://daemonless.io/guides/ocijail-patch/ ↩︎ https://github.com/dfr/ocijail/issues/3 ↩︎
Networking configuration
todo
Nextcloud
Helpful links Moving Nextcloud data directories Alternatives Filebrowser
Virtual Machines
Virtual machines are managed by Bhyve
zrepl Backup Server
Motivation I have some datasets on a VPS that I want to back up regularly to my homelab. Both servers run ZFS I don’t want to expose extra ports Approach Use zrepl1 to transport backups through a Wireguard2 tunnel. While I still have to open up the Wireguard port, having an encrypted tunnel between my VPS and my home server is a useful thing to have in general. Details Setting up Wireguard Most of this guide is taken from here. ...