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        • Stufe 24 – Unifi Geräte und Grafana
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        • Stufe 30 – ESXi 8.0 auf unsupported Hardware via USB updaten
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        • Stufe 32 – WingetUI
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        • Stufe 17 – QNAP Ausbau
        • Stufe 18 – UNIFI 10 Gbit
          • 18.1 Unifi Adopt Fehler
          • 18.2 Port Aggregation (LACP)
          • 18.3 – Topology mit neuen Switchen beeinflussen – Priority
        • Stufe 19 – PiHole
        • Stufe 20 – Youtube Downloader
        • Stufe 21 – SaaS mit DataDog
        • Stufe 22 – SaaS mit Netdata
        • Stufe 23 – SaaS mit Papertrail
      • 2020
        • Stufe 12 – vSphere 7 und ESXi 7
        • Stufe 13 – Unify only
        • Stufe 14 – More Storage
        • Stufe 15 – Prometheus
        • Stufe 16 – Nutanix Monitoring
          • 16.1 Nutanix SNMP Monitoring
          • 16.2 CheckMK / Dynamic Inventory
          • 16.3 Metriken loggen mit Prometheus und Grafana
          • 16.4 PRTG – The Windows Way
      • 2019
        • Stufe 5 – Expansion
        • Stufe 6 – Orchestrierung und Automatisierung
        • Stufe 7 – 10Gbit
        • Stufe 8 – HYCU
        • Stufe 9 – K3S auf Raspberry 4
        • Stufe 10 – Proxmox VE
        • Stufe 11 – Linux Hostmonitoring
      • 2018
        • Stufe 1 – Status Quo
        • Stufe 2 – Netzwerk
        • Stufe 3 – Monitoring
        • Stufe 4 – Backup
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Diese Homelab-Lösung kann fast alles – YouTube jusec

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Cappu

Source: Diese Homelab-Lösung kann fast alles – YouTube

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab, Info, Tools und Werkzeuge

I Thought Keepalived Only Protected My Home Lab Servers. Then I Found Track Scripts / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Cappu

Learn how Keepalived track scripts add application-aware failover to your home lab by checking services like DNS, not just whether a server is online.

Source: I Thought Keepalived Only Protected My Home Lab Servers. Then I Found Track Scripts – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Container, HomeLab, Tools und Werkzeuge

7 Proxmox Decisions That Are Painful to Change Later / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Cappu

Here are 7 decisions to make early around storage, networking, clustering, CPU types, backups, and infrastructure.

Source: 7 Proxmox Decisions That Are Painful to Change Later – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Proxmox

I Tried Forgejo in My Home Lab. It Might Be the Easiest Self-Hosted Git Server Yet / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Cappu

I tried Forgejo in my home lab to see how it compares with Gitea and GitLab, including Actions, runners, CI/CD, and its built-in container registry.

Source: I Tried Forgejo in My Home Lab. It Might Be the Easiest Self-Hosted Git Server Yet – Virtualization Howto

Categories: HomeLab, Tools und Werkzeuge

I Connected AI to My Home Lab. Then I Realized What It Could Access / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Cappu

I connected AI and MCP servers to my home lab, then realized how much access they could have. Here’s how I use least privilege, read-only access, dedicated credentials, logging, and safer MCP security practices.

Source: I Connected AI to My Home Lab. Then I Realized What It Could Access – Virtualization Howto

Categories: Container, HomeLab, Info

NetBird Subnet Router – Zugriff auf ganze Netzwerke| Ohne Client auf jedem Gerät! YouTube Daniel Medic

Posted on 31/08/202631/08/2026 by Cappu

 

Source: NetBird Subnet Router – Zugriff auf ganze Netzwerke | Ohne Client auf jedaem Gerät! – YouTube

Categories: HomeLab, Info, Security, Tools und Werkzeuge

I Tried Omarchy Linux as My Home Lab Workstation This Weekend. Here’s What Happened / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 30/08/2026 by Cappu

I tried Omarchy Linux as a home lab workstation for managing Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH, Git, and more. Here’s what I liked, what frustrated me, and where it fits.

Source: I Tried Omarchy Linux as My Home Lab Workstation This Weekend. Here’s What Happened. – Virtualization Howto

Categories: HomeLab, Info

I Thought My Home Lab Was Self-Hosted Until I Pulled the Internet / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 30/08/2026 by Cappu

I pulled the Internet from my home lab to see what was truly self-hosted. Here’s what broke, what kept working, and the hidden dependencies I found.

Source: I Thought My Home Lab Was Self-Hosted Until I Pulled the Internet – Virtualization Howto

Categories: HomeLab

9 Home Lab Metrics I Watch Before Something Goes Wrong / Virtualization Howto

Posted on 28/08/2026 by Cappu

Learn 9 home lab monitoring metrics I watch beyond CPU and RAM, including disk latency, network drops, backup age, restart counts, and drive health.

Source: 9 Home Lab Metrics I Watch Before Something Goes Wrong – Virtualization Howto

Categories: HomeLab, Info, Observability, Tools und Werkzeuge

Inside My 25U Server Rack: Every Piece of Hardware I Run / YouTube Technically Marv

Posted on 28/08/2026 by Cappu

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f599uUQWhA0

Categories: Hersteller, HomeLab, Info

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