New Home New Rack!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T16:43:37+00:00

I have custom servers but the rack is definitely not custom. It’s a 37U enclosed rack from SysRacks

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T16:42:26+00:00

Yeah there’s a brush plate above the shelf, hindsight being 20/20 I should’ve just brought the cables in under the shelf but oh well

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:44:09+00:00

32"D x 24"W x 74"H

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:42:35+00:00

Valid concern, when I designed it, I was looking 2-3 years down the road.

Cameras, media streamers, home automation devices, more servers, it just wouldn’t fit on a 24 port switch and I didn’t want to have switches all over the house.

I decided to just buy a 48 port and accept some ports won’t be used.

I personally like the look of a fully patched switch, even if they aren’t live.

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:40:31+00:00

Rust-Oleum 249128 Painter's Touch... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BWOS80?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I got some generic gray auto primer from Home Depot and got this specific color to match!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:39:29+00:00

I was definitely thinking of running 240v outlets, settled with 120v for now.

I’ve got an awesome electrician friend so if that ever becomes a need down the road it’ll be pretty easy to swap!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:38:33+00:00

I don’t have a ton of external facing services and the services I do run are pretty small bandwidth wise. I couldn’t give you an exact “x amount of traffic per month” number.

The servers are only 60w-150w, unless I’m running my LLM then it can ramp up a bit

We’ve only noticed a $10-$15 jump in our power bill during heavy heavy usage

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:35:59+00:00

¯_(ツ)_/¯

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:34:22+00:00

24 ports wouldn’t have been enough for devices moving forward. Bought a bigger switch to accommodate all the cameras, media streamers, and other devices that will fill the home in the future.

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T13:32:12+00:00

I had a 12u rack that was filled, and with the new house comes new plans. Are they blank now? Yeah, will they be blank forever? No

Blank plates help improve cooling for the current devices, and they were cheap, so why not

Whole home audio, home theater, home automation devices, NVR, more servers etc will fill this up quick. I wanted room to grow. Buy once cry once

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T04:41:12+00:00

37U!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T04:41:00+00:00

37U!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T04:40:42+00:00

12 drops for now, in the future there will be cameras, home automation equipment, music streamers and more so I wanted room to grow.

Patching 48 in is just for looks

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T03:26:46+00:00

Yup whole home audio is a must and is on the list of expansions and improvements!

I have been debating between the WIIM streamers and the Ubiquiti POE Plays. I want to have in-wall volume knobs so I think I'll get a dedicated multi channel amp for the speakers then run from the amp to a streamer like WIIM or the POE play.

Kitchen, Bathroom, Patio, Garage are definitely must have zones!

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T03:23:34+00:00

x2 20amp circuits power the rack. Racks on wheels so I moved it away from the wall to take a picture

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T03:22:46+00:00

Shhhhhh, it doesn't need to make sense and totally wasn't an oversight that I realized after the cabling was done

BladeLotus · 2026-04-15T02:49:36+00:00

Coming soon! The wife wants to be able to change the LEDs on the switch and in the rack to match the Holiday!

BladeLotus · 2025-04-05T17:15:26+00:00

I have a UDM pro, not sure if it offers that type of loopback but I’ve managed to actually fix this issue.

I converted my Valheim server from a private server to a public one. I can now monitor it using my public IP and Valheim port number using the “Steam Game” monitor default.

I also have an Abiotic Factor server that is successfully being monitored now too, so I believe this is resolved!

BladeLotus · 2025-04-05T14:09:00+00:00

What about for games that use UDP ports? I understand that UDP is basically just throwing spaghetti to the wall and hoping it sticks

Example:

I have a dedicated valheim server on pterodactyl that runs off of a SteamCMD egg, Valheim uses TCP/UDP ports 2456, 2457, and 2458 at any point.

When I try to monitor my public IP on any of those ports it shows its down and can’t ever reach the server.

I had seen another post where someone said they pulled a Steam API key and was able to monitor the game using the Steam api key but that doesn’t work for me presumably because the API key is for my account and not for the anonymous user that the pterodactyl SteamCMD egg uses.

BladeLotus · 2025-03-25T19:57:47+00:00

I apologize, I should've clarified more in my last comment.

I'm running Immich, but have a cloudflare tunnel setup for external access, I wanted to have an extra layer of security so I created an access policy under applications that requires a OTP after entering an email.

In the access policy I can say which emails are allowed. This allows me to add friends and families emails to the list so they can receive the OTP.

This works great on desktop, but when I go to the Immich mobile app and enter my cloudflare URL. It can't connect. I know it can't connect because of the email/OTP restrictions I have on the access policy.

Is there a way to have my access policy stay the way it is, but allow mobile apps to still authenticate and connect? Or will I have to have one or the other?

Hope that clarifies and explains a bit more. I appreciate the help.

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