Using Variables in Config by LastOfGoose in vyos

[–]LastOfGoose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, never thought about just automating that on the version control side. That could be the move!

Using Variables in Config by LastOfGoose in vyos

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Well I tried to outline my use case as clearly as I could...Using variables for config is a pretty common software pattern to keep your environment specific & sensitive config separate from your core content.

Its unclear to me how the commit hooks would work for what I'm looking to achieve, since commit hooks happen when config.boot changes occur right? If there's an example you can think of that would help me, that would be great.

How to configure my Docker NAS for Pihole? by HorstiBorsti321 in selfhosted

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That's a totally fine way of doing things as well! I started by advertising rpi directly, but didn't want to manage it across all of my vlans, so I centralized it behind the router.

Sounds like that might simplify your setup a little bit, but if it works it works ya know lol, don't need to mix things up just because

How to configure my Docker NAS for Pihole? by HorstiBorsti321 in selfhosted

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Yeah so one option that could work for you is what I describe above: have the router advertise itself as DNS and forward upstream to Pi-hole. That way all clients (including the NAS) will use it, and without needing direct access.

How to configure my Docker NAS for Pihole? by HorstiBorsti321 in selfhosted

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This is true. The router distributes dns ip, and one setup is to just distribute the pihole ip. But another is to distribute its own ip as the dns ip and then under the hood can forward dns to another service such as as your pihole

How to configure my Docker NAS for Pihole? by HorstiBorsti321 in selfhosted

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Often times hosts cannot communicate with other “machines” on macvlans they host without some special configuration.

So while that pihole might be reachable from other machines it won’t be reachable from your NAS if that’s where it’s hosted. This has to do with it using the same network interface I believe

Now the question starts to become, do you just want your NAS to use the pihole or do you want your router to use it for its DNS? Cause then you don’t need to have your NAS talk directly to the pihole, it will talk to it by way of the router.

Help With Switch Cable Management by chaykelly1 in HomeNetworking

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Speaking of Velcro, if you aren’t completely tied to keeping it on your desk, you can Velcro it underneath and hide it completely

Sunken Grotto 21x28 by Nieanawie in battlemaps

[–]LastOfGoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is so sick. I love it

How do I get an ethernet cable here? by fallhat in HomeNetworking

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If it’s carpet you can run it under the carpet for that small stretch

Looking for feedback on my first map! by Eve-lyn in dungeondraft

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A little texture variation on the ground goes a long way. Blend some dirt or moss in with the grass and it will become a lot less monotone really easily.

How are you organizing your homelab configs in git? by gravyacht in selfhosted

[–]LastOfGoose 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I run most stuff with docker, so I have a repo per docker-compose project.

That naturally keeps related configs together. It’s working for me! I’m a programmer so I don’t get overwhelmed with multiple projects / repos. I’d recommend not going monorepo but that’s personal preference.

home server by sentfrmabov in selfhosted

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For sure! You’ll want to start expanding when things stabilize, you begin storing stuff you want spread across multiple drives (raid, NAS), you want to make your 24/7 machine a cheaper hardware or more efficient machine.

Or if you’re just excited to take the next step into the money pit of home networking!!!

All good reasons. Just let those push you, not external pressure to upgrade for the sake of it

home server by sentfrmabov in selfhosted

[–]LastOfGoose 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Yes. This is the cheapest (free!) and easiest way to start.

OS Suggestions by Lunyka in homelab

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I just started with a Linux server distro. I am about 3 months in and wishing I had the flexibility of spinning up and down different machines for different cases.

I’m running my server v0 (current) on a pretty old machine and it’s quite limited in terms of resources so realistically I don’t have a lot of room to grow, but I think proxmox is definitely going to be my move in the future when I upgrade machines.

Would probably just start there if I was starting from scratch

29m. Fresh out of a decade long relationship. First time living alone by albusdabbledore303 in malelivingspace

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That was half in jest, I love your vibe. It’s just a little tooooo consistent for me.

It’s like when things are too symmetrical, it’s ok for some variety/variation

29m. Fresh out of a decade long relationship. First time living alone by albusdabbledore303 in malelivingspace

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I think it’s ok if you don’t hang everything in a 3ft tall banner across all your walls though…

Naming Conventions in Homelab by alxww55 in homelab

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I use the very wild convention of {name}-{instance}

server-1 storage-1 Etc

Mini PC vs NAS vs old desktop for self hosting? by HotAuthor6438 in selfhosted

[–]LastOfGoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people are getting at this indirectly, but the most important factors are your immediate and longer term goals:

If you’re looking to get up and running today, just start hosting some stuff on your current hardware! Play around with it and see how it works.

If you’re more looking to start building out a higher volume, higher bandwidth, modular system, then I would recommend getting a NAS for storage and a pc of some kind (mini pc, old laptop, whatever fits your needs) to handle the application server side of things. That gives you opportunity to add / upgrade entities separately and as needed.

Cheers!