Like all good geeks, i have a home lab! Well, some is cloud based! I wanted to share what tools i use and how.
Firstly lets start with the Home Server, the home server is a HP Prolient, with 2 Xeons, 128Gb RAM and 4TB in RAID 6. On the home server, it runs Ubuntu, and a Portainer Stack.
- Home Assistant
- Docuseal
- Pihole & Unbound
- Nginx Proxy Manager
- Frigate
- Nextcloud
- Sharpoint Sync
- Unifi Manager
- apache server
- mysql
I use AWS for some services, including
- S3 (File Backup)
- Cloudfront CDN for my busier websites
Shock Hosting
- Cpanel Server for some websites i run
- An API engine for hosting services embedded in websites
20i Cloud
- Stack Cloud Service for Public Websites (Including Raleway)
Azure
- Active Directory
- Email and File storage (Microsoft 365 Business Premium)
- Teams
- Windows 11 Enterprise
Zoom
- I use Zoom Phone for my Desk Phone
Network Infrastructure
- Ubiquiti Dream Machine pro (My core router)
- Ubiquiti Unifi Wifi 7 Access Points
- Ubiquiti Managed POE Switch
Smart Home (Connected to Home Assistant)
- Phillips Hue Lights
- Phillips Hue Hub
- TP Link Tapo Smart Plugs (With Energy Monitoring)
- Shelly Energy Monitoring (Grid Connection)
- Shelly Dimmer (for festoon lights)
- Shelly energy monitoring (Hot Tub)
My Daily workstations
- Lenovo (Intel Xeon, Nvidia RTX 3060, 1Tb NVME SSD, 128Gb RAM)
- Mac Mini M1
- Macbook Pro
- Lenovo Thinkpad
Home Security
- 100% internal coverage CCTV, monitored offsite and on Frigate. Camera motion detection links to Home Assistant, and turns my whole house into power save mode (turning lights and standby items off), when i return, i can turn everything back on from the HA App.
I have a dedicated line from Virgin Media Business, providing me with gigabit internet and a static IP Address
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