Proxmox
Installation through to clustering, plus quick tasks for spinning up Linux and Windows VMs and LXC containers.
BG-LAB
Field notes and build guides from a working homelab. Written down so I can find them again — and so you don't have to work it out twice.
What’s in here
Section titled “What’s in here”Tailscale
Getting started, installation, and building a subnet router to reach the whole lab from anywhere.
Networking
Design and build principles, subnetting and VLANs, and hardening the result.
Active Directory
Standing up Domain Services, dedicated admin accounts, remote access and NAT, and automating the tedious parts with PowerShell.
Grafana & InfluxDB
The longest guide here — building a crypto portfolio tracker end to end, from Python collector to finished dashboard.
Self-hosted AI
Running LibreChat on your own hardware: Docker deployment, configuration, and securing the domain behind Nginx.
Netbox
IP address management and source-of-truth documentation, installed and taken to production.
Cloud deployment
Two routes to putting a site on Azure — storage-backed static hosting and App Service.
Why this exists
Section titled “Why this exists”Most of what’s here started as a note to myself. The homelab is where I break things on purpose, and the guides are the trail of breadcrumbs left behind — written at the level of detail I wish I’d found the first time round.
If something here saves you an afternoon, that’s the whole point.