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Manual Installation on Debian 11

Apache Guacamole Installation

In this guide, I will show you how to install Apache Guacamole server natively on Debian 11. Apa...

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Bash Script Installation on Debian 11

Apache Guacamole Installation

Based on the Manual Installation steps, I have created a simple bash script to automate the Apach...

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Hardware Options

XCP-NG Hardware and Installation

Since XCP-NG is a Type 1 Hypervisor, the bare minimum hardware requirements are below: 64-Bit ...

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Migrating VMs from VMWare ESXI to XCP-NG

XCP-NG XCP-NG Administration with Xen Orchestra

With the latest Xen Orchestra 5.81 release (https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-81/), ...

Updated 1 month ago by Dillon

Xen Guest Utilities

XCP-NG XCP-NG Administration with Xen Orchestra

Similar to how VMWare have its VMWare Tools for the guest VMs, Xen-based hypervisors like XCP-NG ...

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Adding XCP-NG Hosts to Xen Orchestra

XCP-NG XCP-NG Administration with Xen Orchestra

You have to first add the XCP-NG physical hosts details to the Xen Orchestra VM before you can st...

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Xen Orchestra Appliance

XCP-NG XCP-NG Administration with Xen Orchestra

The Xen Orchestra Appliance (XOA) is a turn-key solution from Vates (https://vates.tech/) that ca...

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Install Xen Orchestra from Source

XCP-NG XCP-NG Administration with Xen Orchestra

In this guide, I will show you how to install Xen Orchestra from source on a Debian 11 system, us...

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My HomeLab dchan.tech

Last updated: 2023-03-14 dchan.tech (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the Re:Lab - Starting a Home...

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Snapshot Tasks

TrueNAS Automated Tasks

A snapshot is a read-only copy of a dataset or volume at a specific point in time. It is a powerf...

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S.M.A.R.T. Tasks

TrueNAS Automated Tasks

S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a storage drive health monitori...

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Creating SMB Share and Setting ACL Permissions

TrueNAS Network Shares

If you want to access your TrueNAS dataset on a Windows client machine, chances are, you will wan...

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Setting Permissions on Datasets

TrueNAS Users, Groups, and Permissions

Permission settings in TrueNAS are applied onto Datasets in a Pool. Think of datasets as a folder...

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2020 - Time for a rack

My HomeLab Hardware

Lock down happened. What better way to spend the idle time than to DIY a wooden server rack? The...

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2023 - I think this is a home datacenter...

My HomeLab Hardware

New year, new "homelab" - more upgrades. Reorganize the rack, and added a lot more "new to me" s...

Updated 4 months ago by Dillon

Installing XCP-NG

XCP-NG Hardware and Installation

Download the ISO Head over to https://xcp-ng.org/, and choose Download to download the XCP-NG In...

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2022 - Is this still a homelab?

My HomeLab Hardware

Electricity cost are on the rise. At this point, the Ivy Bridge Xeon Processors are over 8 years ...

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2021 - Finally, a proper rack.

My HomeLab Hardware

Shortly after vaccination was available to the general public, I switched job. The company was in...

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2019 - Proper rack case

My HomeLab Hardware

While open-air "case" can work, it's not a good idea to leave all the electronics exposed to elem...

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2018 - It continues to grow

My HomeLab Hardware

Over time, as I accumulate more and more consumer hardware, my home lab grew and changed. Below i...

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