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Manual Installation on Debian 11
In this guide, I will show you how to install Apache Guacamole server natively on Debian 11. Apa...
Bash Script Installation on Debian 11
Based on the Manual Installation steps, I have created a simple bash script to automate the Apach...
Hardware Options
Since XCP-NG is a Type 1 Hypervisor, the bare minimum hardware requirements are below: 64-Bit ...
Migrating VMs from VMWare ESXI to XCP-NG
With the latest Xen Orchestra 5.81 release (https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-81/), ...
Xen Guest Utilities
Similar to how VMWare have its VMWare Tools for the guest VMs, Xen-based hypervisors like XCP-NG ...
Adding XCP-NG Hosts to Xen Orchestra
You have to first add the XCP-NG physical hosts details to the Xen Orchestra VM before you can st...
Xen Orchestra Appliance
The Xen Orchestra Appliance (XOA) is a turn-key solution from Vates (https://vates.tech/) that ca...
Install Xen Orchestra from Source
In this guide, I will show you how to install Xen Orchestra from source on a Debian 11 system, us...
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Snapshot Tasks
A snapshot is a read-only copy of a dataset or volume at a specific point in time. It is a powerf...
S.M.A.R.T. Tasks
S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a storage drive health monitori...
Creating SMB Share and Setting ACL Permissions
If you want to access your TrueNAS dataset on a Windows client machine, chances are, you will wan...
Setting Permissions on Datasets
Permission settings in TrueNAS are applied onto Datasets in a Pool. Think of datasets as a folder...
2020 - Time for a rack
Lock down happened. What better way to spend the idle time than to DIY a wooden server rack? The...
2023 - I think this is a home datacenter...
New year, new "homelab" - more upgrades. Reorganize the rack, and added a lot more "new to me" s...
Installing XCP-NG
Download the ISO Head over to https://xcp-ng.org/, and choose Download to download the XCP-NG In...
2022 - Is this still a homelab?
Electricity cost are on the rise. At this point, the Ivy Bridge Xeon Processors are over 8 years ...
2021 - Finally, a proper rack.
Shortly after vaccination was available to the general public, I switched job. The company was in...
2019 - Proper rack case
While open-air "case" can work, it's not a good idea to leave all the electronics exposed to elem...
2018 - It continues to grow
Over time, as I accumulate more and more consumer hardware, my home lab grew and changed. Below i...