HomeLab Series 2: Lets Install and Setup Fedora as a Server

Today we're installing Fedora Linux on the HomeLab, of course we hit an issue we were able to resolve quite quickly.

Fedora's Everything Installer:

btrfs mount options

The reason nocompress doesn't work is because since the 5.1 kernel compression is actually disabled by default on btrfs, I feel silly now.

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00:00 - Intro
00:14 - The plan
00:59 - Going with Fedora
01:10 - Server hardware
02:05 - Fedora installer
02:27 - Installation destination
03:10 - Network & host name
03:32 - 9.9.9.9
04:19 - Software selection
04:40 - Root account
05:07 - User creation
05:40 - Time & date
05:52 - Network install
06:05 - Begin install
06:39 - Installation finished
07:49 - First boot
08:45 - useradd
09:31 - System update
10:01 - Server ip address
11:04 - SSH into server
11:38 - Installing utilities
11:48 - Vim btw
12:16 - DNF excels
13:02 - Remember tmux
13:13 - Setting up drives
18:47 - Setting up drive mounts
20:20 - Subvolumes
22:51 - Appending to fstab
24:11 - fstab line details
24:49 - systemctl daemon-reload
25:01 - VM mounts
28:41 - Failure to boot
29:41 - man btrfs
31:29 - Success!
32:45 - What did you think?

[TheLinuxCast]

That is a great t-shirt. Excellent video too, of course, but that's a given.

[Artist]

Thanks for this series I’ve been using Fedora for few years now as my daily driver. I’ve been getting into Homelab stuff recently I’ve been nervous about configuring my drives but this video has given me the confidence to try it out.

[Jeff_Seely]

Great content Josh. Thanks for this home lab series. I've been looking forward to it and happy New Year sir!

[kidrock]

Very good video a noob can follow u n recreate its very enjoyable to see someone properly do a video not like most fly all over the place at 100 mph keep up the great work more people will learn from u. You should be at a college teaching our kids they would learn from you.

[peachestv]

i just want to see more content from you this year, the people demand more josh.

[mhunk]

youre editor is amazing and you should pay him in winning lottery tickets :).

[itstoxicqt]

Definitely putting together a homelab with a desktop i own

[AdrianuX]

Hi Trevor. ;-)

Does the latest Fedora installer have a GUI ncurses or CLI option?

[JakeLinux]

How is the quality on the merch, I have debated creating some but don't want to peddle cheap crap.

[kidrock]

Yes u didn't set the closest server i learned that about a week ago u might get a server in Germany or UK at 0.5 kbs instead of USA at 8.5 mbs

[wiepcorbier]

Hate the begging for subcriptions and likes😢