Raspberry Pi 5 Mastery: Create a Powerful Home Server/Home lab

Learn how to become a Raspberry Pi 5 Master. Create a Powerful Home Server/Home lab using just a Pi 4 or 5 using Docker.

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Mastering Home Lab Server Building with Raspberry Pi 5: Community Shoutouts and Showcase

This educational video guide, hosted by Kevin, provides a detailed walkthrough of constructing a home lab and server utilizing a Raspberry Pi 5. It includes instructions for installing Docker and running various applications like Home Assistant, Homer, Mealy, and Dash. Information about Docker containers and volumes, networking, port forwarding, and domain routing is also elaborated on. There's a segment dedicated to acknowledging the YouTube live chat and membership community with special mentions. Items from the Raspberry Pi shop are also reviewed, and viewers are directed to related content about Robotics Python Raspberry Pis. The host closes with a thank you message for replay viewers and the promise of more in upcoming episodes.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:27 Building the Ultimate Home Lab and Home Server
01:20 Understanding the Difference Between a Home Lab and a Home Server
02:32 Exploring Home Server Applications
10:27 Setting Up a Home Server with Docker
18:40 Understanding Docker and Its Benefits
23:42 Installing Docker and Running Applications
29:00 Setting Up a Home Server and Home Lab
35:37 Troubleshooting Docker Installation
37:16 Running Commands in Terminal
37:30 Installing Packages and Docker
39:23 Dealing with Installation Errors
40:52 Running Docker and Installing Applications
44:40 Exploring Pre-configured Stacks
45:44 Setting Up Home Assistant
57:35 Understanding Domain and Routing
01:04:11 Setting Up Nginx Server
01:05:19 Supporting the Show and Joining the Community
01:07:10 Acknowledging Supporters and Wrapping Up

[williamp]

Nice to see someone making a conscious distinction between self hosting (home server) and a home lab.

[IanHodgetts]

I came here to refresh my docker knowledge and learn about home assistant but a major takeaway is the "pinout" command! How VERY useful 😀

[tom]

Thanks again! I don't have enough time for everything today. but, I know you have all the resources up for us later. BTW while at a Happy lemon store in Silicon Valley, a friend was having lunch and asked about your T-shirt. I had no problem telling them how great your content has been for me. Hopefully others seen me sporting your merch.

[zacboyles]

I was creating HyperV VMs with shared parent images branching off each other with no bloat. I’d stick the OS copies and any other foundation images on a high speed read only RAID array for fantastic performance. In 15 seconds could ‘docker-compose’ a wide array of multi-server deployments with all the networking and hardware already configured and talking. That was over 15 years ago.

As the world devolved into docker everything, all the ‘benefits’ I’d hear were also possible out of box with VMs. The difference was that docker seems to have been created by people who hate humans.

[IanHodgetts]

Small point but in your install instructions for docker, after the "sudo apt update" there should also be a "sudo apt upgrade" (otherwise you will just get a list of updates but not actually install them).

[kaanaslan_tr]

Nextspace mate!! you should have added it :) An online dropbox like storage service!! If you have better idea, feel free to share it :) Thank you.

[ytfp]

Nice video, looks like you have had quite a fun week.

[jonathanr]

Thank you, Kevin. That is very helpful. I've been running Ubuntu on my pi, but there's a fair bit of trouble shooting, so I might switch to pi os with docker

[stephanh]

Great Video, looks like you need lots of time to prepare to make those Videos. I enjoy watching them! Thanks

[figjoy]

I am running NPM Nginx Proxy Manager in a container to route all my incoming traffic. It was easier to set up than full Nginx.

[mohamedazzouz]

Hello Mr Kevin McAleer, I find your tutorials very interesting. I have installed sql server on docker on raspberry pi5, but I can't manage to connect to the database on azure data studio or sql server management. I have installed postgres and I connect easily. Can you help me? thank you

[aravjain]

Can I do this on a single Raspberry Pi 5 or would it be better to use a cluster of 8GB Pi 5s (of about 2-3 worker nodes, especially since I would like to run AI language models on this as well)?

Also, are you able to make a video in the future of how to make a cluster of Raspberry Pi 5s?

[Iswimandrun]

Got one booting from USB 3.0 and one on pcie 3.0 x1 lane.

[UsamahLlama]

Hi I keep getting stuck it gives me a curl error after going cd into documents

[michaellaw]

Q: Would it be more efficient to run a headless raspberry pi os compared to the desktop version you installed or would the performance gains be minimal?

[josephchamness]

Why not use the $HOME and/or $USER env variables in your scripts, instead of using "/home/pi" or "/home/kev" etc?