How to Homelab Episode 1 - Tips on Getting Started

Welcome to a new series, How to Homelab! In this series, Homelab-related concepts are discussed. Learn how to run your own servers, what applications to run, how to set them up, etc. In this video (as well as the next) I'll talk about some general tips on getting started. New episodes should be available every week as time permits.

*⏰ TIME CODES*:
02:26 - What is a "Homelab"?
04:49 - What should you buy?
09:20 - Raspberry Pi
10:15 - An overview of some of the hardware in my Homelab

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[markstanchin]

I would enjoy seeing a more hands on building a home lab from scratch series. For example if you would build your home lab up to where you are now from scratch with hands on tutorial videos with hardware that you currently use. Starting with how to plan and segment your network and then setting up VLANs configuring the different servers that you have such as Proxmox, truenas, Synology, ect . I know you have bits and pieces of all these different videos but it would be nice to see a complete series with more hands-on configuration. Thanks Jay.

[MrZen]

Looking forward to these episodes ! Being in a flat, space and noise are big issues for me but the idea of extending the home lab in the cloud is clearly interesting. Especially solutions to ensure security and privacy.

[naughtmis]

I have loved all of your homelab content so far. I'm excited to see this new setup. I'm especially anxious to see the Pi setup. Thanks for making great content!!

[TheClembo]

Thank you so much for doing this series. I've been 'trying' to build a home lab for years but never sure if I'm on the right track. So watching this series with great expectations and hoping to learn a great deal. Cheers from the UK.

[byranotieno]

Hey Jay, thanks again for putting out these amazing videos. In the series maybe you could talk about setting a firewall, virtualization servers, storage servers, backup servers and media centers.
Thank you once more for the very informative and educational content you put out. I greatly appreciate.

[SimionChis]

So excited for this. Looking forward for the next episodes

[wman]

Just finished setting up my first Ubuntu server running Nextcloud. Your videos have been very helpful!
Looking forward to more homelab videos👍

[huckleberry]

Yeah, buddy! I've been looking forward to you doing a series like this. i enjoy listening to you teach.

[patrikwyde]

More more more, we need more! 😀👍
Thank you very much for this!

[nenadpesic]

Thanks for this. I hope this series continues! :D

[Frangoose]

Looking forward to more! Thanks for the videos.

[mishrasidhant]

Awesome introductory video. I'm HYPED for the rest of the series.

I'd personally love to hear more from you about:
1. Recommended tools/solutions to common components that make up your home lab
2. The design process, or your thought process behind deciding on how to connect/design the components of a solution that you're creating
3. The security considerations you keep in mind when you start a project

Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

[LCCoxOfTexas]

I run 70%+ of what you do as well and would love to see how you have built things in detail compared to mine. Looking forward to much more content in this mini-series!!

[henrymatos]

This is a great introduction! thank you. Perhaps a segment on types of OS distribution to use with laptops versus desktop and a separate episode on firewall/security considerations.

[Applepie]

Very into the idea of this series, hope to see more!

[dlist]

looking forward to more of these man, im new to iT, actually found a passion and a serious drive in learning more in depth of software development on a rasberry pi, my older brother who i currently live with knows about all this and basics and etc, but for me on the other hand i want to master every topic you went over here on how to homelabs as a side quest, also since my macbook air uses a linux os im also going to be tuning in into your linux of sorts playlists, i appreciate your way of this because of the depth and technicality teaches me the actual fundamentals/aspects within each topic, once again man thanks!

[princesaharan]

Great look forward for the series, I like you calm voice

[OdenKnight]

This is the practical guide to home server & networking. A must watch.

[MelodicMethod]

Thanks for making a series of videos dedicated to this. I would love to know how you've integrated plex into your home entertainment system using your homelab.

[davidvasquez]

Great video, looking forward to the next