What is on my Home Servers? - Virtualization, Databases, Services & More

#homelab #selfhosted #virtualization

What am I self hosting in my HomeLab? Everything from Automation to Zabbix! These are run as both virtual machines and as docker containers depending on the service.

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TOC:
00:00 Introduction
02:02 Database
06:18 Git Server
08:20 DNS Servers
12:27 Homebridge
14:24 Nextcloud
14:44 Zabbix
17:08 Plex
17:53 Conclusion

[Cluni-s]

That moment when you relize you are clueless. Owning a synology and begining to understand its services, you've only scratched the surface of what can be done. Great video.

[rpsantos]

It would be great if you could do a Zabbix Server walkthrough – from installation to config. Thanks!

[acideye]

I am really impressed with your content that you have been pushing out! I have been following you for awhile and it’s nice to hear you cover a topic that I hadn’t thought of before. Can you do a video on the different types of users that would use Synology and a setup they would benefit from? For example, a photographer is going to need different setup from a programmer. But both might benefit from a database. That might help me figure out the way to get the most value out of my unit. Also, I like the database discussion. I have thought about setting one up but not sure if I need one or not. If I where to set one up it would be nice to know what I am getting myself into as far as setup and then long term management.

[RealKeytones]

Thank you for all of the great ideas. I was researching to figure out what to use the rest of my two 2u servers for. Lol I don’t need any of this. I just want it. And I’m new to all of this, and learning a lot very quickly and you’ve helped me a lot.

[VirtuProse]

Man, this was soo useful! Thanks for sharing!

[MrTubertub]

Please make a video on hosting a mail archive or other ways to setup mail archiving on Synology.

[MrPecky]

Well done dude! I used pretty much everything you mentioned as a Sysadmin at a couple of colleges. Currently running ProxMox with Home Assistant running in a VM as well as a Ubuntu server VM as a Docker host, running Homebridge, Plex, Calibre, and a Broadlink connector. It may be time to run some DNS servers and pihole servers. Thanks, I truly enjoyed the video.

[hotrodhunk]

Our opinions on Plex couldn't be any more different. I can't stand how they're constantly adding other stuff than my media on the app.

[GustavoMsTrashCan]

Hey Jim Carey! That's an awesome home lab you've got there.

[danross]

Lordy! How much does this add to your monthly electricity bill?

[messupp]

Great insights! One question: Do you recommend running MariaDB inside a virtual DSM instance?

[light-master]

For DNS records for your local services, your router should do that automatically when you set your DHCP reservations. There should be a text box for hostname when you create your reservation, and the router returns the IP address for that hostname, assuming you use you router's IP address as the DNS IP address for DHCP clients.

[MrLaurieLewis]

Hi Will, Mariadb - totally need it but the question is Package, Docker (macvlan), Docker ( host) or Docker (bridge). They would all be writing to the same disk drives (SSDs). I have read that speed wise it goes package, macvlan, host then bridge. Though having mentioned speed not that big an issue for a little home user.

[andrei]

Do you use a self-hosted password manager? Maybe bitwarden?

[raddinox]

I agree with the Git server, that is awesome. But I don't understand why I would need one central DB (in a homelab) with all the data in there.. way easier to setup one MariaDB docker instance for each service that needs a DB, and if you decide to kill that service you can just kill the DB as well.

[TheStigNash]

What containers/services do you connect to your DB? I am looking at what I host and I am not seeing many options for a Bring-Your-Own-DB

[TheilTube]

Maybe a silly question, but why would we need a database if you just run a home server for, well, home stuff?

[nicolaslab]

I am surprised you don't have a home lab dashboard, for example I run homarr and it is amazing

[michaelk]

I’m curious. What do you think about the problems with western digital right now with users unable to access cloud or remote ?

[andrewdatar]

9:40 what are advantages to run Bind DNS server instead of Synology DNS package? Is Synology DNS package is just an UI for third-party DNS server, or it is built from scratch?