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Here I hope you will find a note, tutorial, or rambling that may help you on your own journey self-hosting a home lab.

The info I’ve recorded in these entries pertains to projects I’ve undertaken myself, mostly focused on data ownership and independance from 3rd party controlled services that may disappear on a whim (looking at you Google).

Projects of that sort that you’ll find record of here:

• Host your own email server
• Ditching Google Docs with Nextcloud
• Plex movie server
• Bitwarden password manager

As an IT professional (emphasis on system administration and server hosting experience), I have notes on backup and redundancy for services you host. The goals being: hosted on a home internet connection and a budget of moderate to as low as free