https://sciaticnerd.com/ Recent content on Sciatic’s Homelab Cookbook Hugo en-us Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://sciaticnerd.com/posts/continuing-your-homelab/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://sciaticnerd.com/posts/continuing-your-homelab/ <p>Building a homelab is only the beginning. The next stage is learning how to operate the services you deploy: finding the files they use, understanding their containers, choosing storage deliberately, and recovering when something goes wrong.</p> <p>These notes are adapted from my <strong>Continuing Your Homelab</strong> presentation for Cybr.Sec.Con 2026. The examples focus on Cosmos Cloud, Docker, Portainer, BookStack, and network-attached storage.</p> <blockquote> <p>The goal is not to create a perfect platform on the first attempt. The goal is to build enough understanding that you can diagnose, repair, and improve the platform over time.</p> https://sciaticnerd.com/posts/starting-your-homelab/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://sciaticnerd.com/posts/starting-your-homelab/ <p>Starting a homelab is less about buying the biggest hardware and more about building a system you understand. This guide is adapted from my 2025 <strong>Starting Your Homelab</strong> presentation for Hou.Sec.Con, now known as Cybr.Sec.Con.</p> <blockquote> <p>There are many valid ways to build a homelab. The steps here describe a practical path that has worked for me, not the only correct architecture.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://sciaticnerd.com/attachments/starting-your-homelab-hou-sec-con-2025.pdf">Download the PDF presentation</a></p> <h2 id="why-build-a-homelab">Why build a homelab?</h2> <p>Self-hosting is a way to become more invested in the services you use every day. It provides a hands-on environment for learning Linux, networking, identity, containers, certificates, and operational troubleshooting.</p> https://sciaticnerd.com/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://sciaticnerd.com/about/