Home Lab
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I have a pretty simple home lab:
Components:
- Switch TP-Link TL-SG108 8 Port Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Network Switch, Ethernet Splitter Plug & Play Fanless Metal Design Shielded Ports Traffic Optimization $19.11 w tax November 24, 2023 amazon
- Eero mesh network (eero 6+ 3-pack) $207.18 w tax, Nov 20, 2023
- UPS CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS System, 1500VA/1000W, 12 Outlets, AVR, Mini Tower,Black February 29, 2024 $233.70 w tax amazon
- Synology
- Macbook Pro 2013
- cabinet Nov 24, 2023 $63.74 w tax
ShutesburyNET symmetrical gigabit for $60/month is hard to beat.
The synology was a significant upgrade! I had run airflow, various websites and services off of the old macbook running linux (it's still my Tailscale exit node).
Software
This left really just aggregates from the Synology and MBP. See more stuff on the Synology page.
- Home Assistant on a VM
- This (along with a HA compatible bulb) was an elaborate solution to having a light above our kitchen table that (the outlet in the ceiling there is not switched!).
- Tailscale everywhere
Airflowone-time I had this on the MBP, to alert me if I was going to miss my run streak.Plexthis felt like ad-ware from the start, gross, uninstalled it.
Software ideas
Stuff I don't actually run, but bookmarking for the future.
- https://github.com/serverless-dns/serverless-dns
- zefhemel/matterless: Self-hosted serverless
- Not active, but a server to host a sort of event-driver personal cloud
- openHAB
- Home automation server
- Dokku (host your own Heroku-like deployment service)
- Trafeik
- https://grocy.info/ Fridge inventory software
Display
inspirational post: https://kimmo.blog/posts/7-building-eink-weather-display-for-our-home/ hackernews thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33583326#33588554
For $169, you can get one put together with a frame. No battery. https://www.invisible-computers.com/
With a JOAN device, seems expensive since you have to buy the Pi too ($400+ total). https://github.com/schwartzie/weather-joan
4.7in with esp32 embedded for $35, aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801819744140.html
Waveshare is where the original got the display: https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper.htm