Home Server fun!
After having a tonsilectomy and needing two weeks’ rest, I put some of my hard-earned rest into finally starting my home server.
Taking a look at my requirements, I decided to step into a Promox virtual environment, I have always used windows and VM ware but wanted to explore more Linux and automation.
Intended uses and purpose
Link my smart home electronics, and automate AI interaction via API using Github/oobabooga, setup Adguard home server linked to my router (fritzbox), Set up home assistant, N8N(for zapier type configs), Docker and more. These are my initial goals.
The Epic M900
I have been reselling and reusing M900’s machines for a while. These beautiful beasts pack a punch without costing the world. I decided to use one to host my home server and due to the size will fit nicely into my cupboard.
Ubuntu Server install
Installed the latest stable server build of Ubuntu
Proxmox Installation
Proxmox is fairly easy to install and doesn’t require much knowledge that isn’t self explanatory
Portainer
On a full ubuntu server install I setup a few services that are better outside of containers but for those with nice setup containers I installed Portainer and added them, so far these are Node-red, adguard and home-assistant(although using node red for external comms due to no plugins on container)
AdGuard working
After pointing the DNS to the AdGuard IP it is working as intended. I added a few custom lists but for now it is working perfectly.