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This blog series guides you through setting up a secure, containerised, developer-friendly headless Ubuntu home server—from OS install to deploying self-hosted services with Podman. Perfect for devs and homelab enthusiasts alike.
Welcome to Part 1 of my multi-part series on setting up a headless Ubuntu home lab server tailored for developers. This post covers the installation of Ubuntu Server, setting up your development environment, and installing essential tools to get star...
Welcome to Part 2 of the Ubuntu home lab setup series. In this section, we’ll focus on making the terminal experience powerful and developer-friendly. We’ll install popular utilities, configure a rich shell environment with Zsh, and set up Neovim and...
Welcome to Part 3 of the Ubuntu home lab series. Now that we have a solid base system with essential tools, it's time to focus on security. In this part, we'll: Sync time with NTP Enable automatic security updates Harden SSH Configure firewall ru...
Welcome to Part 4 of the Ubuntu home lab series. Now that our server is secure, it's time to start running services in containers. We'll use Podman (a daemonless alternative to Docker) and Cockpit (a web-based UI) to make management easy. My strategy...
Welcome to Part 5 of the Ubuntu home lab series. This part expands on our Podman setup by deploying more advanced services inside containers. We’ll run PostgreSQL with pgAdmin in a shared Pod, Node-RED for workflows, and Homarr for a beautiful home l...
Welcome to Part 6 of the Ubuntu home lab series. Now that we have several apps running on different ports, it’s time to simplify access using Nginx as a reverse proxy. This lets us use URLs like http://jellyfin.myserver.home instead of IP:port combos...
