Ansible Series - AWX

Preface: As a slight divergence (and later on a continuation in a few days) I’m going to start covering more Ansible related automation, starting off...

   May 5, 2023     5 min read
Locking Down Ubuntu - CIS Benchmarks

Preface: In the spirit of Homelab, it’s always best to over-engineer, over-architect, “over-do” anything you do. But sometimes it can be problematic if you go...

   May 4, 2023     10 min read
pfSense and PiHole on ESXI

Preface: For those who utilize ESXI/vSphere and want to install pfSense and PiHole, it’s not nearly as straight forward as the Proxmox install, however it...

   May 2, 2023     1 min read
Tailscale to the rescue

Preface: With the big push to Zero Trust, I am a big proponent of literally opening NO advertised ports to my home. You can use...

   May 1, 2023     7 min read
Network Rebuild, Proxmox, pfSense, Pihole, oh my

Preface: Rebuilding the Homelab time, and what better way than to start at your firewall/router. Earlier this week a series of events led me down...

   Apr 30, 2023     8 min read