Why This Journal Exists#
I’ve learned more from random blog posts than from official documentation. Someone’s 3 AM troubleshooting session, written up the next morning, has saved me countless hours. This journal is my contribution back to that tradition.
What You’ll Find#
| Section | What It Contains |
|---|---|
| Wiki | Evergreen reference docs — updated as I learn |
| Tutorials | Step-by-step guides you can follow in your own lab |
| Journal | Quick changelog entries — what changed and why |
| Posts | Deep dives and lessons learned from failures |
My Philosophy#
“Build it yourself, understand how it works, and learn from every failure.”
Three principles guide my homelab:
- Self-host where practical — Not everything needs to live in the cloud
- Automate the toil — If I do it twice, I script it
- Document everything — Future me will forget; past me should write it down
Topics Covered#
- Virtualization — Proxmox VE, LXC containers, Docker
- Networking — VLANs, firewalls, high-availability DNS
- Automation — n8n workflows, Ansible, CI/CD
- Monitoring — Centralized logging, alerting, observability
- Security — Defense in depth, access control, backups
A Note on Security#
All examples use sanitized placeholders:
| Real Value | Shown As |
|---|---|
| IP addresses | <YOUR_IP> or role names |
| Domains | <YOUR_DOMAIN> |
| Credentials | <YOUR_PASSWORD> |
| Hostnames | DNS-Primary, Proxmox-Node-1, etc. |
This is a learning journal, not production-grade documentation. Always test in your own environment before deploying.
Connect#
- Resume: mareox.github.io/resume
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mareox
- GitHub: mareox
Thanks for reading. I hope something here saves you a few hours.