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Personally will be trying to transform my server which is currently in a fractal R5 case, into a small-ish Homelab rack, combined with all my network equipment. Will require complete relocation of all network equipment in the house as well as cables so it will be a bit of a project. Also on the lookout for a good quality rack so let me know if you have any recs. Still unsure if u want to do full width rack or mini. Part of me really want the UDM Pro from Unifi..

What are your goals and thing you want to accomplish during 2025?

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[–] Cardstock9913@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)
  • Log Monitoring and Collection.
  • More storage for my plex/nextcloud servers
  • VLANs for my servers.
  • Move to K8s
  • Better service monitoring
  • New server to set devpods up on
[–] rutrapio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Part of the *arr stack, to find some obscur films and old series.

[–] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

I need to transfer my plex server install from my synology NAS to an Intel nuc running plex in docker.

[–] tofuwabohu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Most important: replace the raspi SD card with an SSD

General hardware: see if I find a better solution than my current Proxmox box (repurposed desktop which consumes 60w idling but is capped to 16GB Ram)

Incoming traffic: currently having a VM that runs nothing but nginx and certbot. Considering switching to another reverse proxy and, more important, get proper monitoring of the logs (e.g. IP detection, 403, etc)

Maybe add some iam like authentik

Finding a solution for selfhosting podcasts client with sync on Android and Linux.. gpodder never really seemed to work, considering audiobookshelf.

Probably setting up calibre web and gethomepage

Keeping what I have and maybe optimize a bit:

  • Prometheus stack
  • plenty exporters
  • Nextcloud
  • paperless
  • home assistant, mosquitto
  • pihole
  • vaultwarden
  • selfoss

On VPS:

  • Mastodon
  • Bookwyrm
  • some WordPress (want to move this to my homeserver as well)
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Might get around to tidying this 20-year-old mess up a bit - tho I'm not sure where to start lol.

I am not a proud man.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I appreciate you posting your balls like this.

Fuck it it works. Lol

[–] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
  1. Install Comms box in office.
  2. Get Unifi switch.
  3. Run Cat6A to all rooms of house.
  4. Consolidate NUC and N100's fewer devices.
  5. Install 2x U6 Wall units. 6 Begin scoping Surveillance cameras. Torn between Synology and Unifi.
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Be brave enough to test my backups

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Ouf yeah same here 😅

[–] c2c2@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Goals: keep it running

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A ton.

  1. Set up email and website hosting on a VPS to replace current setup
  2. Get more solid state storage for my home server and finnish immich setup (import photos and all that)
  3. Set up proper backups for the home server
  4. Migrate current Unifi controller to home server
  5. Local VPN server to access home assistant and other services even when travelling
  6. Spend some time with my home assistant server, fine tune automations, add some more, add sensors and more controls, maybe add a wall mounted tablet for managing the thing and so on, it'll never end and need a visit or two from electrician too
  7. Better isolation for IOT things on my network. I already have separate VLAN for them without internet access, but it's a bit incomplete project

And then "would be nice" stuff:

  1. Switch Dahua NVR to something else. Current one works in a sense that it stores video, but movement tracking isn't really perfect and the whole individual NVR box is a bit lacking both in speed and in features
  2. Replace the whole home server (currently running proxmox, which in itself is fine). It's a old server I got from work, and it does work, but it's not reundant and it's getting old. So something less power hungry and less noisy would be nice. It just asks some money and time, which I have neither in surplus, so we'll see.
  3. Move home assistant from a raspberry pi to the home server. Maybe add zigbee capabilities next to z-wave and wifi.

And likely a ton more which I don't remember right now. Money and specially spare time to tinker are just lacking.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Very nice goal list, best of luck!

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Steps 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 just need some time. I have the stuff pretty much thought out and it's just a matter of actually doing the things. I was sick majority of November, but if it wasn't for that those would have already been completed. The rest need either planning or money. Immich setup would ideally need 2x2TB ssd drives (on raid1 setup) but that's about 500€ out of the pocket and home assistant setup needs time to actually work with it and to plan things forward. Additionally HA setup could use a floor thermostat or two, some homeESP gadgets and so on, so it needs some money as well.

Majority of the stuff should be taken care of until February, the rest is more or less open.

[–] OpossumOnKeyboard@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Actually have a decent backup system and data repetition

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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 6 points 3 days ago

Add some redundancy to it.

Find a way to copy my iCloud files to Nextcloud.

[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 52 points 5 days ago

Got a 3 year old kid with another on the way. I just need it to be reliable so the kid can watch Sesame Street and the lights keep working.

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Considering my boot drive just died, backups. Also wanna get a fractal node 804 and cram tons of HDDs in it. Probably a new build with ecc as well. Perhaps transitioning current server to backup server. Also my directory structure for media is a jumbled mess of incomprehensible nonsense. I should fix that. Also I lost all my torrents that I was uploading but still have the media but can't keep seeding after the drive failure.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

docker-ify everything, my nginx, nextcloud, pihole, jellyfin, and basically everything else is a nightmare and I can't even begin to understand how to modify the shit that ~~2023 me did~~ 2023 chatgpt spat out, so having everything in some neat docker composes is gonna help immensly

also making the Pi that everything's hosted on boot of an SSD instead of a cheap chinese SD card, but that requires money and I'm all out

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I docker'd all of my systems a few years ago, and I'm so glad I did. So much easier to manage, and when I lost a system I was able to get most of my services back up and running with minimal configuration on a VM same day.

As for hardware, you might check and see if you've got a local reseller of retired business equipment. Before I moved, I had a place I went to from my work that accepted shit we were getting rid of that disposed of stuff and resold at a bargain the stuff that was still good. I got more than one hp tower from a few years previous that ran (and still runs) like a champ. Felt like night and day when I upgraded to that from my Pi setup, and they were only like $35 each.

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[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Finally get a cheap mini PC so I can stop running my gaming rig 24/7 for jellyfin. Looking to start self hosting few other services if that goes well.

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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Double Storage space (Done!)

Done for the year already!

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I just want jellyfin to organize media properly.

Permissions ok, it detects the fils in the software, then the folders are just empty. I know its my incompetence but been bashing my head against that wall a while.

Certain media categories fix 1 or two podcasts and then other categories break the ones that it fixed.

Naming conventions? Metadata? File types?

One day

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

So many tv shows broken by two-part episodes!

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Buying a 16 TB hard drive for... purposes.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can say piracy here, it's a safe space. Or, ya know, porn.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago
[–] mat@linux.community 29 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I want to move my whole server to NixOS. It's gotten to the point where I have no idea where all the Ubuntu config files went, and handling half of it via Docker vs baremetal. I hope this will allow me to set up proper backups as well, and maybe get better at Nix! I started a few days ago using the VM feature, but it's tricky to work on for now, perhaps I haven't found the right workflow.

[–] xamino@feddit.org 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I went this route from the start and love it. In case you need some resources:

Hope this helps a bit. I found the effort to be very worth it, but took me almost half a year to get comfortable with it.

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[–] skimm@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Migrate from Unraid in a massive tower to a proper JBOD rig in a rack. Finally set up ARM SBC k8s cluster for most things alongside the old x86 hardware for a few services and running the NAS as I don't know how I'd hook that up to the SBCs.

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[–] rroa@reddthat.com 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)
  • Deprecate the Raspberry Pi entry point for incoming traffic, move to NUC instead.
  • Switch from PiHole to Adguard
  • Move IoT equipment to separate VLAN
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[–] ChaoticNumber@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I want to make an sbc nas, as I dont need much. But finding the right sbc is hard, hoping the odroid h4+ will do the trick.

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[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

Second NAS - I've filled up the first one.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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[–] humancrayon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Building a new, bigger, storage server using TrueNAS scale. I’ve been on CORE forever and it works well. Running out of space, though, and might as well upgrade the OS too.

[–] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I have a dual socket R620 with 256gb RAM that I never turn on (proxmox) and another box with a single xeon 1518d (esxi). Collapsing both down to a repurposed Sophos SG135 (atom c3558) with 32g ram, 512gb sata and a noctua fan (proxmox). I already use another sg135 running opnsense. I run mostly lightweight loads anymore (HomeAssistant, netbox, unifi controller) so I really don't need things turned on that have overkill horsepower. I have a separate file server that I need to upgrade sometime (old 4 core bulldozer amd) but it keeps chugging away.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I need to get off ESXi and onto....Proxmox i guess. Xcp-ng is great except no virtual network switches.

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