The Homelab Journey

Setting up a homelab is more than just a tech experiment — it’s a deep dive into the world of self-hosting, network design, and infrastructure automation. This series explores the journey of building a homelab from scratch.

This homelab journey includes a variety of technologies and concepts

• Networking & Security
  Installing & Configuring pfSense to setup firewall and a router.
• Virtualization Installing & Configuring Proxmox to manage virtual machines and LXC containers.
• Containerization Installing & Configuring docker server && Kubernetes to run services.
• Storage & Backups
  Installation & Configuration of TrueNAS to store data and make backups
• Monitoring & Automation
  Integrating Grafana, Prometheus, Ansible and Terraform for observability and configuration management.

Networking & Security

• Step1: Install pfSense to act as a firewall between the home lab and scary internet.
• Step2: Configure Dynamic DNS to always access from outside world
• Step3: Install VPN Server to safely access the homelab even with pfSense acting as a firewall.
• Optional: Configure Private Internet Access on pfSense

Virtualization with Proxmox

• Step1: - Bare-metal Proxmox installation
• Step2: Creating and managing VMs
• Optional: LXC containers for lightweight workloads