https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/tags/self-hosting/Recent content in Self-Hosting on The Home LabHugoen-usSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:37:20 +1300https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/hello-world/Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/hello-world/<h2 id="why-a-homelab">Why a Homelab?</h2> <p>Every homelab starts somewhere. Mine started with the frustration of paying for cloud services I could run myself, and curiosity about what actually happens when packets travel across a network.</p> <h2 id="current-goals">Current Goals</h2> <ol> <li><strong>Full network segmentation</strong> — IoT devices on their own VLAN, completely isolated from the trusted network</li> <li><strong>Self-hosted DNS</strong> with ad-blocking (Pi-hole / AdGuard Home)</li> <li><strong>A proper NAS</strong> for media, backups, and general storage</li> <li><strong>Monitoring stack</strong> — Prometheus + Grafana so nothing breaks silently</li> </ol> <h2 id="hardware-on-the-bench">Hardware on the Bench</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Device</th> <th>Role</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>TP-Link ER605</td> <td>Router / gateway</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TP-Link SG2008P</td> <td>Managed PoE switch</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TP-Link OC200</td> <td>Omada hardware controller</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TP-Link EAP245</td> <td>Wi-Fi access point</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Proxmox VE × 2</td> <td>Compute nodes (virtualisation)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Proxmox PBS</td> <td>Backup server</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="whats-coming-next">What&rsquo;s Coming Next</h2> <p>The first series of posts will cover setting up a flat-to-segmented network from scratch — starting with the router/firewall choice all the way through VLAN tagging and inter-VLAN routing rules.</p>