120: Can a VPS Replace a Homelab?

April 5th, 2024  |  45 mins 33 secs

adam morales, amd, budget vps, dedicated vps, firewall rules, getgrist, grist, hetzner, hetzner vps pricing, iptables, jupiter broadcasting, latency, lowendtalk.com, nas, providers, proxmox, proxmox helper scripts, proxmox import from vmware tool, qemu-system vm, rescue system, self-hosted office, self-hosting, self-hosting podcast, tailscale, unraid, vnc, vps hosting, vultr tos

Alex goes head-to-head with budget VPS providers, which gets us into a classic debate, and Adam Morales from Unraid joins us!

119: Why So Many Llamas?

March 20th, 2024  |  47 mins 30 secs

boosts, home assistant, jupiter broadcasting, llm runners, ollama, open webui, reinforcement learning, self-hosting podcast, training ai

Alex rolls back a major server upgrade, and we have fun playing with local large language models.

118: How Hard Could it Be?

March 8th, 2024  |  54 mins 13 secs

ansible role docker compose generator, canonical, collector service, docker-compose, epyc server build, hard drives, influxdb database, jon seager, juju, nixos, nixos module, s.m.a.r.t. data, scrutiny, selenium, smartd, web application

Alex's new Epyc server build, and Jon Seager from Canonical joins us to chat about Nix in the homelab, packaging Scrutiny, and how Nix fits with existing infrastructure management tools.

117: Unraid as a Service

February 23rd, 2024  |  58 mins 52 secs

adiobookshelf, audiobooks, broadcom, camera issue, core nginx developer, docker containers, esxi, f5, freenginx, hypervisor storage, ios app, jellyfin server, jupiter broadcasting, maxim dounin, networking, nginx, nginx drama, pc builds, plappa, podman, pricing changes, raid owl, self-hosting podcast, tech, unifi, unraid, vmware, wyze, zigbee network

We chat about VMware's rug pull with Bret, aka Raid Owl, and then get into Unraid's big changes and more.

116: Making it all Connect

February 9th, 2024  |  55 mins 54 secs

ansible, appletv, automation, bambu, carplay, container networking, deep dive, desktop assistant, docker compose, gitea, home assistant, homekit integration, images, jupiter broadcasting, markdown, mk3s+, mk4, nixcon, nixos, obsidian, plex, proxmox, prusa, rendering, rental service, scale, self-hosting podcast, tailscale, truenas scale, wireguard

Alex has been deep-diving into container networking, and Chris is trying to steelman Plex's new rental service.

115: A NAS in Every Home

January 26th, 2024  |  48 mins 53 secs

3d printer, 3d printers, android, backblaze b2, bambu a1 mini, brian moses, build plate, cloud provider, custom hardware, diagnose failed drives, diy nas, downsides, gitea, hard drive, hass trigger ids, immich, inovelli blue switches, jupiter broadcasting, modifications, nas build, nix-anywhere, nixcon na 2024, nixinate, object storage, obsidian git plugin, obsidian vaults, off-site backup, pasadena convention center, pihole, proprietary firmware, raid array, rclone, repairs, scale 21x, self-hosting podcast, sovol sv06, steveblack hosts list, sync issues, tindie, using tailscale with docker, zigbee

Brian Moses joins us and shares his most recent NAS build and love for 3D printers. Then Alex gets into the hardware he's deploying around the house, and why we don't see eye-to-eye on ZigBee.

114: Unintended Consequences

January 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min

android tablet experiment, apple notes killer, audiobookshelf, jellystat, lubelog, memos, nextcloud upgrade, openssh 9.5, reverse proxy, stirlingpdf, tailscale integration, zigbee plugs recommendation

We kick off the new year with new apps in our home lab you’ll want to try and a new way to do networking.

113: State of the Homelabs 2023

December 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 27 mins

10gig, 3d printer, ansible, blue iris, borgbackup, caddy, dnsmasq, docker, duplicati, emby, esp32s, framework, freshrss, google drive, grafana, healthchecks.io, home assistant, influx, invoiceninja, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, macos, mergerfs, monitoring, music assistant, nextcloud, nix, nixos, obsidian, octoprint, ombi, opnsense, paperless-ngx, pihole, plex, plexamp, plexjelly-watched, poe cams, prometheus, proxmox, relationship, self-hosting podcast, smokeping, snapraid, storj, tailscale, todoist, traefik, tubeszb, ubu 22.04, unifi, vpn, wallabag, xfs, zfs, zigbee

We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs.

112: Red Light, Green Light

December 15th, 2023  |  58 mins 3 secs

amazon, amd ryzen, apple, chromecasts, connector, controller, couchdb, data signal, designers, developers, domestic automation, door/window sensor, end users, esphome, foss leaders, framework, google, home assistant, iot networks, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, justice department, led, leds, linuxfest northwest, livesync plugin, obsidian, obsidian sync, plex, plug, post, power, push notifications, raspberry pi satellites, relay, remote satellites, s3-box-3, scale, self-hosting podcast, southern california linux expo, sysadmins, texas linux fest, tizen, track, washington post, water leak sensor, websocket api, wled, wyoming integration, zigbee

Alex shares a new build integrating WLED, and Chirs reviews hardware that can get you started with WLED in 45 seconds.

Then, one last big update on the Year of Voice and our thoughts on self-hosting push notifications.

111: pfSense Makes no Sense

December 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

aes-ni, ai, asrockrack, bmc, bsd, budget, chromecast, computers, control, disks, esp32, esp32-s3-box-3, esp8266, esphome, git-annex, guest network, hardware transcoding, immich, intel arc, interlock, iot devices, ipmi, jellyfin, jovian-nixos, jupiter broadcasting, licensing, linux, low power servers, media server, netgate, opnsense, pfsense, plex, poe, scott long, self-hosting podcast, servo motors, tech, touch screen, vlans, voice-assistant, wesp32, wireguard, youtube

We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more.

110: Google Photos Replacement

November 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins

45homelab's hl15, auto backup, backblaze cloud, breaking changes, docker compose, exif info, google photos killer, heic/heif backup, image tagging, immich, jupiter broadcasting, multi-user, object detection, photo and video backup, real-time render, restic, s3 encrypted object storage, self-hosting podcast

That man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15.

109: Alex’s Backups Disaster

November 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

45homelab interview, alex's backups disaster, alex's remedy, best buy 18tb drives, hl15, home assistant devs, jupiter broadcasting, local-first software, obsidian, old uk backup server, rsync.net, safe mode, self-hosting hits the big time, self-hosting podcast, synology upgrade disaster, zha

How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server.

108: Year of Voice: A Bigger Deal Than You Think

October 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

ecc memory, esphome, fedora, home assistant, hp thin client, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, mazda, nextcloud, nextcloud setup, nvr software, paulus schoutsen, plex, rdc, self-hosting podcast, symfonium, third-party audit, ubuntu, year of voice, zimaboard

Home Assistant's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, shares details about the Year of Voice, recent legal actions from Mazda, and the results of a recent third-party audit.

107: Laptop Dumpster Diving

October 6th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins

brents tv setup, buckets, developers, esphome, framework, home assistant, home media setup, hp prodesk, intel quick sync video, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, kodi, matter, metadata, new hardware, nextcloud, nextcloud sync, nixos, old hardware, optimism, plex, poe zigbee radio, pragmatism, raspberry pi 5, recalbox, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, slate, spook, spook with home assistant, starlink, startmail, tailscale, tasmota, thinkpad tv party, titles, tubeszb, wireguard on esphome, x220 overheating, z2m, zha

With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new.

106: The Plex Situation Just got Worse

September 22nd, 2023  |  57 mins 33 secs

account banned, apple tv, garage door controller, google home, google nest, home assistant, home assistant cloud, home assistant green, home assistant yellow, ipad os 17, jupiter broadcasting, legal challenge, nextcloud, obsidian, pirated content, plex, quicksync benchmarking, rotary phones, self-hosting podcast, sonoff, synology nas, tailscale, usb-c, vps, webdav, z-wave buttons, zigbee

Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more.

105: Sleeper Storage Technology

September 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins

antonio musumeci, digiblur, espclicker, ggml q4_0, gnucash, himojo wireless scene switch, jupiter broadcasting, llama-gpt, mergerfs, mergerfs developer, nous hermes llama 2 7b chat, remote control switch, self-hosting podcast, smart wall switch, switch-manager, trapexit, tuya, wireless button for smart home devices, z-wave scene controller, zigbee, zigbee smart light switch, zooz 700 series

Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more.