OPNsense is an operating system based on FreeBSD that could be installed onto most hardware to turn it into a router and firewall. Despite using Google Wifi as my router without problems for years, I wanted to run OPNsense for my home network mostly because it gives me much more control than what Google Wifi offers. As I found out after installing it, it allowed me to remove a dedicated Pi-Hole as well. Read More...
As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to setup a cloud storage solution for my dad to store files. Before I did that, however, I needed to make sure that the files I store are safely backed up offsite. I had tried out Duplicati but I simply could not get it to work. Probably due to how slow my upload speed is, Duplicati simply would get stuck at a near the end and never complete the first full back up. Read More...
When my dad said he wants somewhere to store all his GoPro footage, I had to jump at the opportunity. I already had a PC with a big case running a mini-ITX motherboard and have been wanting to fill in the empty space for a while.
This was my Proxmox machine running a NFS server and a k8s node. It had a 1TB boot drive and a 2TB HDD for NFS storage so I ended up buying 2 more of the 2TB HDD and a 500GB SSD to replace the boot drive. Read More...
