Personal project
HomeLab
A home server that runs my projects, backs itself up every night and tells me whether the hearth holds.
StatusPrivate, evolving
What it is
A mini-PC at home that runs several virtual machines: each has its own role, like the rooms of a single house.
It is backed up every night to a separate disk. It also handles home automation, filters ads and shady sites at the network level, and runs automation tools. A private dashboard, Kalheim, shows at a glance whether “the hearth holds”.
It evolves in small batches delivered one at a time, with tests and checkpoints before every change. I learn virtualisation, networking, security and monitoring from it.
Who it is for
For me first: it is my learning ground. For you, it is proof that I can build, back up, monitor and evolve a small complete system, not just fix one.
What it does
- Hosts my own projects and experiments, at home rather than with a third party.
- Backs itself up every night, and restoring from a backup has been tested for real.
- Runs the home automation.
- Filters the network against ads and shady sites.
- Automates repetitive tasks.
- Watches itself: the private dashboard sums up the state of everything at a glance.