This is a personal blog focused on computer software and hardware. Most
projects are implementing software and hardware for a homelab. What is a
homelab? I would say a homelab could be a single computer or dozens of
computers connected in a network. You can also integrate with computers
in the Cloud.
Dokuwiki is an open-source wiki software that isn’t too fancy, perfect for documenting a personal homelab. This software does not require a database and is easy to host and backup running as a container.
Installing and configuring Dokuwiki with Docker
In order to run the Dokuwiki server, I will be using a docker container inside of a virtual machine. In order to keep this post concise, please check out my previous post on docker if you are not familiar with the technology. I also have a post on setting up virtual machines and yet another post on setting up a dedicated system to run virtual machines with proxmox.
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Rancher Desktop is an open-source project to bring Kubernetes and container management to your workstation.
For more information about containers, check out a previous post.
Installing Rancher Desktop
Rancher Desktop can be installed on Windows, macOS, and various Linux distributions. The most up to date installation packages will be on the official documentation. This application has an auto-update feature once it is installed onto you system.
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nerdctl
Rancher Desktop can build, push, and pull container images (powered by nerdctl)
A VPN is a way to create a secure tunnel from a remote network onto your own network. When I am not at home I can still trust my DNS requests and access resources from my personal networks. There are different VPN softwares out there and today I will be setting up WireGuard.
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Installing and configuring WireGuard with Docker
In order to run the WireGuard server, I will be using a docker container inside of a virtual machine. In order to keep this post concise, please check out my previous post on docker if you are not familiar with the technology. I also have a post on setting up virtual machines and yet another post on setting up a dedicated system to run virtual machines with proxmox.
I will be using another Raspberry Pi to serve as a reverse proxy for my network. With Nginx Proxy manager, I can manage my proxy configurations in a web app. This application is a front end for nginx which is a very popular web server that also works for proxying TCP/IP connections and encrypting traffic.
Installing Nginx Proxy Manager
I will be managing this software with docker. If you have not worked with docker before, I have a blog post about the basics of docker and installation methods.
LXC is a system container manager. It offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead. LXC containers will share the kernel of the host operating system. If you are already using Proxmox, you can create LXC containers on Proxmox nodes and with the web UI. If you would like to set up Proxmox as a platform to host your virtual machines and containers, check out my previous post about installing Proxmox.
Portainer CE is a web application that you can use to manage containers running on systems that have docker installed. Today we will be deploying Portainer community edition to manage some containers. Portainer runs as a container and you configure it to manage an existing docker installation. Portainer is also compatible with some additional container platforms which I may explore at a later date.
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Requirements
As of this post, Portainer can be deployed on the following:
