(2025-04-29T21:00:00.000Z) In a homelab, we self-host Internet services on machines installed in our home. While it's easy to access those services at home, accessing them from the Internet takes some preparation. Let's talk about the architecture of publishing Internet services to the Internet from your home network.
(2025-03-30T21:00:00.000Z) Caddy is a popular, enterprise-ready web server, that can be easily use as a reverse proxy for a homelab. Homelabbers need a simple tool for hosting many services on a single IP address and easily provision Lets Encrypt SSL certificates. Caddy makes that easy.
(2025-03-14T22:00:00.000Z) A critical step to create a "homelab" is assigning a domain name to your home network connection. Dynamic DNS lets you do this even if your internet service provider changes your IP address from time to time.
(2019-11-30T22:00:00.000Z) Do you have files stashed on a computer at home but you're halfway around the world? In theory the Internet is equally usable by all of us, but in practice it's a little different. We're told we can only store our data on servers owned by other people, and cannot do so on our own server. In actual practice it is fairly easy to access computers on your home network, and the first step is associating a domain name with your home network.
