Frankly, with my screwed up brain, I document everything. I can turn around twice in my lab and my brain will flat line. When I first started, I would always tell myself that I’d remember stuff. Not anymore.

I created a script for Linux that automatically backs up to a NAS drive, once every two weeks, as a complete image, and I keep 5 on deck. Testing usually happens once every 3 months or so. I also have Duplicati backups that are stored offsite on my VPS.

I tried Obsidian, and it is a very capable piece of software. However, I wanted it to run in a docker container. Running in a container, it uses KasmVNC. So, every doccument you wish to save in Obsidian, you first have to paste into KasmVNC’s clipboard, then paste it into the doccument. I found that quite clumsy.

If I’m doing it wrong, please share. Obsidian was my first choice.

I save all my credentials in Bitwarden/Vaultwarden

Yeah, I don’t put key phrases, passwords, etc in my notes.

Document everything as if it were a step by step tutorial you will give to someone so that they can duplicate your deployment without any prior knowledge. I’ll even include urls to sites I consulted with to achieve production deployment.

ETA: I absolutely care nothing about points. Up voting and down voting used to be a way to weed out bad info. So it always leaves me wondering 'Did I give erroneous advice? What was the reason for the down vote? I mean, if you down voted and said ‘I down voted you because I hate your guts’, I can deal with that.

Unknown Robot is your biggest fan.

Pangolin is cool. Combines a lot of things you’d normally have to piece together. However, OP already has a secure, operating server. I’m just not sure where OP came to the conclusion to toss in Caddy into an already viable system.

You’ve got Cloudflare tunnels/Zero Trust and Tailscale. You’ve got it wrapped up. Honest Question: What makes you think Caddy would be better? I think adding Caddy would be adding more complexity to a system that is already got everything it needs to operate correctly. I’m not even sure what Caddy would bring to the table in this scenario.

Tunneling (similar to SSH

I guess that’s what I focused on. me skuzi

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I did the old Magic Mirror 2 with an iframe feed off the server. Hangs in the living room, gives general weather updates, displays calendar, randomly displays pictures, can pull up various security cam feeds, etc.

Dropbear

The drop bear is a hoax in contemporary Australian folklore featuring a predatory, carnivorous version of the koala. This imaginary animal is commonly spoken about in tall tales designed to scare tourists.

It always fascinates me where the names for opensource software originate(?) Just the naming nomenclature itself is a glimpse into the dev’s culture, country of origin, or various odd bits of colloquialism. Very interesting to a guy who digs etymology. In this case it might be coincidental, but it’s still interesting.

I need a nut server.

I cannot change the world, I am but one man. I can only try to influence and guide those around me. They influence and guide others around them. So you pick up a few new converts and that may seem pointless until you realize the global impact of your actions.

In the past, I’ve found a lot of valuable resource at

• https://www.howtoforge.com/
• https://www.simplehomelab.com/
• https://networklessons.com/

One thing you really need to establish right from the start is the habit of taking detailed notes. It’s tedious, bothersome at times, but the ability to backtrack something that may not have deployed quite like you wanted, is invaluable. It will also save your ass in a month when you’ve forgotten everything you did before.

Take notes!

I’ll check it out. I do keep prolific notes on everything I do, however they need to be more structured and searchable. Right now I’m using Trillium but it has it’s limitations for what I want it to do. Nice piece of software tho.

SnipeIT

I’ve seen the app rolling around in Awesome Lists, but always thought it was for larger operations with a lot of infrastructure and not necessarily a home lab. I might look into it seriously.