Home Labs
Self-hosting on Raspberry Pi, old laptops and mini PCs — built for Indian homes.
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Home Lab Networking: Static IPs, VLANs and Not Breaking the Family Wi-Fi
Stable addresses, local DNS names, carrier NAT workarounds and light VLAN segmentation, done without taking down the household Wi-Fi.
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Self-Host Your Own Drive and Photo Backup with Nextcloud
Run your own drive and phone photo backup with Nextcloud: install options, HTTPS, background jobs, and backing up files and database.
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Run Your Own Media Server with Jellyfin
Set up Jellyfin in Docker for the films and home videos you already own, with naming, hardware transcoding and safe remote access.
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Building Your Own NAS at Home: Drives, Filesystems and What Goes Wrong
Drive choice, SMR traps, ext4 versus btrfs versus ZFS, SMART checks and scrubs, plus surviving summer heat and power cuts.
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Docker Compose: Run Your Whole Home Server From One File
How one compose.yaml replaces nine docker run commands on a home server, plus volumes, PUID pain and the upgrade cycle that works.
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Proxmox for Beginners: Run Multiple Servers on One Machine
Install Proxmox on a ₹12,000 refurb mini PC and run six isolated home servers on one box, with containers, VMs, and one-click backups explained.
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Turn Your Old Laptop Into a 24×7 Home Server (Free and Power-Efficient)
Convert an unused laptop into a silent 24×7 home server: free hardware, built-in battery UPS for power cuts, and about ₹60 a month in electricity.
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10 Raspberry Pi 5 Projects Worth Building in India (With Real Costs)
Ten honest Raspberry Pi 5 projects for India with dated prices from robu.in, power-cut tips, and verdicts on which builds actually last.