Stephane Thirion

14 May 2025 · 3 min read

Event : Citrix Connect Paris 2025

After a bit of back-and-forth (including a rejected registration), I was finally able to attend Citrix Connect Paris 2025, thanks to a nudge from some folks inside Citrix....

31 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Revisiting Slaughter of the Soul: At the Gates Melodic Death Metal Masterpiece

A bit of music, because i want to

30 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Ionizing Radiation Geiger counter - Home Assistant

Following my previous experiments using ESP32 Wroom, such as the water-level monitoring project for...

28 Mar 2025 · 2 min read

Proxmox Backup Headaches: The Case of the Phantom Disk

I recently ran into a frustrating issue with my Proxmox backups.

24 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Homelab serie -- The software 3/3

SamanthAI my artificial intelligence learning lab, all about LLMs and personnal assistant

17 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

Homelab serie -- The software 2/3

Docker Swarm & Containers

17 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

Homelab serie -- The software 1/3

Dropping everything in a single blog post is difficult so I chose to split it in three parts

15 Mar 2025 · 7 min read

Homelab serie -- The hardware

For as long as I can remember, I've had a homelab. Honestly, it’s been so many years now that I can hardly recall exactly when or how it all began

14 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

DIY NAS 2025 (homelab) 2/2

When configuring my NAS system, I selected TrueNas Scale instead of Unraid due to specific considerations related to my primary workloads: virtual machines managed with Proxmox and Docker Swarm. Here are the key reasons for my choice

13 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

DIY NAS 2025 (homelab) 1/2

Synology NAS devices are renowned for their versatility, offering everything from file sharing and virtualization support to advanced backup solutions. However, after years of using my Synology DS3617xs...

24 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Deploy Citrix Netscaler Console (ADM) on Proxmox

Citrix Netscaler Console (ex ADM) is a centralized management solution provided by Citrix that enables administrators to manage, monitor, and automate tasks across a different Citrix products

23 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

Configuring LACP in Proxmox

In today's virtualized environments / homelabs, maximizing network performance is crucial for ensuring smooth operation of hypervisors like Proxmox.

5 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Deploying Portainer and Agent in Docker Swarm Using a Compose File

In this post, we’ll walk through a Docker Compose file that deploys both the Portainer Server (Enterprise Edition) and the Portainer Agent on a Docker Swarm cluster

25 Jan 2025 · 5 min read

How I Combined Nightscout and Ollama to Monitor My Son’s Glycemia with AI

As a parent of a child with diabetes, managing glycemia levels can feel like a full-time job...

24 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

Setting Up Ollama with Open-WebUI: A Docker Compose Guide

In this blog post, we'll dive into setting up a powerful AI development environment using Docker Compose. The setup includes running the Ollama language model server and its corresponding web interface, Open-WebUI, both containerized for ease of use.

12 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

Deploying Hoarder on Docker Swarm

Deploying a modern, multi-container application in a Docker Swarm environment can be both exciting and challenging. In this post, we'll walk through a sample Docker Compose file that deploys the Hoarder application along with its necessary dependencies

10 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Deploying Uptime Kuma on Docker Swarm

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool that allows you to keep track of your websites, services, or APIs with ease. In this guide, we'll go through the process of deploying Uptime Kuma on a Docker Swarm cluster using a highly available configuration.

30 Dec 2024 · 3 min read

Monitoring a Proxmox Cluster with Grafana and InfluxDB Using the Metric Server Menu

Proxmox is a robust and scalable virtualization platform, and monitoring its performance is crucial for maintaining optimal operations. Integrating Grafana and InfluxDB provides an intuitive way to visualize and analyze your Proxmox cluster's metrics.