This page will list all the different posts / blogs about my homelab adventures.
You can download the diagram of my lab here :
https://www.archy.net/content/images/size/w2000/2025/09/rackfront.png
Updates :
- 15th march 2025 - The Rack added with the first blog post of the serie
- 17th march 2025 - Virtu added with the blog post The Software 1/3
- 18th march 2025 - The Swarm added with the blog post The software 2/3
- 19th march 2025 - Updated diagram - Teslamate VM to Swarm Stack
- 20th march 2025 - Added Unifi Pro Aggregation switch x24 SFP+ x4 25Gb - Removal of the Unifi Aggregation Switch x10 SFP+
- 23rd march 2025 - Added 2x Minisforum MS01
- 24th march 2025 - SamanthAI blog post added
- 07th april 2025 - NAS upgrade
- 15th april 2025 - TrueNas update to 25.04.0
- July - august 2025 - Moving things around
- 26th august 2025 - Rethinking DNS architecture and flow
- 30th august 2025 - Ditching Netscaler SDX 11500 and VPX to Haproxy
- 11th september 2025 - Truenas ssd drive performance issue
- 12th september 2025 - PBS Backup (Proxmox backup) as a separate machine
List of blog posts :
1 - Homelab serie – The hardware
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
Stephane Thirion
2 - Homelab serie – The software 3 parts
Homelab serie -- The software 1/3
Dropping everything in a single blog post is difficult so I chose to split it in three parts
Stephane Thirion
Homelab serie -- The software 2/3
Docker Swarm & Containers
Stephane Thirion
Homelab serie -- The software 3/3
SamanthAI my artificial intelligence learning lab, all about LLMs and personnal assistant
Stephane Thirion
3 - Chanllenges
Building Enterprise-Grade DNS Infrastructure with Docker Swarm, AdGuard Home and Unbound
Built a DNS infrastructure with Docker Swarm, AdGuard Home and Unbound delivering 1ms response times, comprehensive ad blocking and complete privacy while maintaining Active Directory compatibility.
Stephane Thirion
Implementing HAProxy High Availability: A Complete Migration Guide
Migrating from a single HAProxy instance to high availability using keepalived and VRRP. This guide covers implementing automatic failover with Virtual IP management, SSL certificate synchronization and zero-downtime service continuity.
Stephane Thirion
Diagnosing and Fixing TrueNAS Performance Issues: A Complete Case Study (homelab)
A TrueNAS system with sluggish file access was bottlenecked by Samsung 870 QVO drives consumer QLC NAND drives that collapse to 80 MB/s under sustained load in RAIDZ1 configurations.
Stephane Thirion