Backups
Restore From a Compromised Backup Without Reinfecting ProductionNew!!
A clean-room restore workflow for compromised backups: isolate, separate data from executable state, rotate secrets, validate provenance, and reconnect safely.
NAS Integrity for Home Labs: Scrubs, SMART, ECC, Checksums, and a Real RestoreNew!!
A practical NAS integrity routine: ZFS scrubs, SMART tests, snapshots, checksums, ECC expectations, backup verification, and actual restore drills.
Plex From DVD and Blu-ray: Storage, Transcoding, and Backup Boundaries
Plan a Plex workflow for discs you own or are authorized to use: estimate storage, preserve source and metadata decisions, choose direct play or transcoding deliberately, and separate library recovery from duplicating every media file.
Linux Failure Injection Lab: Test systemd, Disk, DNS, and Recovery
Run bounded Linux failure-injection tests for systemd crashes, full and read-only filesystems, DNS and network loss, watchdogs, external alerts, rollback, and user-facing recovery without using production as the target.
Self-Hosted App Lifecycle: Updates, Rollbacks, and Release Notes
A self-hosted operations guide for updating containers safely, reading release notes, backing up state, automating carefully, and rolling back.
LXC vs VM vs Docker VM in Proxmox
A practical Proxmox placement guide for deciding when to use LXC containers, full VMs, or a dedicated Docker VM for home-lab workloads.
Proxmox Backup Server for Beginners
A beginner-friendly Proxmox Backup Server guide explaining PBS, retention, pruning, verification, restore drills, encryption, offsite sync, and sizing.
Proxmox 9.x Upgrade Plan for Home Labs
A practical Proxmox 9.x upgrade runbook for home labs, covering backups, pve8to9 checks, repositories, Ceph caveats, rollback, and post-upgrade validation.
From Homelab Chatbot to a Private AI Operations Platform
A beginner-friendly guide to turning a local AI chatbot into a practical private AI operations platform with document search, automations, local tools, coding agents, monitoring, backups, upgrades, governance, and a realistic beginner roadmap.
WordPress Core Under Active Exploitation: Verify the Fix and Rule Out Compromise
Updating WordPress core is only the first step. Use this checklist to verify versions, checksums, users, cron, uploads, logs, WAF data, and rebuild criteria.