Monitoring
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.
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.
The 2026 Self-Hosted Starter Stack: What People Actually Run
A pragmatic 2026 self-hosted starter stack: host OS, Docker Compose, DNS, remote access, reverse proxy, backups, monitoring, and daily-driver apps.
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
Tracearr Setup Guide for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby Monitoring
Deploy Tracearr with Docker, connect Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby, validate live sessions and alert-only rules, and preserve a recoverable monitoring history.
What Should You Monitor in a Homelab?
Monitor the things that would make recovery harder or affect the household: internet, DNS, router, UPS, NAS disks, backup jobs, storage capacity, certificates, critical containers, and remote access. Start with alerts you.
Monitoring and Health Checks for a Plex and Arr Homelab
Build useful health checks for a Plex and Arr homelab: storage mounts, imports, transcoding capacity, certificates, backups, queues, and daily reports.