My homelab is the backbone of my storage, automation and media environment.
It’s designed for high reliability, experimentation, and continuous learning. Yesyhb


Infrastructure Overview

Synology DS723+ Datasheet

Primary NAS
Runs critical Docker workloads and services.

Synology DS225+

Backup Target
Receives off-site/secondary backup jobs.

Synology DS220+

Networking & DHCP Utility
Handles DHCP, small services, and testing.

Synology DS218j

Sandbox NAS
Used for experiments and safe testing.

Managed switch providing VLANs, segmentation, and traffic shaping.

UPS – CPS VP700ELCD

Provides clean power and ensures safe NAS shutdowns.


Docker Services

Documentation & Knowledge

Obsidian

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Website: https://obsidian.md
GitHub: https://github.com/obsidianmd
A powerful knowledge base built on local Markdown files.

Quartz4

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Website: https://quartz.jzhao.xyz
GitHub: https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz Quartz is a fast, batteries-included static-site-generator that transforms Markdown content into fully functional websites. For more: What is Quartz4


Downloaders & Indexers

Lidarr GitHub | Website

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Music collection manager for Usenet and torrents.

Prowlarr GitHub | Website

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Indexer manager and proxy for the Arr ecosystem.

qBittorrent GitHub | Website

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Open-source BitTorrent client.

Radarr GitHub | Website

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Movie collection manager.

Sonarr GitHub | Website

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TV show management automation.


VPN / Networking

Chromium (LinuxServer.io) GitHub | Website

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Dockerized Chromium browser for automation/testing.

Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared) GitHub | Website

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Securely expose local apps without opening ports.

Gluetun GitHub | Website

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Hardened VPN client container.

Tailscale GitHub | Website

Mesh VPN for secure private networking.


Media & Streaming

Calibre-Web Automated GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted eBook management UI with automation.

Immich GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted photo and video solution. For more: What is Immich?

Jellyfin GitHub | Website

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Free and open-source media server.

Jellyseerr GitHub | Website

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Media request and discovery tool.

YouTubeDL-Material GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted YouTube-DL frontend.


Monitoring & Observability

Dozzle GitHub | Website

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Real-time Docker log viewer.

Glances GitHub | Website

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Cross-platform system monitoring.

Grafana GitHub | Website

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Observability dashboards and analytics.

Prometheus Stack GitHub | Website

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System metrics, exporters, alerting.
Includes:

  • Node Exporter
  • cAdvisor
  • SNMP Exporter

Uptime Kuma GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted uptime monitoring.

WUD (WatchYourDocker) GitHub | Website

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Container monitoring + update checking.


Network Tools & Dashboards

Homepage Dashboard GitHub | Website

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Server dashboard homepage.

IT-Tools GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted IT tool collection.

Pi-hole GitHub | Website

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Network-wide ad blocker.


Monitoring & Change Detection

ChangeDetection.io GitHub | Website

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Website change monitoring.


Speedtest & Metrics

Speedtest Tracker GitHub | Website

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Self-hosted internet speed logging.


Miscellaneous Utilities

Mazanoke GitHub | Website


Simple self-hosted image optimizer and file sharing.

Mini-QR GitHub | Website

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Minimal QR generator.

Portainer CE GitHub | Website

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Container management UI.