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.
Networking – TP-Link TL-SG108E
Managed switch providing VLANs, segmentation, and traffic shaping.
UPS – CPS VP700ELCD
Provides clean power and ensures safe NAS shutdowns.
Docker Services
Documentation & Knowledge
Obsidian
Website: https://obsidian.md
GitHub: https://github.com/obsidianmd
A powerful knowledge base built on local Markdown files.
Quartz4
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
Music collection manager for Usenet and torrents.
Prowlarr GitHub | Website
Indexer manager and proxy for the Arr ecosystem.
qBittorrent GitHub | Website
Open-source BitTorrent client.
Radarr GitHub | Website
Movie collection manager.
Sonarr GitHub | Website
TV show management automation.
VPN / Networking
Chromium (LinuxServer.io) GitHub | Website
Dockerized Chromium browser for automation/testing.
Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared) GitHub | Website
Securely expose local apps without opening ports.
Gluetun GitHub | Website
Hardened VPN client container.
Tailscale GitHub | Website
Mesh VPN for secure private networking.
Media & Streaming
Calibre-Web Automated GitHub | Website
Self-hosted eBook management UI with automation.
Immich GitHub | Website
Self-hosted photo and video solution. For more: What is Immich?
Jellyfin GitHub | Website
Free and open-source media server.
Jellyseerr GitHub | Website
Media request and discovery tool.
YouTubeDL-Material GitHub | Website
Self-hosted YouTube-DL frontend.
Monitoring & Observability
Dozzle GitHub | Website
Real-time Docker log viewer.
Glances GitHub | Website
Cross-platform system monitoring.
Grafana GitHub | Website
Observability dashboards and analytics.
Prometheus Stack GitHub | Website
System metrics, exporters, alerting.
Includes:
- Node Exporter
- cAdvisor
- SNMP Exporter
Uptime Kuma GitHub | Website
Self-hosted uptime monitoring.
WUD (WatchYourDocker) GitHub | Website
Container monitoring + update checking.
Network Tools & Dashboards
Homepage Dashboard GitHub | Website
Server dashboard homepage.
IT-Tools GitHub | Website
Self-hosted IT tool collection.
Pi-hole GitHub | Website
Network-wide ad blocker.
Monitoring & Change Detection
ChangeDetection.io GitHub | Website
Website change monitoring.
Speedtest & Metrics
Speedtest Tracker GitHub | Website
Self-hosted internet speed logging.
Miscellaneous Utilities
Mazanoke GitHub | Website
Simple self-hosted image optimizer and file sharing.
Mini-QR GitHub | Website
Minimal QR generator.
Portainer CE GitHub | Website
Container management UI.