Post #1121221

2026-04-12 07:16 UTC

First of probably many posts about my wacky and wonderful new homelab setup. This is a high level overview of the setup. I’ll cover more specifics later. Maybe interesting if you’re curious about other ways of hosting besides the usual Linux and Docker setup. https://blog.ianwwagner.com/overview-of-my-new-homelab-setup.html #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #HomeLab

Replies (5)

@happyborg@fosstodon.org 2026-04-12 07:33

@ianthetechie Interesting, thanks for writing it up. I'm just setting up my first HomeLab and so far have a single node running Proxmox which you probably know is Debian. I've never used BSD but have the impression over the years that it comes with difficulties. I've not decided on how to do remote access/security but am averse to using any third party services including VPS. Short term that's not critical but longer term I'll want that to be strong. I'll look out for your posts with interest.

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@justdude@mastodon.nl 2026-04-12 08:08

@ianthetechie nice writeup! So just for my understanding you named the internet facing box Proxbox but it runs Openbsd and not proxmox? I presume it is a short for proxy?

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@pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-04-12 08:22

@ianthetechie Great post! 👍

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@ay@polymaths.social 2026-04-12 08:42

@ianthetechie great article Added your site to my rss

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@phlash@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-12 11:39

@ianthetechie Oooh a BSD homelab.. watching with interest as my brother & I work on our (currently) Linux based two-node multi-site cluster for hosting family services 😁 while getting mildly annoyed at the sheer volume of cruft on a standard (Debian, Ubuntu) Linux host these days. Rekon we might be up to releasing a stack of documentation soon!

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