🏠Hunter's Homelab Setup (PathOfTheUnrouted)

🌐 Network Summary

  • Pi-hole DNS: Hosted on Tiny (static IP recommended)

  • Reverse Proxy: Caddy running on Tiny

  • Tailscale: For remote access across all nodes

  • Port Forwarding: Only for game servers (IP whitelisted)


πŸ–₯️ Hardware Overview

Dell T3500 "HQ"

  • Intel Xeon W3565, 64GB ECC RAM, NVIDIA Quadro

  • 1TB SSD, 1TB SSD, 4TB HDD, 2TB HDD (failing)

  • Proxmox host, normally off (WOL-enabled)

Services:

  • Satisfactory Dedicated Server (Docker)

  • Docker & Docker Compose

  • Wazuh agent (future)

  • Game/Heavy workloads only when needed


Lenovo M920q "Tiny" (24/7 Node)

  • Intel i5-8500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD

  • Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS

Services:

  • Pi-hole

  • Caddy (reverse proxy + local certs)

  • Docker & Docker Compose

  • Tailscale

  • n8n

  • Nextcloud

  • CyberChef

  • Jellyfin

  • Prometheus Node Exporter

  • Grafana

  • Wazuh manager (optional)


Other Nodes

  • HP ProDesk 400 G2 Mini: i3-6100T, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD β€” spare or for experiments

  • Raspberry Pi 3B+: for lightweight or backup tasks

  • ThinkPad T450 & Main Desktop: Not used for services


πŸ“¦ Installed/Planned Software

  • Pi-hole βœ…

  • Caddy βœ…

  • Docker + Docker Compose βœ…

  • Tailscale βœ…

  • n8n πŸ”œ

  • Nextcloud πŸ”œ

  • CyberChef βœ…

  • Jellyfin πŸ”œ

  • Grafana πŸ”œ

  • Prometheus Node Exporter πŸ”œ

  • Wazuh (agent on Dell, manager on Tiny) πŸ”œ


🎯 Homelab Goals

  • Light, FOSS-first software stack

  • Reverse proxy with internal DNS using .hershfam.net

  • Minimal external exposure

  • Educational + Content creation for TikTok, YouTube, and GitHub

  • Beginner-friendly, funny, punchy guides

  • Community project: PathOfTheUnrouted

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