Homelab - The Engineer's Workshop

Avoid Disaster: How to Securely Backup Your Pihole Configuration and Keep Your Network Running Smoothly

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Homelab • 4 min read

Avoid Disaster: How to Securely Backup Your Pihole Configuration and Keep Your Network Running Smoothly

Ensure the security and stability of your network with our guide on backing up your Pihole configuration. Discover the importance of Pihole backups and step-by-step instructions on how to backup and restore your Pihole settings using both web GUI and command line methods.…

TorqueWrench • 26 Jan 2023

How To Set Up a WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu Linux

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Linux • 11 min read

How To Set Up a WireGuard VPN Server on Ubuntu Linux

With WireGuard now officially supported by Ubuntu and integrated into the Linux kernel, I’ve decided it’s high time to for dedicated guide on how to set up a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu.…

TorqueWrench • 22 Apr 2020

How to Set Up WireGuard on a Raspberry Pi

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Raspberry Pi • 8 min read

How to Set Up WireGuard on a Raspberry Pi

WireGuard is rapidly becoming the go-to VPN, with even Linus Torvalds himself praising it. In fact, Torvalds is such a fan, he has merged it directly into the Linux kernel. But why is WireGuard receiving so much praise and should you use it? Keep reading to find out.…

TorqueWrench • 20 Feb 2020

How to Monitor Disk Usage and Growth with Diskover

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Servers • 8 min read

How to Monitor Disk Usage and Growth with Diskover

Monitoring server storage should be part of every data center monitoring procedure. Learn how to monitor and analyze server storage use and growth with Diskover.…

TorqueWrench • 04 Feb 2020

Securing Your Network: Configuring ACLs on an HP 1910 Managed Switch "The Easy Way"

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Cybersecurity • 6 min read

Securing Your Network: Configuring ACLs on an HP 1910 Managed Switch "The Easy Way"

Secure your network by learning how to set up access control lists (ACLs) on the HP 1910 (Comware) managed switch.…

TorqueWrench • 20 Jan 2020

Expand Your Proxmox Storage: A Guide to Adding CIFS (SMB) Storage to Proxmox

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Proxmox • 7 min read

Expand Your Proxmox Storage: A Guide to Adding CIFS (SMB) Storage to Proxmox

Free up valuable local storage on your Proxmox server while simultaneously adding to your virtualization server's storage capacity. In this guide, we'll learn how to add CIFS storage (SMB/Samba shares) to Proxmox.…

TorqueWrench • 10 Jan 2020

How to Set Up a WireGuard Client on Linux with .conf File

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Linux • 1 min read

How to Set Up a WireGuard Client on Linux with .conf File

How to quickly set up WireGuard on a Linux client with wg-quick and a .conf configuration file.…

TorqueWrench • 29 Dec 2019

How To Install a VNC Server On Raspberry Pi for Remote Desktop

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Linux • 3 min read

How To Install a VNC Server On Raspberry Pi for Remote Desktop

A rapid-start guide to setting up a VNC server on an RPi for remote desktop, allowing you to quickly obtain a GUI into your homelab.…

TorqueWrench • 23 Dec 2019

Raspberry Pi VLANs: How To Connect Your RPi To Multiple Networks

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Networking • 3 min read

Raspberry Pi VLANs: How To Connect Your RPi To Multiple Networks

A guide for setting up VLANs on a Raspberry Pi. Use a single ethernet cable to connect your RPi to multiple networks at once! This can be used to allow your RPi to WOL devices across different subnets.…

TorqueWrench • 17 Dec 2019

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unRAID • 9 min read

How To Set Up WireGuard on unRAID

A quick-start guide for setting up WireGuard on Unraid. Benefits of WireGuard include easy deployment, lower latency, and improved battery life.…

TorqueWrench • 11 Dec 2019

Remote Start for Servers: How To Set Up Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

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Servers • 4 min read

Remote Start for Servers: How To Set Up Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

Start your unattended server wherever you are in the world over the internet. A complete tutorial on wake-on-LAN (WOL) with a reverse SSH tunnel using nothing more than a Raspberry Pi.…

TorqueWrench • 24 Nov 2019

The Homelab Lifeline: The Easiest Guide to Creating a Reverse SSH Tunnel

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Homelab • 7 min read

The Homelab Lifeline: The Easiest Guide to Creating a Reverse SSH Tunnel

The easiest, quick step-by-step guide for accessing your homelab network remotely via a reverse SSH tunnel on a Raspberry Pi (or any other Debian/Ubuntu device).…

TorqueWrench • 18 Nov 2019