The Homelab Decision Guide (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. A homelab is a hobby, and the moment it stops being one, something has gone wrong.This is not a click-by-click tutorial. Install commands rot, version numbers rot, screenshots rot fastest of all. This is a book about the decisions that don't: what to virtualize, how to segment a network so a smart plug can't reach your files, what deserves to be code and what deserves to be written down, and what's worth monitoring versus what's just noise with a dashboard.What's inside: Hardware: what to buy, what to wait on, and what a used enterprise machine actually costs youPlatform: Docker, Proxmox, or Kubernetes, and how to tell which one your lab needsNetwork segmentation that survives contact with real devices, not just a diagramInfrastructure as code: what to script, what to write down, and what to leave aloneChoosing services you'll actually use, and dropping the ones you won'tBackups that restore, not just runMonitoring you don't eventually learn to ignoreVictor Da Luz built and rebuilt his own homelab through failed migrations, a DNS leak that took months to notice, and services nobody ever used. Every chapter opens with one of those failures, pulls the reusable questions out of it, and ends with a decision tree and an exercise for your own lab.Ten worksheets. Real decision trees. Nothing to buy before you've decided you need it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Homelab Decision Guide (Paperback)
- Author
- Victor Da Luz
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798188863999
A homelab is a hobby, and the moment it stops being one, something has gone wrong.
This is not a click-by-click tutorial. Install commands rot, version numbers rot, screenshots rot fastest of all. This is a book about the decisions that don't: what to virtualize, how to segment a network so a smart plug can't reach your files, what deserves to be code and what deserves to be written down, and what's worth monitoring versus what's just noise with a dashboard.
What's inside:
- Hardware: what to buy, what to wait on, and what a used enterprise machine actually costs you
- Platform: Docker, Proxmox, or Kubernetes, and how to tell which one your lab needs
- Network segmentation that survives contact with real devices, not just a diagram
- Infrastructure as code: what to script, what to write down, and what to leave alone
- Choosing services you'll actually use, and dropping the ones you won't
- Backups that restore, not just run
- Monitoring you don't eventually learn to ignore
Victor Da Luz built and rebuilt his own homelab through failed migrations, a DNS leak that took months to notice, and services nobody ever used. Every chapter opens with one of those failures, pulls the reusable questions out of it, and ends with a decision tree and an exercise for your own lab.
Ten worksheets. Real decision trees. Nothing to buy before you've decided you need it.
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