Built as a hobby project during Quarantine 2020
Still used by 20+ friends and family members
What is it?
- My home server is a home lab built with spare computer parts.
- This server is used to host:
- My large media collection
- Servers for video games
- Development environments
- Runs a Linux distro called OpenMediaVault
- Uses Docker to host Plex, Minecraft Servers, SQL instances, etc.
- Uses OpenVPN to allow me to tunnel into the server remotely
Advantages over Hosting on my Main Computer
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Dedicated host for background tasks
- Frees load off of my main computer
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Compartmentalized deployment of Docker containers
- Simplifies instance management
- Allows a wide variety of processes.
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Give new life to forgotten computer parts : )