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

• Dedicated host for background tasks

  • Frees load off of my main computer

• Compartmentalized deployment of Docker containers

  • Simplifies instance management
  • Allows a wide variety of processes.

• Give new life to forgotten computer parts : )