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Updated 2026-01-18 With the upcoming deprecation of the TrueNAS REST API in TrueNAS 26.04 I’ve released a v1.1 which includes a second script called “Get-TrueNAS-Backup-WS.ps1“. This second script works with the new WebSocket API introduced in TrueNAS 25.04. Original post (2025-05-06) below: I recently moved to TrueNAS in my Homelab and was a bit frustrated … Read more
Before we get started, I just want to state I am new to Docker and Traefik. I suspect how I am doing things is overly complicated and/or “not the right way”. My intention with this blog post is to help walk you through how to setup a Tor Client within a Docker Container, attach it … Read more
I’ve had this persistent on and off again problem where my backup server in my homelab will just randomly stop responding after a few days of operation. The specs are: The behaviour was weird. Everything would work fine for a few days and then the server would be inaccessible via RDP or the local console. … Read more
Had a task today to audit our Dell iDRACs to determine what firmware they were running and if we had to update them. With the help of Gitlab CoPilot I quickly whipped up this bash script: Sample output: If anyone ends up running this against some of the earlier iDRAC models, and it works, drop … Read more
My Homelab consists of 4 Windows Servers. They were all initially running Windows Server 2019 (2 GUI, 2 Core) which were at some point upgraded to Windows Server 2022 and then again to Windows Server 2025. After the latest in-place upgrades to Server 2025 my two GUI based installs had no problem installing Windows Updates … Read more