Well, I use Ansible wherever I can to make sure the boring parts of owning a homelab are automated. In this presentation, originally presented at AnsibleFest 2022 in Chicago, I will take a tour of my homelab and explain how I automate parts of my Homelab using Ansible.
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Homelab equipment (some links are affiliate links):
– StarTech.com 25U Open Frame Rack: https://amzn.to/3SdJdb1
– Neat Patch 2U Cable Management Unit: https://amzn.to/3SeorIf
– Keystone TRENDnet 24-port patch panel: https://amzn.to/3ScFfzg
– TRENDnet shielded RJ45 keystone jacks: https://amzn.to/3Tkt8le
– Monoprice Cat6A SlimRun patch cables: https://amzn.to/3s6ZW55
– QNAP switch 20 PoE ports 10 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps: https://amzn.to/3TbIFDv
– MikroTik CRS309-1G-8SIN 10Gbps Cloud Router Switch: https://amzn.to/3TwgGyf
– Home Assistant Yellow: https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-white
– ASUSTOR Lockerstor 6 Gen2 AS6706T NAS: https://amzn.to/3EQF7Cm
– ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4 AS6604T NAS: https://amzn.to/3eEXvnh
– 45Drives Storinator XL60: https://www.45drives.com/products/storinator-xl60-configurations.php
– Mac Studio MyElectronics.nl Rack: https://www.myelectronics.nl/us/mac-studio-empower-station-rack-mount-19-inch.html
– NavePoint 2U rack drawer: https://amzn.to/3g82ugq
– Tripp Lite Isobar 12-Outlet Rack PDU: https://amzn.to/3SeRpHI
Mentioned in this video:
– Ansible for DevOps: https://www.ansiblefordevops.com
– Get a free ebook copy! https://www.jeffgeerling.com/ansible-2022
– Rack upgrade video with my dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vpvr1mKs1UjE
– PetaPi – Petabyte Raspberry Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vBBnomwpF_uY
– Pi Internet Monitoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vrIUc4C4TXog
– NAS All-SSD Edit version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxvE4HNJZeIg
– Monitoring my ASUS router with Prometheus and Grafana: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/monitoring-my-asus-rt-ax86u-router-prometheus-and-grafana
– Pi Backup / My backup plan: https://github.com/geerlingguy/my-backup-plan
– Drupal Pi: https://github.com/geerlingguy/drupal-pi
– Raspberry Pi Dramble Cluster: http://pidramble.com
– Raspberry Pi NVR (network video recorder): https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-nvr
– Pi-VPN: https://pivpn.io
– Ansible Mac development playbook: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook
– Pi router: https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-router
#homelab #ansible
Content:
00:00 – Home laboratories
00:26 – My home laboratory
02:06 – Three objectives
02:40 – /"I will never fill this rack/"
04:58 – What's in my rack?
07:32 – No manual chores
08:41 – Ansible Projects
11:09 a.m. – Lots to do
12:24 – Why we do homelab
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