I would have used Docker and Docker Compose a whole lot more. There's servers I've realized I've been hosting for over a year and forgotten about. At least with Docker I can check on those much more easily
My homelab started as an experiment when I discovered docker and proxmox. I spun up things randomly without paying much attention to resource allocation and any form of order. I ended up using a lot of these services in my daily workflow and they became central to my daily workflow. Now, I am running low on resources on some of my servers due to over allocation and have docker containers randomly in different VMs. I wish I thought this journey through and realized that I will be doing this homelabbing for the long run.
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If you are setting up a new server, what would you do different? | Spyke
I would have used Docker and Docker Compose a whole lot more. There's servers I've realized I've been hosting for over a year and forgotten about. At least with Docker I can check on those much more easily
My homelab started as an experiment when I discovered docker and proxmox. I spun up things randomly without paying much attention to resource allocation and any form of order. I ended up using a lot of these services in my daily workflow and they became central to my daily workflow. Now, I am running low on resources on some of my servers due to over allocation and have docker containers randomly in different VMs. I wish I thought this journey through and realized that I will be doing this homelabbing for the long run.