Homelab

This project is my personal IT homelab initiative for self-hosting and exploring Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) infrastructure. As a technology enthusiast and professional, this project is primarily a practical tool for hosting services. It serves as a playground for engaging with systems technology in functional, intriguing, and gratifying ways. Self-hosting empowers individuals to govern their digital space, ensuring that their online environments reflect personal ethics rather than centralized entities' opaque policies.

Built on Debian Stable, this project utilizes Ansible and Vagrant, providing relatively easy-to-use reproducible ephemeral environments to test infrastructure automation before pushing to live systems.

Quick Start

To configure a local virtual machine for testing, follow these simple steps.

Installation

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://git.krislamo.org/kris/homelab
   

   Optionally clone from the GitHub mirror instead:

   git clone https://github.com/krislamo/homelab
   

2. Set the PLAYBOOK environmental variable to a development playbook name in the dev/ directory

   To list available options in the dev/ directory and choose a suitable PLAYBOOK, run:

   ls dev/*.yml | xargs -n 1 basename -s .yml
   

   Export the PLAYBOOK variable

   export PLAYBOOK=dockerbox
   

3. Clean up any previous provision and build the VM

   make clean && make
   

Vagrant Settings

The Vagrantfile configures the environment based on settings from .vagrant.yml, with default values including:

• PLAYBOOK: default
  • Runs a default playbook that does nothing.
  • You can set this by an environmental variable with the same name.
• VAGRANT_BOX: debian/bookworm64
  • Current Debian Stable codename
• VAGRANT_CPUS: 2
  • Threads or cores per node, depending on CPU architecture
• VAGRANT_MEM: 2048
  • Specifies the amount of memory (in MB) allocated
• SSH_FORWARD: false
  • Enable this if you need to forward SSH agents to the Vagrant machine

Copyright and License

Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Kris Lamoureux

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.