Dogfooding it, Pt 2 - MySQL
So it's technically going to be Percona Server. No real reason, it's just what I've been using for a long time. Could just as easily go MySQL 8. First, though, there's a few other things we have to take care of.
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Dogfooding it, Pt 1 - Docker
Because I believe in eating my own dogfood with a publication like this, the first thing I'll demonstrate is showing how to set up the Ghost CMS on a Docker-based home lab server. Again, we'll start from the base system. I suggest using a physical host
Router Setup
For this, start with the base image and deploy to a system with two network cards. It's possible to use one and configure a "router on a stick," but that's a bit beyond the scope of this blog post. For the initial setup, only
Base System Setup
This step installs a very basic Arch Linux system to be used in later steps to build out the home environment. Depending on how you plan on doing things, you may need more than one of these - my personal setup runs on one firewall and one container host. I
Design Overview
At a high level, this environment consists of three networks: an outbound internet connection, the internal network hosting the lab server itself, and a docker private network connecting the containers. The outbound router can be a customer-grade device, but in the spirit of DIY, we will be setting it up
Setting Up a Home Lab
This blog will update irregularly, although I hope to be able to commit to an MWF schedule for new posts. I will be discussing how to deploy, configure and operate a home server environment, with a focus on a media and file server as well as generally useful (IMO) web