3.6 KiB
Start tossing my homelab
The initial reason
I want to start tossing homelab is because the cost of cloud servers is relatively expensive. As an individual user, without a business model, I want to save my budget as much as possible and use open source Github works to build a service for my own use.
After learning about frp, an open source intranet penetration tool, I tried it and found that it can well resist the interference and idleness of broadband operators. Wait for the non-dedicated server hardware to be used effectively.
Hosting and configuration
I purchased 3 mini hosts of about 145$.
The mac mini and desktop hosts at home are productivity tools and cannot be used as servers, but professional servers , and there are power and noise problems, so focus on mini pc:
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cpu performance can be used,
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memory preferably > 16gb
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hard disk capacity is best 512gb
On Chinese e-commerce sites, there have been many years like this I bought a total of 3 mini pcs, and the table is organized as follows:
| Website | Brand | Pictures | Price | Amazon Price | Aliexpress Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaomi Youpin | Ningmei |
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174$ | TRIGKEY 199& | |
| JD.com | konka |
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145$ | KAMRUI 199$ | GK3V 125$ |
| Taobao | si.myqcloud.com/202209041504005.png" title="" alt="" width="212"> | 159$ | Beelink 239$ | Belink 249$ |
openwrt router
router's e-commerce website in China Taobao bought an openwrt router: sft1200 travel router of gl-inet
Server deployment
For linux server, I choose a web control panel: aapanel[^1], this is the Chinese company pagoda panel The international version
will be replaced someday in the future, after all, there may be privacy issues, or other indescribable surveillance
Build a wordpress blog
Record the building and use process
of homelab Purchased a domain name in namecheap: homelabbity.org, and then performed the following operations:
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dns points to
cloudfare -
apply ssl certificate:
Let's Encrypt, encrypt website -
self-hosted wordpress: download zip file, run/proxy with
php+nginx -
choose a suitable blog theme
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install seo plugin
Finally
It is a fun thing to be able to access servers in other countries and servers in your own home through ssh at any time 🙃