How to Start a Homelab for $0

[@mischavandenburg]

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[@varuntech5690]

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[@mischavandenburg]

That’s a great tip, thanks for sharing! And I appreciate the kind words

[@thefedzen]

I recently discovered your channel and I love your content! I am a software engineer and you noticed me to finally learn more about DevOps. Keep it coming!

[@mischavandenburg]

Great to hear!

[@chrisa.1740]

Great content, Mischa! I just stumbled on your channel, and this is a great intro to homelabbing. I would like to point out that the Oracle Free Tier ARM instances have a max of 24GB RAM, just for accuracy sake. Thanks for the video!

[@mischavandenburg]

Thanks for that!

[@kalemztech]

Hi Mischa! Also, I am not a DevOps but have been studying cybersecurity for some time and a cheap laptop is the best way to test your abilities! Keep going!

[@danielstoddart]

For cybersecurity, you can do something very similar to this setup on old hardware, except using Kali Linux instead of Ubuntu. This gives you a homelab with all the pentesting and infosec tools you need.

[@glry2dagrind]

Great tips. Can’t wait to run an app I’m building from my think pad

[@alphabanks]

This is a very informative video I've worked in tech for over 20 years and always had some form of a home lab. I've always used desktops and workstations for my lab I prefer them rack gear produces too much noise and heat. Somehow people think they need an entire server rack before they can start learning.

[@mischavandenburg]

We’re on the same page! I’m happy you find the video informative. Thank you for watching.

[@alyx3135]

Hi, mischa can you make a video on how you learn? I have been doing labs and note taking however I don't feel like I am learning.

[@mischavandenburg]

Good idea!

[@Aditya_khedekar]

Which Digital Pen are you using ??

[@gmeister3022]

A few things. First, I want to truly commend your endeavors. It's a good thing people like you are out there. Secondly, I think you should turn to other DevOps, not just beginners. As an experienced DevOps engineer, I would wish to see other forms of content as well. Lastly, I understand why you promote Microsoft Azure and I think it's venerable, but besides (maybe) AKS, their merits pale in comparison to the other Cloud Providers. I've had a horrible experience with it, no matter how I interacted with the cloud (TF/TG, CLI, UI, native tools).

[@Tomas-yy6ch]

I love this and you bro

[@ghassen111]

I watched your Zettelkasten course on Udemy and I really loved it! Thank you for the great content! A quick question: if someone is not interested in journalling at all, could he follow your system without using the daily notes?

[@reubenthomas1033]

Hey Mischa! If I start with a Mac Mini, and sometime in the future, I want to add more nodes to it, will the other machines need to run macOS? Or can I use the other options you mentioned as additional worker nodes?

[@sattamini]

Running it on your own working computer if you run ubuntu desktop is not a option? I have always tested stuff directly on my ubuntu. Would be glad to know if there is any disavantages...

[@mischavandenburg]

Of course it's an option :) One disadvantage is that you become less experimental because you don't want to break your main workstation. It's best to have a separate environment where you can break stuff to learn

[@sattamini]

@@mischavandenburg Makes sense Mischa. Thanks for your reply

[@Yash-jp6xh]

Are you endorsing Microsoft Bing?

[@docmalitt]

hey Mischa... 2Q's... present price is different. will it stay that way... when u say fake accounts will b refused - can you elaborate because I don't give my real name to my mom anymore, but that doesn't mean my account it fake... also.. is 1Gbps homelab 8p switch that I had to buy enought to grow my lab. I have few (not only 1) old laptops and I do plan to use them. Very much interested in K8s (k3s or any numbers between k ?(number) s if that is even a thing)?

[@mischavandenburg]

Sorry for late reply, have you been able to join yet? Measures are purely to avoid spam, and has been a great filter so far.

[@docmalitt]

@@mischavandenburg i have. thx for your reply. I have also been fighting with numerous email bombardments from your account and with my wish for all independent educators as yourself be as rich as they can be (y'all deserve it very much) and putting much of the "good" stuff behind the paid wall - thing that I simply didn't catch you saying throughout your video - but it became painfully clear later. I had to unsubscribe to all your emails because after 3 times clicking "less" or "once per week" just didn't work and my inbox is spammed like crazy. Sorry dude, that is unacceptable. I support and want to pay for good service, but spamming my inbox just isn't the proper way to do it.

[@duskmarehq]

I have a question. did the distro really matters? Can I use another distro like nixos or void instead ubuntu server or that distro its like a standard?

[@minnow1337]

why would the distro matter

[@BeefOSRS]

Some distros are supported better than others. Ubuntu server LTS is one of the best

[@mischavandenburg]

Doesn't matter. But Ubuntu server is most relevant if you are developing yourself towards a career in cloud engineering or operations

[@Kumest183]

How do you expose your homelab to the Internet but on the same time secure your home as you have exposed your Ports

[@mischavandenburg]

I address these types of questions in my community.

[@-haris-9802]

What software is he using for writing etc.

[@kyledunbar9255]

Excalidraw

[@kyledunbar9255]

Excalidraw runs in the browser for free

[@MrWyYu]

Honestly, love and respect, but what do you actually need this for? i would like to understand more of what devops means but having a laptop and installing ubuntu is not telling much of a story yet. looking forward to you comming videos

[@HelloThere-xs8ss]

Ctf challenges use k8 to host. Multiple services needing to come up and get taken down like game servers

[@HelloThere-xs8ss]

It's a legitimate question that a lot of people skate around answering though

[@sudo-bandit]

Are you doing mentorships

[@mischavandenburg]

mischavandenburg.com/mentoring/

[@عبدالعزيزالمخلافي-ص4ج]

What is the name of software you used for drawing?

[@tomiyokasensei]

There’s something special about a device powered on all the time and consuming electricity and theres something beautiful about you finding out that you don’t have money left to pay for cluster of electricity bill. PS: I know I’m exaggerating but I still felt like writing it !