Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We take a look at running your home lab with infrastructure as code. No more manual steps and other tedious operations. Do everything in code like a boss! We look at Terraform, Packer, Ansible, and GitLab CI/CD. Dive in with me and take your home lab to the next level.

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Introduction - 0:00
Why use IaC in the home lab? 0:32
Terraform - 2:11
Packer - 7:41
Windows Server template in Proxmox with packer - 8:45
Ansible - 11:28
Gitlab CI/CD - 13:46
Looking at my pipeline file - 14:16