My Perfect Media Server isnt so perfect anymore... KTZ Systems 2024-02-25 | I gave a consumer platform the old college try, but it just didn't work out. Find out why in part 1 of a new series on the channel about upgrading the servers at Badger Labs.- perfectmediaserver.com- blog.ktz.me/asrock-rack-e3c246d4u-the-perfect-media-server-motherboard- CPU i5 8500 - amzn.to/3IapwhJ- Motherboard - asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C246D4U- RAM - amzn.to/3uOWSQ3- Case - amzn.to/3OUFqAm🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
Easy AT&T BGW320 Gateway Bypass with UniFi UDM Pro Max via the WAS-110 SFP ONT on a stick from 8311 KTZ Systems 2024-10-11 | Let's bypass that big white AT&T BGW320 gateway with the WAS-110 and the 8311 community firmware!- https://pon.wiki/guides/masquerade-as-the-att-inc-bgw320-500-505-on-xgs-pon-with-the-bfw-solutions-was-110/#determine-if-youre-an-xgs-pon-subscriber- https://pon.wiki/guides/install-8311-community-firmware-on-the-bfw-solutions-was-110/- discord.com/servers/8311-886329492438671420
NixOS infect + Colmena remote deployments live! KTZ Systems 2024-10-06 | Let's try and figure out how to deploy a remote NixOS box from an Arm based Apple Mac with remote builds in the cloud.
NixOS infect + Colmena remote deployments live! KTZ Systems 2024-10-06 | Let's try and figure out how to deploy a remote NixOS box from an Arm based Apple Mac with remote builds in the cloud.
A pretty great Homelab firewall in a tiny package - The Lenovo M720q with SFP+ for OPNsense KTZ Systems 2024-09-24 | In this video I break down a recent build of a Lenovo M720q box that has dual SFP+ NICs to run OPNsense for a 5gig symmetrical fiber line from AT&T that just went into Badger towers.Build your own tiny powerhouse router with virtualised and passed through NICs with Proxmox. I'll show you the gist of how to do that in this video.Links:- store.untrustedsource.com- forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/lenovo-thinkcentre-thinkstation-tiny-project-tinyminimicro-reference-thread.34925
Racking and stacking an off-site backup server for Jupiter Broadcasting KTZ Systems 2024-08-28 | Join me, Chris, and Brent from JB as we fly to Toronto to deploy our shiny new colo server in Canada. We'll be deploying the 45homelab HL15 server.Guest appearance from Stephen at NDLS.
I have to stop leaving the garage door open by mistake | Home Assistant, ESPHome + Aqara Zigbee KTZ Systems 2024-08-17 | Automating my garage door with Home Assistant, ESPHome and Aqara Zigbee sensors.* 3d printed hinge - printables.com/model/712140-aqara-door-sensor-garage-door-mount* Aqara Zigbee sensor - amzn.to/46UhogD
Building a colo server for Jupiter Broadcasting KTZ Systems 2024-08-12 | Building a colo server for Jupiter Broadcasting using the 45Homelab HL15 server.jupiterbroadcasting.com===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon https://techhub.social/@ironicbadger📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
Hardware VLOG | Upgrading the Perfect Media Server with an Intel i5-13600k and Supermicro X13-SAE-F KTZ Systems 2024-05-07 | Join Alex as he upgrades his Perfect Media Server to an Intel i5 13600k and a Supermicro X13-SAE-F motherboard.perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/alexs-example-buildsA simple hardware vlog today, enjoy!
Hardware Vlog | Friday night building servers with Alex! KTZ Systems 2024-04-01 | In this latest hardware Vlog, Alex fixes some more things that didn't go quite to plan in the past.A CPU and RAM upgrade for the 45homelab HL15 box to a Xeon Silver 4214, fixing some power cabling issues, and installing a replacement LSI HBA card into Alex's media server. * Brother Label Maker - amzn.to/4cBiiBc* Kareon Kables Sliger CX4712 custom cables - kareonkables.com* LSI 16i HBA card - amzn.to/3PFP0re* pikvm 8 port unit - amzn.to/4cCyX7v🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger===00:00 - Start03:07 - HL15 CPU Upgrade12:23 - Sliger Case Power Cable Fix16:08 - HL15 CPU upgrade testing16:29 - The POWER of Nix17:51 - What do you mean TWO servers?!20:22 - HBA upgrade LSI 16i27:36 - The Best Label Maker in the world? Or a tribute?
Alex rewires his rack with a Unifi PDU Pro, an 8 port HDMI PiKVM switch and installs new hard drives KTZ Systems 2024-03-26 | Time to put right some bodges that were in place whilst Alex was traveling. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!In today's video Alex installs an upgraded power cable for the Sliger Epyc build, rewires the entire rack with a new Unifi PDU Pro unit for power monitoring and other remote power related goodness, and moves hard drives around between boxes for his ZFS master plan.* Disk burn-in and testing script - github.com/Spearfoot/disk-burnin-and-testing* KareonKables - kareonkables.com* TESMART managed multiport KVM switch - docs.pikvm.org/tesmart* TechnoTim 8 port KVM - youtu.be/EyrrL3yQVTA?si=Gl_hv9Sn_krxm7OM&t=2134🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
An Epyc Homelab Monster: the Perfect Media Server mega upgrade KTZ Systems 2024-03-01 | With 24 cores and 48 threads, the EPYC 7402 is a monster of a CPU. Paired with the Supermicro H12SSL-i motherboard, and more PCIe devices than you can shake a stick at. Today, Alex builds the homelab box to end all boxes.Part 1 - My Perfect Media Server isn't so perfect anymore... youtu.be/B2cjMSVRC-c$1750 all-in gets you the CPU, Motherboard, 256GB ECC RAM and the CPU cooler from the eBay listing below (no affiliation).- eBay listing: ebay.com/itm/176234648069- Sliger CX4712 Case: sliger.com/products/rackmount/storage/cx4712- EPYC 7402 CPU: amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-epyc-7402- Supermicro H12SSL-i Motherboard: supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/h12ssl-i- Icy Dock SSD Caddy: amzn.to/3IjTq3a- 2x u.2 8x PCIe card: amzn.to/3P2tg8C- Supermicro Fan Control script: b3n.org/supermicro-fan-speed-script🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger===Chapters:00:00 - Component Overview01:59 - Case Overview03:49 - SSD Caddy07:16 - Build Montage 109:15 - Let’s Build15:05 - Build Montage 216:19 - PCIe Bifurcation19:17 - PCI Passthrough20:46 - Power Usage24:13 - Price25:03 - Toasty U.225:48 - Fan Control27:03 - Case Conclusions28:36 - The Future Bites===Music by Alex Kretzschmar* Sliger CX4712 case generously provided by the manufacturer for review. No money exchanged hands in return for my honest opinions in this video.
An Unbiased Comparison of the Prusa MK3 vs Bambu Lab X1-Carbon KTZ Systems 2023-12-18 | I wanted to hate the Bambu X1 Carbon and continue to be a Prusa fanboy. Join me for a discussion on whether that came to pass in this video.===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
Let’s build an AMD Ryzen Framework 13 DIY together KTZ Systems 2023-12-11 | A new challenger enters the ring. The Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen CPU batch 10 arrived at Badger Labs this weekend, so Iets build it!!https://frame.work/products/laptop-13-gen-amd===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
3D Printing in a Homelab | Its totally not just for toys! KTZ Systems 2023-12-04 | Join me in a VLOG style video as I go through upgrading the power supply on my PiKVM and install some 3d prints to tidy up my rack.printables.com/model/644173-dell-micro-1u-rack-mountblog.ktz.me/use-1-pikvm-instance-to-control-4-systems===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
A Fancy Login Banner for your Linux Server KTZ Systems 2023-12-01 | Using github.com/arsham/figurine we make the most fancy login banner imaginable. 🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎵 Intro Music - Joe Ressington===00:00 - Start00:24 - Overview01:49 - Installation Part 1 - Go, Go, Go04:03 - Installation Part 2 - Binary08:16 - Installation Part 3 - Getting Fancy with Ansible
HL15 from 45Homelab - Expensive, but good? KTZ Systems 2023-11-18 | Does the HL15 pass the test? Is it everything we hoped? Find out in todays video.For more information visit 45homelab.comFurther thoughts in https://selfhosted.show/110.===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastodon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
My Backup Situation is a Disaster! KTZ Systems 2023-11-05 | Things on my remote backup server are not in a good state. Join me today as I bring you along for the ride of upgrading some hard drives and moving a bunch of data to the UK.===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎹 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
Is Quick Sync Video any good? Media Server Hardware Encoding Tests | Enquire within, help needed! KTZ Systems 2023-09-10 | If you're building an always on system which is doing any kind of video transcoding then you'll want to investigate Intel Quick Sync Video. Many common video applications can take advantage of this hardware transcoding technology such as Jellyfin, Plex, Frigate, Blue Iris, and many more.However, we don't really have any standardised testing to allow us to benchmark iGPUs for transcoding performance. There are plenty of benchmarks out there for gaming performance but nothing for those us running these types of always-on server workloads where energy usage matters just as much, if not more, than ultimate performance.Therefore I'm pleased to announce the first release of a Quick Sync benchmarking script allowing us to do just that.A big thank you to my buddy Morgan Peterman (aka cptmorgan-rh) who wrote the majority of this script.Blog post - blog.ktz.me/i-need-your-help-with-intel-quick-sync-benchmarkingGithub repo - github.com/ironicbadger/quicksync_calcResults page - gist.github.com/ironicbadger/5da9b321acbe6b6b53070437023b844dSanitzed results - blog.ktz.me/the-best-media-server-cpu-in-the-world===🖥️ alex.ktz.me🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎹 Intro Music - Joe Ressington
Split DNS Magic with Tailscale - Access remote services from anywhere! KTZ Systems 2023-05-08 | Tailscales Split DNS function within the MagicDNS feature allows us to access devices by name, not IP. But what if we could also access any service running in a remote subnet via a Tailscale subnet router? That's what we'll cover in today's video.- Blog post - blog.ktz.me/splitdns-magic-with-tailscale- Tailscale MagicDNS blog - tailscale.com/blog/2021-09-private-dns-with-magicdns- Tailscale MagicDNS documentation - tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns- blog.ktz.me/fully-automated-dns-and-dhcp-with-pihole-and-dnsmasq===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎹 Intro Music - Joe Ressington===00:00 - Intro01:10 - What is Split DNS?05:06 - Demo - Brand new Tailnet06:26 - Demo - Things work locally without Tailscale07:36 - Demo - Installing Tailscale on OPNsense09:14 - Demo - Enable Subnet Router12:11 - Demo - Enabling SplitDNS16:30 - Demo - DNS Wildcards21:30 - Tailscale Pricing Changes22:00 - Rules are made to be broken22:41 - Outro
LibreSpeed: The Local Speed Test App with a Difference | A Self-Hosted App Spotlight KTZ Systems 2023-04-28 | In this video, let's take a closer look at LibreSpeed and explore how you can easily set it up on your own server. LibreSpeed is a lightweight and highly customizable speed test tool that allows you to measure your network's upload and download speeds, latency, and more. It's perfect for anyone looking to monitor their network performance without relying on third-party services. - librespeed.org- github.com/librespeed/speedtest- github.com/librespeed/speedtest-cli- docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-librespeed- github.com/brendonmatheson/prometheus-librespeed-exporter===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger🎹 Intro Music: Joe Ressington📋 Producer: Morgan Peterman===Chapters:00:00 - Intro01:57 - Deploying Librespeed03:51 - Speedtest Demo05:08 - Go go gadget limitations07:53 - Running over Tailscale08:17 - Results Pages09:11 - Databases09:31 - Prometheus Scraping09:52 - Librespeed CLI11:24 - Frontend Customization14:35 - Wrap-Up
Future-Proof Your Network: Upgrade to 10G with UniFi Fiber Gear KTZ Systems 2023-04-12 | Upgrading your home network might seem daunting but in todays video we'll discuss how you can leverage the speed of light for your next network upgrade.+ Network diagram at full resolution - https://gallery.ktz.cloud/#16769539672964/16777769168943+ Relevant Self-Hosted podcast episodes + https://selfhosted.show/91 - Total Network Rebuild + https://selfhosted.show/92 - Rip it all out+ fs.com - What are the difference between fiber connectors - community.fs.com/blog/sfp-vs-sfp-vs-sf-p28-vs-qsfp-vs-qsf-p28-what-are-the-differences.html===Product / Affiliate links:+ Klein Tools Lan Scout Jr 2 Cable Tester - amzn.to/419ONQq+ Klein Tools VDV226-110 Ratcheting Modular Data Cable Crimper - amzn.to/4310l9O+ OM4 Cable 50M - amzn.to/43gO1mB+ Trendnet 24 Port Keystone patch panel - amzn.to/41er5lY+ Gator Rackworks 6u Rail Set - amzn.to/43vrEdl+ Gator Rackworks Rack Screws - amzn.to/3o2f7h7+ Sonnet Solo 10G Thunderbolt 3 to SFP+ 10 Gigabit Adapter - amzn.to/3mcWDKp+ Unifi Switching gear - ui.com/switching===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadgerIntro music: Joe Ressington===Chapters:00:00 - Intro01:13 - Network Architecture Overview05:57 - Equipment08:40 - Analysis Paralysis09:36 - Cabling12:47 - Traffic Flow14:55 - Client Devices16:14 - Downsides?17:28 - Making Connections26:36 - RJ-45 Transceivers28:23 - Copper is best?29:24 - Direct Attach Cables30:35 - Outro
How hard can it be to deploy Traefik anyway? KTZ Systems 2023-04-02 | In this video, we explore how ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model, can be used to deploy the popular nginx and traefik containers for web server and load balancing functionalities. Is ChatGPT up to the task? Let's find out!===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadgerIntro music: Joe Ressington
Network latency monitoring with SmokePing | A self-hosted app spotlight KTZ Systems 2023-03-31 | In today's self-hosted app spotlight we look at SmokePing, a network latency monitoring tool.# Smokeping docs- https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/# Alex's Infrastructure stuff- docker-compose snippet - gist.github.com/ktzsystems/605864aebae6a919ab0b963a185e656f- docker bash aliases snippet (includes dtail) - gist.github.com/ktzsystems/605864aebae6a919ab0b963a185e656f- github.com/ironicBadger/infra===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadgerIntro music: Joe Ressington
What Hard Drive should I buy for my DIY NAS? KTZ Systems 2023-03-24 | This video accompanies an article over at perfectmediaserver.com and is an installment in a video series about building your very own Perfect Media Server.Original Article:- perfectmediaserver.com/hardware/hdd-purchase-methodologyThe Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022- backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2022===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger 🦣 mastondon techhub.social/@ironicbadger 📓 blog.ktz.me 💾 perfectmediaserver.com 🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
Secret Management with Ansible Vault and docker-compose KTZ Systems 2023-03-17 | Secret management with docker-compose doesn't have to be an enigma. This video shows how I use Ansible and Ansible Vault in conjunction with docker-compose to keep my secrets safe and encrypted whilst still being able to push my repos to Github publicly.github.com/ironicbadger/secrets-videoblog.ktz.me/secret-management-with-docker-compose-and-ansible===🎙️ https://selfhosted.show podcast📱 twitter @ironicbadger🦣 mastondon https://techhub.social/@ironicbadger📓 blog.ktz.me💾 perfectmediaserver.com🧑🏽💻 github.com/ironicbadger
