Home labbing - The start of an adventure

My recent work on Scale Computing and Opennebula has piqued my interest in home lab environments. I decided to take a peek and got myself a HP G2 800 minicomputer for play.This , along with a number of smart devices to really push the limits of what is possible.

So, what is a home lab?

A home lab serves as a safe space for tech enthusiasts to experiment on ideas.

So far, I have been able to create and manage virtual machines including the assignment of public IP address and management of mikrotik routers. All this has been in a globally distributed environment with data centers all over. While this is exciting in and of itself, I always wondered; what doors could I possibly unlock if I ran my own set up within a space I could control? I built this space for exactly this reason.

The #homelabbing series serves as a documentation of the experiments I perform on this handy resource I currently have. It will encompass everything from setting up , power consumption, projects I am working on to the paths I take in the foreseeable future.

It is my hope that on this wire of the internet, someone finds a spark — the same curiosity that led me down this rabbit hole. Whether you're just getting started or are years into your own home lab journey, may this series serve as a source of insight, inspiration, and maybe even a few lessons from my inevitable missteps. The adventure has just begun, and I look forward to sharing each step along the way.

PS:

While I’ve been away from TheGreenCodes space for a while, that doesn’t mean I’ve been idle. Instead, I’ve been building an environment that goes beyond guides and tutorials — one that mules deeper than code, creating value not just through syntax but through systems, insight and experimentation.