•7 min read
AI-Powered Infrastructure Monitoring with n8n, Ollama, and Zabbix
How I built a workflow that uses a local LLM to analyze Zabbix alerts and send intelligent Telegram notifications — no cloud APIs, no subscription fees.
Blog
Thoughts on homelab infrastructure, self-hosting, system administration, and automation.
•8 min read
GPU Passthrough in Proxmox LXC Containers: Plex and Ollama
How I configured NVIDIA GPU passthrough for Plex hardware transcoding and Ollama LLM inference in privileged Proxmox LXC containers, including driver gotchas and VRAM limitations.
•7 min read
Monitoring Everything: Zabbix 7 in a Homelab
A deep dive into monitoring 18 hosts with Zabbix 7 — from PSK-encrypted agents and custom UniFi monitoring to Grafana dashboards and maintenance windows.
•7 min read
Exposing Homelab Services Securely with Cloudflare Tunnel
Learn how to expose self-hosted services to the internet without opening firewall ports, using Cloudflare Tunnel for enhanced security and DDoS protection.
•7 min read
Building My Homelab: From Zero to 20+ Self-Hosted Services
A comprehensive journey through building a production-grade homelab infrastructure with Proxmox, Docker, and enterprise-grade monitoring.
•7 min read
Automating Proxmox VM Lifecycle with Ansible and Semaphore
How I use Semaphore as a web UI for Ansible to automate VM creation, onboarding, system configuration, and rolling updates across my Proxmox homelab cluster.