How to Install HACS on Home Assistant
In this article, we will look at how to install HACS on Home Assistant. HACS stands for Home Assistant Community Store and is a tool that allows you to customize…
Home Lab Tutorials & Guides
A collection of step-by-step tutorials and comparisons on building a Home Lab. From self-hosting, to hardware, and everything in between.
A collection of step-by-step tutorials and comparisons on building a Home Lab. From self-hosting, to hardware, and everything in between.
Home Assistant on Proxmox: VM Import Steps
In this tutorial, we're going to look at how to import a VM of Home Assistant on Proxmox. There are other ways of installing Home Assistant, but this is the…
Complete Home Server Build Guide
If you're interested in building a home server, whether it's a NAS, hypervisor, or just something to use as a simple file server, using a custom build gives you the…
Local SSL for Home Lab Services with Nginx Proxy Manager
If you start adding more services to your home lab, the inevitable scenario you'll find yourself in is forgetting IP addresses and ports. If you happen to remember the IP…
How to Install Nginx Proxy Manager in Home Assistant
In this tutorial, we'll look at how to install Nginx Proxy Manager in Home Assistant. Nginx Proxy Manager is a reverse proxy server, which means that by configuring an individual…
How to Connect to Home Assistant with an NGINX Reverse Proxy
In this article, we'll look at how to access Home Assistant with an NGINX reverse proxy. There are many ways that you can access Home Assistant remotely, but one of…
RAID 1 vs RAID 5: Which RAID Type is Best?
Raid 1 and 5 are two of the most popular RAID types that you can use, but they're drastically different. In this article, we're going to compare RAID 1 vs…
Hubitat vs. Home Assistant
In this article, we're going to look at the differences between Hubitat vs. Home Assistant. If you're looking to build a smart home, there's a chance that you're interested in…
How to SSH into Home Assistant
In this tutorial, we will look at how to SSH into Home Assistant. There are various times when you might have to SSH into your Home Assistant installation (installing HACS…
openHAB vs. Home Assistant
In this article, we're going to look at the differences between openHAB vs. Home Assistant. If you're looking to build a smart home, there's a chance that you're interested in…