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+---
+title: "novicelab.io"
+description: "Welcome to a blog about my homlab."
+---

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+title: "About me"
+date: 2026-03-03
+layout: "about"
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+Hi, I'm Brian. I like the colour blue. 
+
+That's pretty much it.
+
+When I'm not working on my homelab, I enjoy a few rounds on Warzone. Team play with strangers is pretty fun. 
+
+I'm also a manga and anime enjoyer, currently following the weekly releases of Kagurabachi and Fire Force.
+
+## What I do
+My current role as a Systems Developer involves  integrating Single SignOn using Keycloak and maintaining security requirements of client platforms. 
+
+I mainly work with open source solutions and have developed an interest in data systems with specific regard to security compliance and FAIR principles.
+
+Plese find the specifics on my [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbrianngeno/).
+
+## Why did I start my homelab?
+I enjoy the flow from concept to implementation in the technology. It's pretty awesome to see an idea develop into something tangible.
+
+I learn better by breaking things. \
+"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" - Edison. \
+I only need it to run well once, then understand why it ran. I then iterate as I flesh out whatever I'm working on.
+
+## What to expect .
+I've accumulated notes through out my homelab journey. \
+I'll post them here regularly in the hopes that they benefit someone trying resolve an issue I have encountered and documented previously.
+

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+These are some awesome self-hosting blogs that inspired and guided what I've got:
+
+[Sokolik](https://homelab.sokolik.info/) \
+[Thomas Wilde](https://thomaswildetech.com/blog/) \
+[Mordecai Kipng'etich](https://insidemordecai.com/) \
+[Jim Hughes](https://blog.jimdhughes.com/) \
+[Fraser MClean](https://frasermclean.com/) \
+[Quentin Marques](https://quentinmarques.com/posts/) \
+[Ben Dixon](https://www.talkingquickly.co.uk/) 

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+title: "Posts"
+description: "Stuff I've been working on on my homelab."
+
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+Stuff I've been working on on my homelab.
+{{< /lead >}}

content/posts/architecture/index.md

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+---
+title: "Architecture"
+date: 2026-03-04
+weight: 1
+draft: false
+description: "How everything connects together."
+summary: "How everything connects together"
+tags: ["homelab", "mini-pc", "networking"]
+# series: ["Homelab"]
+# series_order: 1
+---

content/posts/hardware/index.md

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+---
+title: "Hardware"
+date: 2026-03-04
+weight: 1
+draft: false
+description: "The devices that power my homelab."
+summary: "The devices that power my homelab."
+tags: ["homelab", "mini-pc", "networking"]
+# series: ["Homelab"]
+# series_order: 1
+---
+## Servers
+### Kubernetes Cluster
+#### Devices
+```
+HP ProDesk 400 G5 Mini PC * 3
+```
+![HP ProDesk 400 G5 Desktop Mini PC ](https://ssl-product-images.www8-hp.com/digmedialib/prodimg/lowres/c06404031.png)
+##### Specs
+```
+- CPU - Core i7 9700T 2.0Ghz 8 Cores
+- RAM - 16GB
+- Storage - 512GB NVMe SSD
+- Storage 2 - 512GB NVMe SSD
+- Intel UHD 630 Graphics DP Gigabit LAN
+```
+
+### Development Server
+#### Devices
+```
+HP EliteDesk 800 G8 Mini PC * 1
+```
+![HP EliteDesk 805 G8 Desktop Mini PC ](https://kaas.hpcloud.hp.com/PROD/v2/renderbinary/4597643/4618832/com-dt-p-hp-elitedesk-805-g8-dm-cubano-c-specifications/com-dt-hp-elitedesk-805-g8-dm-cubano-c-image)
+##### Specs
+```
+- CPU - 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900T 16 Cores
+- RAM - 64GB
+- Storage - 1TB NVMe SSD
+- Storage 2 - 1TB NVMe SSD
+- Nvidia 1660Ti 6GB VRAM
+```
+## Networking
+### Router 
+#### MikroTik RB5009UG+S+IN
+![ RB5009UG+S+IN](https://cdn.mikrotik.com/web-assets/rb_images/2065_lg.webp)
+
+### Switch
+#### Mikrotik CRS112-8G-4S-IN
+![CRS112-8G-4S-IN](https://cdn.mikrotik.com/web-assets/rb_images/1050_lg.webp)
+## UPS
+### APC
+![APC BV1000I-MS]("/APC.jpg")

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+---
+title: "Welcome to my homelab"
+date: 2026-03-03
+weight: 1
+draft: false
+description: "A glimpse into what novicelab is."
+summary: "A glimpse into what novicelab is."
+tags: ["homelab", "mini pc", "DevOps", "SWE"]
+# series: ["homelab"]
+# series_order: 1
+---
+![novicelab.io infra](./img/Homelab_2026-03-02_02.06.55.jpeg)
+
+Not much, but it'serviceable.
+
+## Why a homelab?
+I needed an environment to break and fix things safely. So far, it's been fun. 
+
+## What's running on it?
+I have a small kubernetes cluster and a separate server for development.
+Services that are currently running are:
+- Keycloak - SSO
+- Opencloud - Private cloud
+- Hugo - This
+- Bookstack - For my docs
+- Obsidian - Notes
+- Plane - Project management
+- Nginx - Proxy
+- Haproxy - K8S cluster proxy
+- Minio - Object Storage
+- Databases
+    - Postgres
+    - MariaDB
+    - MySQL
+    - CouchDB
+
+## What's in the pipeline?
+- CI/CD to streamline development
+- Monitoring using Grafana
+- Analytics using Matomo
+- Mail server using mailcow 
+
+## What can you find here?
+I'll update this site with docs of what I've deployed and any new learnings I find interesting.