hilton@packetrealm:~$ whoami

Homelab engineer.
Network alchemist.

Welcome to my cyber lair. Every byte has a purpose, every route a secret — and all of it documented so you (or future me) can rebuild it from scratch.

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All Proxmox ZFS pfSense NVIDIA Backups Networking Security
// latest guides
2025·09·14

Fedora: NVIDIA with RPM Fusion akmods + Secure Boot (KDE/SDDM)

fedoranvidiaakmods~2 min
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2025·08·17

Installing NVIDIA Proprietary Driver on Ubuntu with Secure Boot (MOK)

UbuntuNVIDIASecure Boot~4 min
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2025·06·22

PBS Backup Email Notifications with Rclone and msmtp

pbsrclonemsmtp~2 min
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2025·06·20

Proxmox Backup Server → Backblaze B2 Sync

~2 min
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2025·06·18

ZFS Snapshot Automation on Proxmox

ProxmoxZFSSnapshots~3 min
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2025·06·18

Proxmox Backup Server Setup with Encrypted Backups

~2 min
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2025·06·15

Setting Up ZFS SSD Storage on Proxmox 8.4

proxmoxzfsstorage~2 min
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2025·06·15

Proxmox ZFS Migration Guide — Moving VMs to ZFS-SSD

proxmoxzfsstorage~2 min
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2025·06·15

Proxmox Directory Storage: The Structure No One Explains

proxmoxstoragezfs~2 min
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2025·06·13

pfSense + LDAP Authentication Setup Documentation

homelabpfSenseldap~3 min
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2025·06·10

Welcome to PacketRealm

homelabnetworkingcybersecurity~1 min
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2025·06·10

Setting Up Hugo with NGINX on LXC

homelabhugonginx~2 min
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undated

Pbs Rclone Backup Guide

~2 min
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undated

Jellyfin Nvenc Setup

~2 min
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// currently running
Proxmox VE 8.4
hypervisor
PBS + Backblaze B2
backups
UniFi UDR7
firewall / gateway
ZFS · 1TB SSD
storage
LibreNMS
monitoring
// whoami

I build, break and document a self-hosted homelab end-to-end. If it runs in my rack, there's a guide for it — written plainly enough that the next person can rebuild it from scratch.

ProxmoxZFS pfSenseUniFi LDAP / ADrclone BashLibreNMS