#  @jims Jim's Garage Jim's Garage posts on YouTube about garage, how to, hosted, what is the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/youtube::UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +96% - [--] Month [------] +8.90% - [--] Months [-------] -51% - [--] Year [---------] +113% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/posts_active)  - [--] Month [--] -13% - [--] Months [--] +3.70% - [--] Year [---] +143% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.25% - [--] Month [------] +1.30% - [--] Months [------] +12% - [--] Year [------] +49% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [stocks](/list/stocks) 18.64% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 11.86% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 6.78% [finance](/list/finance) 6.78% [gaming](/list/gaming) 1.69% **Social topic influence** [garage](/topic/garage) #734, [how to](/topic/how-to) 35.59%, [hosted](/topic/hosted) #344, [what is](/topic/what-is) 23.73%, [linux](/topic/linux) #146, [docker](/topic/docker) #14, [cloudflare](/topic/cloudflare) #119, [discord](/topic/discord) 6.78%, [build a](/topic/build-a) 5.93%, [ai](/topic/ai) 5.93% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@techbench](/creator/undefined) [@crowdsec](/creator/undefined) [@hardwarehaven](/creator/undefined) [@craftcomputing](/creator/undefined) [@level1techs](/creator/undefined) [@servethehomevideo](/creator/undefined) [@learnlinuxtv](/creator/undefined) [@45drives](/creator/undefined) [@sophoscybersecurity](/creator/undefined) [@ubiquitiinc](/creator/undefined) [@nascompares](/creator/undefined) [@laurafarmsfanbase](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)](/topic/cloudflare) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Salesforce Inc (CRM)](/topic/$crm) [Mint Incorporation Limited (MIMI)](/topic/mint) [Flex Ltd. Ordinary Shares (FLEX)](/topic/$flex) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "The Ultimate Torrent Setup - Put Any Container Behind A VPN With HTTPS I've updated the Arr stack config to add remote access HTTPS traffic PiHole all whilst being accessible via a wireguard VPN. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/UltimateVPS Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GPouykKLqbE) 2025-02-14T15:28Z 79.6K followers, 58.6K engagements "How to Configure OpnSense - vLAN VPN Port Forward Firewall Rules WireGuard DHCP. - Part [--] With OpnSense deployed in part [--] part [--] shows how to configure many essential parts of the firewall including Static IPs Services Networks vLAN Firewall Rules DHCP DDNS VPN WireGuard NordVPN Traffic Inspect and Backup & Restore. NordVPN Referral (Free Months): https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Unifi Access Point: https://amzn.to/3Rn1PYH NordVPN OpnSense Instructions: https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Router/1292598142/OPNsense-19-1-setup-with-NordVPN.htm OpnSense WireGuard:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UI5tO1hP2q8) 2023-11-30T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 134.8K engagements "Self Host Tailscale with Headscale - How To Setup Deploy Headscale so you can self-host Tailscale and avoid using their infrastructure Learn how to deploy and configure Headscale connect an Android device and deploy a tailscale container. GitHub files are linked below. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Headscale Headscale Documentation: https://headscale.net/running-headscale-container/ Headscale UI: https://github.com/gurucomputing/headscale-ui Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OECp6Pj2ihg) 2023-07-16T01:00Z 79.6K followers, 143.9K engagements "Replace Traefik Caddy Proxy with SSL Certificates - It's so easy Caddy [--] is a powerful enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go. In this video I show how to pull certificates with a DNS challenge how to host a website and also how to route traffic to internal and external services. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Caddy Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtUco5EwoI) 2025-02-25T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 83.3K engagements "Better Than Cloudflare Tunnels - Pangolin Guide Pangolin is an opensource Cloudflare Tunnels alternative with the added bonus of authentication and authorisation at the proxy level. Oh and it can also take advantage of things like Crowdsec due to being built around Traefik. It's pretty awesome learn how to deploy it GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8VdwOL7nYkY) 2025-03-29T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 108.1K engagements "Software Defined Network Guide - SDN - How To Create Proxmox [---] dropped some great features including SDN (Software Defined Network) and Notifications. Find out how to create a SDN quickly in this video. Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to SDN 00:57 - Installation 01:49 - How To Create SDN 06:27 - Using SDN On A VM &" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9mfxNMyHw) 2023-12-01T15:00Z 79.6K followers, 67.4K engagements "Unbound in Docker with PiHole - Regain Your Privacy - Cybersecurity at Home Use Unbound as a self-hosted recursive DNS resolver to help protect your online privacy. In this video I show you how to deploy unbound with PiHole (and optional VPN) in Docker. Cybersecurity at home Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Unbound Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Unbound / Recursive DNS 03:22 - Configuration Overview 13:20 - Docker Deployment 15:15 - Testing Configuration 17:20 - Outro pihole proxmox linux docker cloudflare adblock dns privacy" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nm519xHfw) 2024-01-14T11:27Z 79.6K followers, 86.5K engagements "Komodo is a Free OpenSource Docker Manager with Inbuilt CI/CD - Check It Out Komodo is amazing Docker manager with powerful automation features. Is is the perfect free manager to integrate into your CI/CD GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Komodo Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=acDVwwLklas) 2025-02-08T15:21Z 79.6K followers, 78.6K engagements "SSH Connections With Ansible - How To Create & Share SSH Keys In this video the second of the Ansible mini-series I show how to connect to remote machines using existing SSH keys and also how to create and share new keys. GitHub Commands: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/SSH Ansible Documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/connection_details.html Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Support this channel to get access to perks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PwOwVsWuAtQ) 2024-03-09T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 19.2K engagements "Authenticate & Authorise Everything with Authelia Authelia is a self-hosted authorisation and authentication platform that is perfect for protecting your homelab services. It boasts 'Enterprise-Grade' features such as Single Sign On One Time Passwords LDAP integration Passwordless support OIDC and much more. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authelia Authelia Documentation: https://www.authelia.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1Ikr0jx8Or8) 2023-07-22T03:30Z 79.6K followers, 23.5K engagements "Create Your Own Private VPN with Netbird Netbird is secure private mesh VPN that you can self host. Find out how to integrate it with your existing setup. This video details placing netbird in docker behind a Traefik reverse proxy using Authentik as the identity provider. I also show how to connect Android Linux and Windows peers. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Netbird Netbird Documentation: https://docs.netbird.io/ Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QQaRB1vL6Q8) 2024-07-17T12:25Z 79.4K followers, 63.8K engagements "Talos OS - Taking the Sting Out of Kubernetes Deployments Talos is an OS designed specifically to meet the requirements of Kubernetes. It's lightweight secure and ephemeral the perfect choice for deploying your cluster. In this video I show how to deploy a basic cluster using Ansible. Ansible Playbook: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/Playbooks/Talos GitHub Repo Mentioned: https://github.com/onedr0p/cluster-template Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TP8hVq1lCxM) 2024-07-26T11:03Z 79.5K followers, 33.4K engagements "SMB Server In Docker with ZFS Simple Cheap and Efficient If you want a lean NAS look no further than Proxmox with ZFS. In this video I create a ZFS pool pass it through to a Docker VM and then deploy a Samba server container to share the storage on your network Docker Compose Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Proxmox-NAS All links to hardware on GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8QMrTHCw4) 2024-01-20T12:00Z 79.5K followers, 66.4K engagements "Planning A Homelab - Cluster Time Minis Forum MS-01 2Gb internet has required some upgrades and allowed me to finally rationalise a lab rebuild. Here I discuss how I'm architecting the lab and why I've chosen the Minis Forum MS-01 as my workhorse. Yes I bought these myself Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF @CraftComputing https://youtu.be/bC1A2qrJmREsi=lc4IZ0JF7RkKsVGg @Level1Techs https://youtu.be/tSfLB0y9yLksi=UaTx5V7GcvpSzIdq @ServeTheHomeVideo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_wgX1sDab-M) 2024-05-17T12:00Z 79.4K followers, 100.2K engagements "Nextcloud: A Free Open-Source Collaboration Tool - Setup & Overview Nextcloud is a powerful feature rich collaboration tool that is web-based and runs on your own infrastructure. There are no privacy concerns no fees and you can have complete control over your data across multiple devices. Learn how to deploy and configure Nextcloud in this video. GitHub files are linked below. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Nextcloud Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bwtaM3LMuUQ) 2023-07-08T08:37Z 79.5K followers, 32.3K engagements "DON'T Expose Internal Applications To The Internet Restrict Access NOW The majority of Traefik tutorials all have the same problem they expose all services routed through Traefik to the Internet. This is bad from a security perspective and increases the attack surface for your homelab. It's not a good idea to externalise Portainer PiHole Vaultwarden etc. In this video I provide [--] options to restrict access to applications so you can specify exactly which services you want to expose and to which clients. Let's secure Traefik now Traefik Docker Files:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IBlZgrwc1T8) 2023-09-19T16:55Z 79.6K followers, 126.3K engagements "Split A GPU Between Multiple Computers - Proxmox LXC (Unprivileged) This video shows how to split a GPU between multiple computers using unprivileged LXCs. With this you can maximise your GPU usage consolidate your lab save money and remain secure. By the end you will be able to have hardware transoding in Jellyfin (or anything) using Docker. LXC Demo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/LXC/Jellyfin Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0ZDr5h52OOE) 2024-02-06T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 139K engagements "Discord and Matrix How to Bridge Your Discord Server to Matrix-Synapse Receive and respond to all of your Discord messages in Matrix-Synapse with this handy bridge. Why not send me a message on Matrix when you're up and running: https://matrix.to/#/#jims-garage:matrix.jimsgarage.co.uk Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Synapse/mautrix-discord-bridge Matrix: https://matrix.org Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0nnhSus7Aaw) 2023-08-16T19:31Z 79.6K followers, 14.8K engagements "Replace Authelia With Authentik Web Proxies And OAuth2 Part [--] of our Authentik journey: I show you how to create web proxies with Authentik which acts as a direct replacement for Authelia. Now you can have Oauth2 and Web Proxies in a single package. (I still love you Authelia.) Authentik Web Proxies Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authentik/Web-Proxies Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1bTSOdYiIOQ) 2023-09-20T16:51Z 79.6K followers, 58.3K engagements "Privately Host Your Own AI Image Generator With Stable Diffusion - Easy Tutorial Being able to self-host your own AI image generator free from interference is a powerful tool. Even though it might not quite reach the lofty heights of Dall-E and Midjourney out of the gate you can train it and use pre-trained models to enchance your output. Learn how to host on Windows and Docker. Easy Diffusion: https://easydiffusion.github.io/ Docker Instructions: https://github.com/AbdBarho/stable-diffusion-webui-docker Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5XHSV56hsJM) 2023-12-21T14:13Z 79.6K followers, 79.9K engagements "Enterprise Monitoring That's Free & Open Source - Checkmk RAW This video is sponsored by checkmk: https://checkmk.com/ Download here: https://checkmk.com/download In this video I deploy the free and open source monitoring tool checkmk RAW. It's a great way to monitor almost anything in your estate and if something isn't available then you can build it Additional quality of life improvements are also available on their paid plans. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Checkmk Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support this channel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5_5yD1fe-dk) 2025-09-24T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 39.3K engagements "Torrent Safely Over a VPN With This Simple One-Click Guide Learn how to route containers over any VPN provider (well almost) using the config below I use a Torrent stack example to spin up Docker containers qBittorrent Sonarr Jackett Prowlarr and route it through Gluetun so that your traffic is protected. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Torrent-VPN Gluetun: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun NordVPN Wireguard Settings:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dJPOd0XbN8) 2023-07-05T13:19Z 79.6K followers, 186.2K engagements "Web Browser Remote Desktop (RDP SSH VNC Telnet) with VPN - Guacamole & Tailscale To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Guacamole makes device management simple as it's clientless. That means you deploy it and access through the web browser It's a powerful solution to suit any scale. It's also open source well documented and free GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Guacamole Tailscale Video: https://youtu.be/53hqWTUkogksi=IYJRSip7NwnpsXcS Netbird" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BqoZznqWXwo) 2025-06-28T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 16.5K engagements "Choosing a new UPS & Conifiguring NUT Server It's time to upgrade/replace my existing UPS but also to deploy a NUT server so that I can remote monitor it. This APC Smart-UPS Ultra On-Line is the best UPS I've ever used with a ton of features that are worth talking about. GitHub Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/NUT-Server Nutify: https://github.com/DartSteven/Nutify PeaNUT: https://github.com/Brandawg93/PeaNUT Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C5d04hCUe-U) 2026-02-06T16:09Z 79.6K followers, 13K engagements "Traefik v3.3 - Secure Everything Complete Tutorial Traefik is a proxy designed from the ground up for containerised environments. In this video I show how to deploy it and cover common use cases such as: - Pulling wildcard certificates from LetsEncrypt via DNS challenge - Exposing services both internal and external - Enabling logging and dashboards to remediate problems Password command: echo $(htpasswd -nB admin) sed -e s/$/$$/g Traefik Documentation: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/getting-started/install-traefik/ GitHub Config Files:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CmUzMi5QLzI) 2025-02-01T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 127.9K engagements "NAS Shares On LXC - Unprivileged - Jellyfin Example This video shows how to mount a NAS share in an unprivileged LXC. This is useful for many applications particularly things like Jellyfin and Plex that often require larger NAS storage connectivty. LXC NAS: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/LXC/NAS Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DMPetY4mX-c) 2024-02-09T14:00Z 79.6K followers, 88.8K engagements "Containerised LLMs Make Testing Simple & Reliable - Strix Halo Toolboxes AMD Strix Halo Toolboxes is an awesome open-source project created by Donato Capitella. His solution provides a way to rapidly spin up and spin down LLMs without ever neeeing to modify the host thanks to the use of Podman. Go and check it out. Attention: When deleting a Toolbox created as Root it may also remove the weights. Strix Halo Toolboxes Repo: https://github.com/kyuz0/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes GitHub Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/StrixHaloToolboxes Support this channel to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IuW5w4du3EA) 2025-10-17T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Use Proxmox Cloud-Init to Deploy Your Virtual Machines Kubernetes At Home - Part [--] The 2nd video in a [--] part series detailing how to deploy Kubernetes at home. In this video I detail how to use Cloud-Init with cloud images to deploy VMs at scale. This is useful for Kubernetes as you want multiple minimal preconfigured images deployed at pace. Commands Used: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/Cloud-Init Kubernetes Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6-_--y5CM) 2023-10-12T16:29Z 79.6K followers, 85.9K engagements "Running LLMs Locally - MinisForum MS-S1 MAX Review The MinisForum MS-S1 MAX is a compact AI powerhouse featuring AMD's 395+ and 128GB of unified memory. It's specifically designed to house complex local LLMs. In this video I review the device and showcase LLM performance. MS-S1 MAX: https://s.minisforum.com/3W7oOIK GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LbXwXnXZNzs) 2025-09-26T08:29Z 79.6K followers, 42.5K engagements "Wazuh - The FREE SIEM You Need to Try - Installation Guide Part [--] Wazuh delivers robust security monitoring and protection for your IT assets using its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities. Wazuh use cases are designed to safeguard your digital assets and enhance your organization's cybersecurity posture. In this video I showcase how to install it using various options (VM Docker and Kubernetes). Thanks to Twingate for sponsoring this video. https://twingate.plug.dev/KLv1a8A GitHub Video Files:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R2fQHiOm39A) 2025-09-04T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 13.2K engagements "Protect Your Privacy Use Matrix: A Self-Hosted E2E Encrypted Alternative to WhatsApp and Signal With Online Privacy Bills looming perhaps it's time to take back control Matrix is a powerful replacement for all of your messaging apps meaning you no longer have to rely on 3rd party hosted services like WhatsApp Signal and Discord. It's a self-hosted end to end encrypted and decentralised platform that is highly secured with a specific focus on privacy and ease of use. Join me as I show you what Matrix and Synapse are discuss the key features of the platform and provide a complete 'How To' guide" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SVMHsoWMKI4) 2023-08-11T14:15Z 79.6K followers, 82.6K engagements "Cloudflare Tunnels - Improving Security & Convenience Cloudflare tunnels are a great way to expose services quickly and efficiently especially if you're behind CGNAT. In this video I show how to use a single tunnel to route all services taking advantage of a reverse proxy to introduce security and authentication. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Cloudflare-HTTPS Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U8hUNw2E1ZM) 2025-03-26T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 55.6K engagements "Close Deals Grow Your Business - Twenty CRM Twenty is a free to use opensource CRM that offers many of the features that the big players like Salesforce do. Find out how to deploy it now and grow your business GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Twenty Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UZBy_n4XjGs) 2025-07-03T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 15.7K engagements "Aqara W600 W100 M100 - Testing and Review incl. Home Assistant In this video I review the new Aqara W600 along with the W100 and M100. This is my first time using Aqara products and I'm pleased to say that the experience was great everything worked as expected and I was even able to adopt into my existing Zigbee/Home Assistant setup without any issues. Affiliate links and Discount Code: Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FM3JJSQ6maas=maas_adg_6E18B071ADB927ACC34D3209C85EA9BD_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas Aqara UK: https://www.aqara-shop.co.uk/product/aqara-radiator-thermostat-e1/ Code:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VErsxAYSfH4) 2025-11-19T13:01Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Homelab Networking with MikroTik - VLAN Setup Part [--] MikroTik make high performance cost effective networking solutions. In this video I show how to create a basic homelab network with VLANs DHCP DNS and Firewall rules. Videos Referenced: MikroTik VLAN: https://youtu.be/US2EU6cgHQU GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3MnPARjfs) 2025-05-17T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 22.8K engagements "GPU Acceleration in Kubernetes with Jellyfin (or Anything) - Intel Nvidia AMD GPU acceleration is an important feature for homelabbing and likely something that is holding you back from migrating completely to Kubernetes. In this video I show you how to passthrough a GPU into your cluster and enable hardware acceleration. This is great for things like hardware transcoding in Jellyfin/Plex and anything else that can benefit from a GPU. Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/GPU-Passthrough Nvidia & GPU - Official Instructions:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YxDaDOzeN9E) 2023-12-06T15:00Z 79.6K followers, 10.5K engagements "Automate Homelab Deployment With Terraform & Proxmox Terraform is a powerform 'infrastructure as code' tool to automate deployments. In this video I use it to create VMs in Proxmox ready for a Kubernetes or Docker Swarm cluster. Examples Used: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Terraform Terraform: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraformproduct_intent=terraform Telmate/Proxmox: https://github.com/Telmate/terraform-provider-proxmox BPG/Proxmox: https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWn6xREdDE) 2024-01-31T13:03Z 79.6K followers, 91.8K engagements "Remote Management Expensive Try RustDesk - It's Free OpenSource and Supports Almost Everything RustDesk is an opensource desktop management solution that has both free and paid tiers. In this video I show local deployment along with using a mesh VPN like tailscale to reap the benefits of having a server in the cloud whilst still maintaining security and privacy. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/RustDesk Tailscale Video: https://youtu.be/53hqWTUkogksi=IYJRSip7NwnpsXcS Netbird Video: https://youtu.be/QQaRB1vL6Q8si=RHAUHBE6qMPy4NS3 Headscale Video:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eNNcn7smrgc) 2025-06-19T14:32Z 79.6K followers, 51.6K engagements "Single Sign On With OAuth2.0 - Authentik Is AWESOME Authentik is a powerful authentication tool that uses a number of industry leading protocols and services for a seamless delegated access experience. Best of all you can self-host it in your homelab to have complete control of your data. In this video I show you how to configure OAuth2.0 for Portainer but the same process can be used to connect Authentik to other common applications to give you seamless single sign on across all of your apps. Authentik Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authentik Recommended" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=enwFWELCYJo) 2023-09-18T16:01Z 79.6K followers, 87.4K engagements "Tinyauth is Simple Lightweight and Perfect for the Homelab Tinyauth is a simple authentication middleware that adds simple username/password login or OAuth with Google Github and any generic OAuth provider to all of your docker apps. It is made for traefik but it can be extended to work with all reverse proxies like caddy and nginx. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Tinyauth Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qmlHirOpzpc) 2025-04-12T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 43.1K engagements "Create Notifications For ANYTHING Using Gotify (Crowdsec Cron Jobs Scripts Uptime File Copy) Gotify is a lightweight responsive notification server that you can deploy to handle all of your custom notifications. It is highly flexible and extensible and can pretty much be configured for any notification scenario. It even has a mobile application for notifications on the go. In this video I provide an overview of Gotify discuss the deployment and configuration steps and provide some example use cases that include CrowdSec Uptime-Kuma and rClone. Docker-Compose:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ft69PY7iitw) 2023-08-08T10:00Z 78.3K followers, 33.4K engagements "Homelab Monitoring Made Easy - Part 1: Tools Overview - Grafana Prometheus InfluxDB Telegraf Monitoring and alerting is an essential part of homelabbing. Learn how to deploy Enterprise-grade tools to monitor your lab and anything else you could possibly want to. This video provides an overview of the tools we'll use including deployment steps. The second video details how to collect data and create dashboards. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Grafana-Monitoring Recommended hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LShvy9l3tzs) 2023-08-31T10:00Z 77.8K followers, 58K engagements "SSL Certificates Made EASY With Traefik Proxy Clouflare and Let's Encrypt - Tutorial Traefik v3.3: https://youtu.be/CmUzMi5QLzI Deploying SSL certificates to protect your services both internally and externally has never been simpler thanks to Traefik. I'll show you how to install Traefik to deploy SSL certificates with simple step-by-step instructions. Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Traefik and SSL encryption 01:30 - Create a Cloudflare domain 04:24 - Docker Compose Configuration Walkthrough" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XH9XgiVM_z4) 2023-05-28T02:13Z 78.3K followers, 106.7K engagements "Zitadel Single Sign On and OAuth. It's Impressive Zitadel is the 'new kid on the block' when it comes to Identity and Access Management. They have bold ambitions and so far I'm really impressed by its extensive support and features many of which improve existing solutions such as Keycloak. In this video I show how to deploy and configure Zitadel in Docker with an example of integrating Portainer Single Sign On with it. Zitadel Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Zitadel Zitadel Docs: https://zitadel.com/docs Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1T1uxKW06Vs) 2023-11-03T14:00Z 79K followers, 62.8K engagements "Post To All Of Your Socials In One Place - Automate Schedule AI Generate - Postiz Postiz offers everything you need to manage your social media posts build an audience capture leads and grow your business. Official Site: https://postiz.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Postiz Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5-2T2lYGZkA) 2025-03-08T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 12.1K engagements "Let's Build A Smart Home with Home Assistant Home Assistant makes home automation easy. Find out how to deploy it using Docker and how to get started using it. Home Assistant Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Home-Assistant Hardware: Conbee III: https://amzn.to/3TRsmxk Conbee II: https://amzn.to/3xpbxm3 Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6z-ilfbzDlY) 2024-06-15T11:00Z 78.7K followers, 23.9K engagements "OPNSense to Unifi Migration - Thoughts and Feedback I decided to migrate from OPNSense and test out Unifi's gateway. In this video I detail how I switched and provide my opinion on the process and its features. Hardware Affiliate Links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage USW 24PoE Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-professional-max-xg/products/usw-pro-max-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Other Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DehNzOUf3ug) 2025-09-09T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 11K engagements "Keep Hackers Out with Crowdsec Now Deploy Crowdsec to protect your apps from hackers. Use live threat data to ban bad IPs and threat actors protect your services from compromise. In this video I'll discuss what Crowdsec is how you can deploy it and what benefits it provides. I'll also share with you the necessary configs to speed up deployment to begin protecting yourself NOW. @crowdsec Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Crowdsec Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Crowdsec 00:22 - What is Crowdsec 02:05 - How does it work 05:30 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bGOANkuxRNA) 2023-06-02T13:14Z 78.8K followers, 47.7K engagements "K3S RKE2 Rancher Metallb Kube-VIP - Upgrade Guide Upgrading Kubernetes is just as important as updating your regular apps and operating systems. In this video I show how to upgrade the core components within my scripts. Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/Upgrade Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0s2YHPzHb8) 2024-01-10T14:14Z 78.9K followers, 13.5K engagements "Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) - Installation Guide Home Assistant Community Store expands Home Assistant making it more awesome. Find out how to deploy it using Docker. Home Assistant Community Store: https://hacs.xyz/docs/setup/download/ Hardware: Conbee III: https://amzn.to/3TRsmxk Conbee II: https://amzn.to/3xpbxm3 Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oJfvT4uml3U) 2024-06-27T15:04Z 78.7K followers, [----] engagements "Easily Manage And Search All Of Your Documents - Paperless-NGX Improve your document management game with Paperless-ngx. It's a clever tool that allows you search tag version control and much more across all of your documents (including searching images). There's also a great mobile app for managing on the move. This video shows a Docker Compose deployment with Single Sign On and Reverse Proxy using Traefik. Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Paperless-ngx Paperless Documentation: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/ Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xO-EVYNinXA) 2024-02-19T13:26Z 79.2K followers, 60K engagements "Pterodactyl Is The Perfect Platform For Hosting All of Your Game Servers Minecraft Rust CS GO Pterodactyl is an open-source and scalable gaming platform to host all of your own game servers. This video shows you how to deploy and create a game server as well as discussing how to expand the configuration. Pterodactyl Documentation: https://pterodactyl.io/project/introduction.html GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pterodactyl Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-9qVssXzgWM) 2024-11-22T13:26Z 45.9K followers, [----] engagements "Virtualise TrueNAS to Save Space & Power SMB & NFS Guide with HBA Virtualising TrueNAS is a great idea if you're looking to consolidate space and save power. In this video I walk you through how to install the HBA create the TrueNAS VM and deploy SMB and NFS shares. List of Parts: LSI HBA: https://amzn.to/3RO8ZnI Sata Cables: https://amzn.to/3tEEicN Ryzen [--] Pro 5650G Asrock B550m Pro4: https://amzn.to/48DL4OZ Kingston Server RAM: https://amzn.to/48y3D78 Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB: https://amzn.to/47g4t7o Crucial P3 Plus: https://amzn.to/47bxuBa Crucial MX500: https://amzn.to/3NKBv8V Corsair" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-qm-m4q8hIU) 2024-01-03T16:44Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements "Secure Your CCTV Footage Before It's Stolen Your CCTV footage is important so why not store it encrypted in the cloud This video is the culmination of a number of building blocks already covered on the channel. If you follow a similar process you have all of the tools to ensrue you never lose your footage in a robbery. Frigate: https://youtu.be/iO584g5c0DY rClone: https://youtu.be/0vPRGLlh3V0 Netbird Server Setup: https://youtu.be/QQaRB1vL6Q8 Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1vFl4YBy_oE) 2024-10-21T12:00Z 73.7K followers, [----] engagements "Tailscale Is Awesome - Deployment Testing ACLs and Exit Nodes Tailscale is probably the simplest mesh VPN to deploy. In this video I detail what Tailscale is how to deploy it how to configure it along with performance testing. Tailscale Documentation: https://tailscale.com/kb Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Tailscale & Mesh VPNs 04:17 - Test Setup 05:13 - Deployment 12:04 - Testing - DERP vs Local 21:04 - ACLs & Testing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=53hqWTUkogk) 2024-11-14T13:00Z 63.2K followers, 25.7K engagements "1 Litre All Flash NAS - Beelink ME Mini The Beelink ME Mini is Beelink's first NAS and they're off to a flying start. It's a compact low power all flash NAS that can be yours for $200. Beelink Official Store: https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qmN99NQaFE) 2025-06-16T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Windows to Linux - The Big Switch Community Event The first video in the 'The Big Switch' series introduces Linux Mint and shows how to install it with a dual boot configuration. Jump onto the Discord if you have any questions. Dual Boot on the same drive: @LearnLinuxTV https://youtu.be/B97KkFDv86ssi=WqChZt5gqhpAewbc Big Switch Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/TheBigSwitch Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6PoKjKNXG8E) 2025-01-06T12:55Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements "Keycloak Is AWESOME Single Sign On Made Easy Keycloak is an open source Red Hat sponsored authentication and authorisation platform that you can self host In this video I show you how to configure deploy and setup single sign on for Portainer and Proxmox. Keycloak Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Keycloak Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6ye4lP9EA2Y) 2023-09-27T14:54Z 69.4K followers, 164.2K engagements "Should You Switch Deployment Guide and Initial Thoughts SafeLine is a relatively new WAF boasting a wealth of features and an attractive GUI. Whilst I want to see more independent testing and greater clarity over the privacy terms it does look promising. One to keep an eye on SafeLine: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/SafeLine Nikto: https://github.com/sullo/nikto Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Intro (WAF / China /" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7eucjfcNWKU) 2024-11-01T13:00Z 44.1K followers, [----] engagements "Enclosed - The Simple Lightweight and Secure Way to Share Enclosed is a minimalistic web application designed for sending private and secure notes. All notes are end-to-end encrypted ensuring that the server and storage have zero knowledge of the content. Users can set a password define an expiration period (TTL) and choose to have the note self-destruct after being read. In this video I detail how to deploy Enclosed. Enclosed Documentation: https://docs.enclosed.cc/ GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Enclosed Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=88rV30NL8QI) 2024-12-02T15:35Z 46.7K followers, [----] engagements "Deploy PiHole with a Cloudflare Tunnel to Protect Your Privacy - Tutorial I explain how and why you should deploy PiHole using a Cloudflare Tunnel. This enables you to block unwanted ads protect you from malicious sites manage internal DNS queries and can even act as a DHCP server. Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pihole Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Pihole and Cloudflare Tunnels 01:15 - Key features of Pihole 03:26 - Installation - Docker Compose Configuration 07:20 - Running Pihole 08:00 - How to fix port [--] error on Debian" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8EpnaccHajo) 2023-05-29T17:35Z 60.1K followers, 34.5K engagements "Controlling Multiple Devices Made Easy - TESmart KVM This video is looking at the TESmart KVM (HDK402-M24-USBK). If you're looking for a high-end KVM to manage multiple machines and want all of the benefits of 4K 144Hz HDR EDID etc then take a look at this. From my testing so far it's a great solution. If you need something less fancy they also have other models you should consider. Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/4lm4uP9 Official website link: https://www.tesmart.com/ https://tesmart.de/ GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ARYXndL2vAU) 2025-07-10T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Don't Be Another Data Breach Victim Self-Host Your Own Password Manager with Vaultwarden Vaultwarden is a self-hosted implementation of the Bitwarden API. This means that you have access to all of the advanced password management features of Bitwarden but you are able to host it own your own infrastructure Moreover you can still use all of the official Bitwarden apps that you may already be using across all of your devices Make sure you won't be another statistic in the ever increasing number of data breaches. Learn how to deploy and configure Vaultwarden in Docker using SSL connect a mobile" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DnAOiYhdiII) 2023-07-19T11:08Z 64.1K followers, 33.8K engagements "Bringing Out The Big Guns - 45Drives HL15 In this video I provide an unboxing and initial overview of the device. I have a ton of stuff planned for this box and I'm excited to start the journey. Thanks @45Drives for sending me the HL15. The HL15 is a homelab server that has enterprise architecture and strength. It has [--] drive bays to provide you with sufficient storage to build the homelab you envision while providing enough power to run your other applications. The HL15 is designed manufactured and assembled in North America. It is built with steel screws and without rivets so you can take" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GPquTvAntRg) 2025-06-06T12:09Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "It's Making Me REPLACE Docker. Podman is Docker but secure by default thanks to a fundementally different approach to containerisation and rootless operation. In this video I describe the benefits of Podman over a default Docker deployment as well as some of the core principles that differentiate the two. I also show how to deploy a VM with a Proxmox template (more to come on that) how to install and configure Podman with Docker Compose files as well as showing you how to deploy common apps like Portainer Jellyfin and Dashy. Could this be a Docker replacement for you Docker Compose Files for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gft9e1o3Hgg) 2023-10-05T15:50Z 74K followers, 92.7K engagements "I Rebuilt in [--] Hours Lessons Learned. I tried to upgrade Proxmox from v8 to v9 but due to the customisations I had made to the default installation it didn't go to plan. Whilst everything seemed like a disaster I took it as an opportunity to tackle some things that I'd put off for way too long. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=He_Zal92PiU) 2025-09-06T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 14.2K engagements "Virtual pfSense - Discussing the Options & Why Here are my reasons for virtualising pfSense and some pitfalls to avoid. pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Benefits of Virtualising 03:33 - Setup & Configuration Options 10:06 - High" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IDspUBS8_-M) 2024-08-31T12:00Z 74K followers, 18K engagements "NordVPN Wireguard - It's So Fast In this video I show how to connect to NordVPN using Wireguard instead of NordLynx. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Powershell Script: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/NordVPN-Wireguard Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Wireguard on NordVPN 01:38 - UDP vs Wireguard Speed Test 04:50 - Setting up Wireguard 12:08 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JlhcJ257PKY) 2024-12-19T13:00Z 47.9K followers, [----] engagements "Upgrading CCTV and Testing Network Cables In this video I'm upgrading my Unifi cameras in preparation for migrating to a Unifi setup. I also test out the Noyafa NF-802 which is a network cable tester and has been great in my experience so far. Noyafa: https://www.noyafa.com/products/nf-802-network-cable-testerutm_source=jims&utm_id=kol GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KnocThWZVZo) 2025-07-23T14:04Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Recommended Hardware To Start Or Expand Your Homelab. Budget and Premium Options. Here's my Q3 [----] hardware recommendations list. Let me know in the comments if you think I've missed something. All links to hardware on GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Buyer's Guide 02:03 - 'Premium' Consumer Build 08:45 - 'Budget'" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KoM2b1LwTzc) 2023-08-22T09:34Z 44K followers, [----] engagements "Protecting Homelab Apps with BunkerWeb Update: The Founder has responded to feedback and stated that the paywalled LetsEncrypt will be removed in the next version. BunkerWeb is an OpenSource WAF with some great features and effective protections. Whilst some quality of life features are annoyingly behind a paywall (wildcard certs in particular) it is definitely work checking out and keeping an eye on. In this video I deploy BunkerWeb in Docker pull an SSL certificate and perform some rudimentary testing. Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/BunkerWeb BunkerWeb:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MPopLASicSc) 2024-11-06T13:14Z 44.5K followers, 10.9K engagements "TrueNAS Drive Replacement If you're using TrueNAS or any NAS for that matter you need to know what to do when a drive fails. In this video I talk you through my drive replacement process / experience. Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Video 03:45 - Offline Disk in TrueNAS 04:58 - Finding and Replacing Disk 07:29 - Adding New Disk to Pool in TrueNAS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxNnq5H2WmI) 2024-12-13T12:14Z 47.7K followers, [----] engagements "Proxmox Cluster Network Overview - Link Aggregation to the Rescue Minis Forum MS-01 It's time to upgrade the network so that I can leverage link aggregation Here's an updated network overview and why I've made the changes. The next video will focus on the configuration of various elements. Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OOUzstZn5LE) 2024-05-22T12:00Z 44.1K followers, 17.3K engagements "Deploy CrowdSec to Protect Your Services From Bad Actors & Common Attacks - Kubernetes Update: This now works with externalTrafficPolicy: Local for source IP visibility on K3S & RKE2 :) Deploy CrowdSec in Kubernetes to protect your apps from hackers. Use live threat data to ban bad IPs and threat actors protect your services from compromise and have real-time alerting. Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/CrowdSec @crowdsec Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OT9bZnwzUog) 2023-11-20T15:00Z 64.2K followers, [----] engagements "Improving Security with Hardware Keys - Authentik & Pocket-ID Learn how to improve your homelab security by adding a hardware key. In this video I use a Yubikey and add it to Authentik and Pocket-ID to provide protection to self-hosted applications. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pocket-ID Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QC5IUmu7cgw) 2025-04-09T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 21.1K engagements "Hardware Network Overview #tech #networking #technology #shorts I decided to migrate from OPNSense and test out Unifi's gateway. In this video I detail how I switched and provide my opinion on the process and its features. Hardware Affiliate Links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage USW 24PoE Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-professional-max-xg/products/usw-pro-max-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Other Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SOk3hnpCNjc) 2025-09-10T08:56Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Thunderbolt Networking is FAST & CHEAP In this video I show how I created a thunderbolt [--] network ring to cluster my Proxmox nodes. The MS-01 is a perfect option for this approach. Is it the ultimate "budget" cluster Thanks to Scyto: https://gist.github.com/scyto/76e94832927a89d977ea989da157e9dc Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tb3KH2RbsTE) 2024-05-30T12:00Z 30.7K followers, 11.7K engagements "The Easiest Cluster Automating Docker Swarm The Ansible playbook automates the Docker Swarm creation process and also deploys Portainer as a cluster manager. This is the perfect start to playing with Docker Swarm. GitHub Playbook: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/Playbooks/Docker-Swarm Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UoBf18JCF9o) 2025-02-05T12:37Z 66.3K followers, 16.2K engagements "Build Apps With Prompts - OpenHands OpenHands makes coding simple. Whether you're a novice or a pro it offers something to accelerate the delivery pipeline. OpenHands Documentation: https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/OpenHands Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Open Hands 01:35 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WDP2S4MOXPY) 2025-01-27T12:50Z 51.9K followers, [----] engagements "Use Docker Swarm Auto Deploy Script with Highly Available Storage - GlusterFS Docker Swarm is a great option to understand container orchestration and might be the perfect choice for your homelab. It provides high availability and failover for services you are running. This is great to keep your favourite app running and is really useful when it comes to maintenance. Docker Swarm Script: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Docker-Swarm Docker Swarm Documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/ Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ws68qHWIFMM) 2023-12-18T14:00Z 67.4K followers, 48.7K engagements "How To Choose Or Build Your Own NAS - incl. TrueNAS - Part [--] To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Choosing your first NAS can be daunting. In this video I discuss some of the options you need to think about before purchasing or building. I also show how to deploy TrueNAS on your own hardware along with creating network shares. This video was sponsored by Brilliant. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XBUa-y-uoE4) 2025-06-03T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 13.5K engagements "The All-In-One VPN Solution You NEED To Try - Border0 Thank you to Border0 for sponsoring this video. Border0 is more than a VPNit's a powerful security platform built from the ground up with application-level security and Zero Trust principles. Border0 enables your teams to connect to networks applications servers and databases securely and effortlessly all through a unified platform. Border0 Docs: https://docs.border0.com/docs/what-is-border0 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XuvP8LrDUok) 2025-07-27T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 14.4K engagements "Homelab Monitoring Made Easy - Part 2: Creating Dashboards For Docker Crowdsec and Sophos XG This video shows you how to build dashboards for the metrics you have pulled from your services in video [--]. In this video we'll deploy a Docker @crowdsec and @SophosCybersecurity XG Dashboard. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Grafana-Monitoring/Part-2 CrowdSec Grafana Dashboards: https://github.com/crowdsecurity/grafana-dashboards Recommended hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yr9-QMa7JHw) 2023-09-03T09:29Z 64.2K followers, 14.8K engagements "pfSense Beginner's Guide - Installation & Hardware pfSense is an opensource Enterprise grade firewall with multiple advanced features. In this video we deploy pfSense firewall and prepare for advanced configuration. Subsequent episodes will cover virtual deployments vLANs VPNs High Availability and much much more. pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZnT29rP-11s) 2024-08-22T12:00Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements "Deploy A Full Homelab in Minutes Use this mammoth compose file to deploy a fully-fledged pop-up homelab. It has pretty much everything you need to get started. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Popup-Homelab Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_EivPI2qRs8) 2025-03-05T13:13Z 79.6K followers, 22.1K engagements "Vikunja - An Open-Source Self-Hostable To-Do App Vikunja is a great to-do app with many features from paid providers. In this video I show you how to deploy it within Docker. Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Vikunja Vikunja Documentation: https://vikunja.io/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bq5ape59wpQ) 2024-02-25T12:01Z 44K followers, 13.6K engagements "Kubernetes At Home: What Is Kubernetes - Part [--] The first video in a [--] part series detailing how to deploy Kubernetes at home. In this video I detail the forthcoming series and discuss exactly what Kubernetes is and why you should consider learning it in a way that is accessible to newcomers. I discuss how Kubernetes builds upon the existing Docker container approach and highlight many of the key technologies that underpin a Kubernetes cluster. Kubernetes Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ Recommended Hardware:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQMWTULEbS0) 2023-10-11T15:50Z 60.6K followers, 47K engagements "Docker Swarm with High Availability (almost) GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Docker-Swarm/swarm-3-nodes.sh Automated Docker Swarm deployment with GlusterFS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=f6JKi4XZmXM) 2023-12-17T10:59Z 67.8K followers, [----] engagements "pfSense Configuration Guide - Zero to Hero Let's configure pfSense: static IPs services networks vLAN DHCP firewall rules DDNS VPN Wireguard NordVPN traffic inspection backup and restore pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ NordVPN: https://refer-nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY NordVPN pfSense: https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/20382523899281-pfSense-2-5-Setup-with-NordVPN Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=he3ENpMLMsc) 2024-09-24T12:00Z 43.6K followers, 12.6K engagements "Linux Mint Setup Basics The second video in the 'The Big Switch' series covers basic configuration of Linux Mint. We'll be using this base to build up to more complex operations and installations. Big Switch Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/TheBigSwitch Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Linux Mint Config 01:25 - Updates 08:14 - Installing Apps (Flathub vs Package Manager)" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nAIHVWS-JIM) 2025-01-12T12:01Z 50K followers, [----] engagements "Build Your Own VPN with Headscale & Tailscale Deploy Headscale to create your own VPN I'm setting this up to create a mesh network so that I can create my own private cloud. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Headscale2 Headscale Documentation: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/docs/running-headscale-container.md Headscale UI: https://github.com/gurucomputing/headscale-ui Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ofVyohBLuPg) 2024-07-08T13:05Z 72.3K followers, 64.2K engagements "Replace Zoom & Teams with Jitsi Meet. It's Free Self-Hosted and Private In this video I show you how to deploy Jitsi Meet in Docker and set it up behind a reverse proxy. It's the perfect Homelab companion to enable you to make free private video calls whether on your PC or mobile device. Code Server Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Jitsi Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q_vFOIHwXh0) 2023-09-13T08:32Z 44.2K followers, [----] engagements "How To VPN Without Port Forwarding Using Headscale & Tailscale - Complete Tutorial Learn how to deploy a VPN without port forwarding using Headscale Tailscale and a Free Virtual Private Server. Headscale Documentation: https://headscale.net/running-headscale-linux/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Headscale and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u_6Zd7Bo6J4) 2023-09-07T10:00Z 63.6K followers, 40.8K engagements "But Should You Buy It GEEKOM Mini IT13 [----] Edition Thanks to Geekom for sending me this unit to review. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction 03:23 - Competition - Beelink & MinisForum 05:45 - Teardown 10:26 - Benchmark" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=unh6ZpOTebc) 2025-03-22T13:01Z 79.6K followers, 123.2K engagements "Homelab Hardware Tour - It's Come A Long Way Today we're looking at my current homelab. A lot has changed in the past [--] months so join me as I discuss what's new and why and what's to come. MS-01 Videos & Networking: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt&si=tWc1nyVmcCiRs9Ah MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vdhJu2APBKw) 2025-03-14T12:59Z 79.6K followers, 31.2K engagements "OPNSense High Availability - [--] VM [--] IP In this video I show how to perform OPNSense 'HA' using a single VM and [--] IP. This technique makes use of homogenous network setups across identical nodes where failover in Proxmox comes into effect. Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to High Availability 01:18 - Network Overview 04:05" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wIVDSmmouAY) 2024-07-03T12:17Z 34.4K followers, [----] engagements "Share Anonymously with Anyone Using PrivateBin PrivateBin is a minimalist open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. In this video I showcase how to deploy PrivateBin and provide an overview of some of the functionality. PrivateBin Documentation: https://privatebin.info/ GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/PrivateBin Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wOFJa6VsX-0) 2024-12-05T13:01Z 69.7K followers, [----] engagements "You NEED a firewall Firewalls: What are they and why do you need one in your home I'll discuss what function a firewall provides some of the advanced security features available and how they can secure your infrastructure and services. I also cover vendor options hardware recommendations for building a firewall and provide a guided tour of my homelab firewall segementation and defence in depth approach. Managed Switch: https://amzn.to/3OIPQU3 Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction 02:48 - IDS and IPS 05:12 - Realtime monitoring 06:00 - Security Incident & Event Monitoring" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yaBuPunTxOg) 2023-05-17T23:22Z 60.6K followers, 18.4K engagements "Building a Unifi Homelab - A Lot Has Changed - Part [--] Affiliate links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage Pro Max [--] PoE: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/usw-pro-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 Pro XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Unifi provides a seamless network ecosystem to build the network you need. In this video I show how to create a simple homelab network covering topics such as DHCP DNS VLAN WireGuard Port Forwarding adding new devices and also WiFi setup." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yr0HyZJ5PSQ) 2025-05-23T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 12.9K engagements "A Single Device Homelab Let's discuss Most people only want or need a single device for their homelab. In this video I'm contemplating doing the same by discussing some of the design challenges that a single device poses. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AhiCv097tNQ) 2025-07-21T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 17.1K engagements "DIY Custom Cooling Solution I needed to cool my SFP+ ONT stick after moving it to my Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max - this seemed like a cool and effective solution. Shout out to Mi09 for the awesome STL file below. Noctua fan: https://amzn.to/48fNRkm Print file: https://www.printables.com/model/1406855-4020-fan-housing-for-cooling-xgspon-onu-stick-sfp GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bkkMP_ibyUM) 2025-10-08T16:04Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Olares One - A Portable Powerhouse With a Difference The Olares One is Olares' first dedicated hardware aiming to give you local AI in your own network. It also runs their Olares OS an opensource AI orientated OS that is honestly impressive. In this video I give my honest impressions and feedback. Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/167544890/olares-one-the-local-al-powerhouse-on-your-desk GitHub Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kLm9X9MvwvY) 2025-12-09T14:01Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Building a Homelab - Proxmox Hypervisor Part [--] Proxmox is an excellent choice for a homelab hypervisor. It's Enterprise Grade open source free and comes with a massive community. Find out how to deploy it along with detailed explanations of the most common options and features. Videos Referenced: Proxmox Cluster Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt Firewalls: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sVKixOZh3mB6ToUB50YFbT5 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oPnojnjUxQE) 2025-05-09T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 31.5K engagements "Omni Tools - Simple Image and Video Editing and More Omni Tools has some awesome productivity boosting features especially when it comes to lightweight editing for videos and images. Omni Tools Documentation: https://github.com/iib0011/omni-toolstab=readme-ov-file#self-hostrun GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Omni-Tools Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=43V4Vk3qw64) 2025-04-26T11:30Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements "Time To Replace My MS-01 Cluster MinisForum MS-A2 Review The MinisForum MS-A2 is a compact powerhouse it's the fastest PC I've ever tested. Should you replace the MS-01 does it have feature parity does it thermal throttle Let's find out MS-A2 Prebuilt: https://amzn.to/4l6WYY2 MS-A2 Barebones: https://amzn.to/4nA8s8j GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6K5oDapHyBE) 2025-07-01T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 35.1K engagements "GPU Transcoding Test - AMD Has IMPROVED monday.com: https://bit.ly/44jNXDQ #mondaypartner For years Intel has been the king of homelab transcoding and light GPU workloads. Whilst it still might be "the best" AMD is so close and sometimes beats it. In this video I test transcoding performance with ffmpeg inside and outside of Jellyfin. Radeon 610M & 780M Intel UHD [---] & Iris Xe All media in this video is free to use and test with. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/iGPU Support this channel to get access to perks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AxJ_Ci_9rTU) 2025-07-08T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 12.3K engagements "MinisForum N5 Pro - A Strong Entry to the NAS Scene Today I'm looking at one of MinisForum's first NAS offerings the N5 Pro. You should definitely check out its cheaper cousin the N5 as I believe this is the best value offering for most people. N5 Pro: https://www.minisforum.uk/products/minisforum-n5-pro GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O4vYotcdXXc) 2025-10-15T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 14.5K engagements "The World's Most Popular Webserver: SSL and Reverse Proxy Guide Nginx is the perfect webserver but it can also serve as a reverse proxy. In this video I show you how to do all of that plus pull a valid SSL certificate via certbot and Let's Encrypt. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Nginx Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ce-z5T_VcJI) 2025-02-19T12:54Z 79.6K followers, 19.9K engagements "macOS vs Windows - Why Not Both To learn for free on Brilliant go to https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Deploying MacOS or Windows in Docker is a quick easy and repeatable process thanks to Docker. Whilst it doesn't give you quite the same experience as bare metal it could be just enough for rapid testing of code use of applications and much more. Dockur Github: https://github.com/dockur GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/MacWindows Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jOzk8QyAXwc) 2025-07-31T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 12.5K engagements "The Home Automation Must Buy - SLZB-06M & Zigbee2MQTT The SLZB-06M is the Home Automation controller I've sorely been missing it's amazing and can do pretty much everything you need In this video I deploy it with MQTT Zigbee2MQTT and integrate with Home Assistant. Home Assistant Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Zigbee2MQTT Hardware: SLZB-06M: https://amzn.to/43GYdXT Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-KOqaPfYPYw) 2025-06-12T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 37.5K engagements "Building a Home Assistant Kiosk - Why Did I Wait So Long I've wanted to build a Home Assistant kiosk for a long time and thanks to Elecrow I finally took the plunge. In this video I'm checking out Elecrow's 7" and 11" inch offerings to build an awesome kiosk. Disclaimer: The items in this were sent to me for review no money changed hands and Elecrow had no control over the narrative. Items Used: CrowVision 11.6" Raspberry Pi Capacitive Touch Display:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_adl1fiXlgk) 2025-08-20T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 16.2K engagements "Pi-hole v6 - Configuration and Overview Pi-hole just released a huge upgrade to v6. Let's deploy it and take a look. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Piholev6 Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Pi-hole v6 02:09 - Configuration Overview 05:17 - GUI" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnry95ay0Bk) 2025-02-20T13:06Z 79.6K followers, 71.2K engagements "Building a Homelab - Hardware Part [--] Discussing some options for starting out your homelab and things to look out for. Beelink EQ14: https://amzn.to/44lgpqM MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oRX2y3cbxqI) 2025-05-01T14:03Z 79.6K followers, 45.3K engagements "Homelab Services Tour - What I'm Running Today we're looking at my current homelab services. A lot has changed in the past [--] months so join me as I discuss what's new and why and what's to come. MS-01 Videos & Networking: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt&si=tWc1nyVmcCiRs9Ah MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xtD2lhWfqWs) 2025-03-20T13:43Z 79.6K followers, 73.1K engagements "Checkmate - Simpler Than Grafana More Features Than Uptime-Kuma Checkmate is a promising monitoring and alerting tool for your infrastructure. It's simple to install and configure and has a lot more to come. Checkmate GitHub: https://github.com/bluewave-labs/checkmate GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Checkmate Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yCnkkljii_k) 2025-04-19T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 56.7K engagements "You Probably Have 1000s of Vulnerabilities. Wazuh Walkthrough Wazuh delivers robust security monitoring and protection for your IT assets using its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities. Wazuh use cases are designed to safeguard your digital assets and enhance your organization's cybersecurity posture. In this video I provide an overview of how to use it to protect your estate. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Wazuh Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yKHm2hpnUzM) 2025-09-18T11:45Z 79.6K followers, 19.7K engagements "Rebuilding my NAS - Moving to Virtual TrueNAS in Proxmox I'm retiring my old NAS and moving to my new HL15. I'm also moving from a physical to virtual setup. So far so good - lower temps and noise GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zVWEHD6-P-s) 2025-10-02T13:02Z 79.6K followers, 22.5K engagements "Go Beyond VPN - Let's Deploy Twingate Twingate: https://www.twingate.com/ "Keep private resources and internet traffic protected with Zero Trust security tools built for the modern world of work". In this video I explain and deploy Twingate. It's a great solution if you're looking to quickly protect your applications and services at scale using modern day cryptographic technologies. Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zzyEx-Ue2I4) 2025-03-12T13:01Z 79.6K followers, 14.8K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social Influence
Social category influence stocks 18.64% technology brands 11.86% social networks 6.78% finance 6.78% gaming 1.69%
Social topic influence garage #734, how to 35.59%, hosted #344, what is 23.73%, linux #146, docker #14, cloudflare #119, discord 6.78%, build a 5.93%, ai 5.93%
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Top Social Posts
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"The Ultimate Torrent Setup - Put Any Container Behind A VPN With HTTPS I've updated the Arr stack config to add remote access HTTPS traffic PiHole all whilst being accessible via a wireguard VPN. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/UltimateVPS Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage"
YouTube Link 2025-02-14T15:28Z 79.6K followers, 58.6K engagements
"How to Configure OpnSense - vLAN VPN Port Forward Firewall Rules WireGuard DHCP. - Part [--] With OpnSense deployed in part [--] part [--] shows how to configure many essential parts of the firewall including Static IPs Services Networks vLAN Firewall Rules DHCP DDNS VPN WireGuard NordVPN Traffic Inspect and Backup & Restore. NordVPN Referral (Free Months): https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Unifi Access Point: https://amzn.to/3Rn1PYH NordVPN OpnSense Instructions: https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Router/1292598142/OPNsense-19-1-setup-with-NordVPN.htm OpnSense WireGuard:"
YouTube Link 2023-11-30T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 134.8K engagements
"Self Host Tailscale with Headscale - How To Setup Deploy Headscale so you can self-host Tailscale and avoid using their infrastructure Learn how to deploy and configure Headscale connect an Android device and deploy a tailscale container. GitHub files are linked below. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Headscale Headscale Documentation: https://headscale.net/running-headscale-container/ Headscale UI: https://github.com/gurucomputing/headscale-ui Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2023-07-16T01:00Z 79.6K followers, 143.9K engagements
"Replace Traefik Caddy Proxy with SSL Certificates - It's so easy Caddy [--] is a powerful enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go. In this video I show how to pull certificates with a DNS challenge how to host a website and also how to route traffic to internal and external services. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Caddy Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-02-25T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 83.3K engagements
"Better Than Cloudflare Tunnels - Pangolin Guide Pangolin is an opensource Cloudflare Tunnels alternative with the added bonus of authentication and authorisation at the proxy level. Oh and it can also take advantage of things like Crowdsec due to being built around Traefik. It's pretty awesome learn how to deploy it GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-29T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 108.1K engagements
"Software Defined Network Guide - SDN - How To Create Proxmox [---] dropped some great features including SDN (Software Defined Network) and Notifications. Find out how to create a SDN quickly in this video. Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to SDN 00:57 - Installation 01:49 - How To Create SDN 06:27 - Using SDN On A VM &"
YouTube Link 2023-12-01T15:00Z 79.6K followers, 67.4K engagements
"Unbound in Docker with PiHole - Regain Your Privacy - Cybersecurity at Home Use Unbound as a self-hosted recursive DNS resolver to help protect your online privacy. In this video I show you how to deploy unbound with PiHole (and optional VPN) in Docker. Cybersecurity at home Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Unbound Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Unbound / Recursive DNS 03:22 - Configuration Overview 13:20 - Docker Deployment 15:15 - Testing Configuration 17:20 - Outro pihole proxmox linux docker cloudflare adblock dns privacy"
YouTube Link 2024-01-14T11:27Z 79.6K followers, 86.5K engagements
"Komodo is a Free OpenSource Docker Manager with Inbuilt CI/CD - Check It Out Komodo is amazing Docker manager with powerful automation features. Is is the perfect free manager to integrate into your CI/CD GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Komodo Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2025-02-08T15:21Z 79.6K followers, 78.6K engagements
"SSH Connections With Ansible - How To Create & Share SSH Keys In this video the second of the Ansible mini-series I show how to connect to remote machines using existing SSH keys and also how to create and share new keys. GitHub Commands: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/SSH Ansible Documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/inventory_guide/connection_details.html Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Support this channel to get access to perks:"
YouTube Link 2024-03-09T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 19.2K engagements
"Authenticate & Authorise Everything with Authelia Authelia is a self-hosted authorisation and authentication platform that is perfect for protecting your homelab services. It boasts 'Enterprise-Grade' features such as Single Sign On One Time Passwords LDAP integration Passwordless support OIDC and much more. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authelia Authelia Documentation: https://www.authelia.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2023-07-22T03:30Z 79.6K followers, 23.5K engagements
"Create Your Own Private VPN with Netbird Netbird is secure private mesh VPN that you can self host. Find out how to integrate it with your existing setup. This video details placing netbird in docker behind a Traefik reverse proxy using Authentik as the identity provider. I also show how to connect Android Linux and Windows peers. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Netbird Netbird Documentation: https://docs.netbird.io/ Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-17T12:25Z 79.4K followers, 63.8K engagements
"Talos OS - Taking the Sting Out of Kubernetes Deployments Talos is an OS designed specifically to meet the requirements of Kubernetes. It's lightweight secure and ephemeral the perfect choice for deploying your cluster. In this video I show how to deploy a basic cluster using Ansible. Ansible Playbook: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/Playbooks/Talos GitHub Repo Mentioned: https://github.com/onedr0p/cluster-template Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5"
YouTube Link 2024-07-26T11:03Z 79.5K followers, 33.4K engagements
"SMB Server In Docker with ZFS Simple Cheap and Efficient If you want a lean NAS look no further than Proxmox with ZFS. In this video I create a ZFS pool pass it through to a Docker VM and then deploy a Samba server container to share the storage on your network Docker Compose Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Proxmox-NAS All links to hardware on GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2024-01-20T12:00Z 79.5K followers, 66.4K engagements
"Planning A Homelab - Cluster Time Minis Forum MS-01 2Gb internet has required some upgrades and allowed me to finally rationalise a lab rebuild. Here I discuss how I'm architecting the lab and why I've chosen the Minis Forum MS-01 as my workhorse. Yes I bought these myself Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF @CraftComputing https://youtu.be/bC1A2qrJmREsi=lc4IZ0JF7RkKsVGg @Level1Techs https://youtu.be/tSfLB0y9yLksi=UaTx5V7GcvpSzIdq @ServeTheHomeVideo"
YouTube Link 2024-05-17T12:00Z 79.4K followers, 100.2K engagements
"Nextcloud: A Free Open-Source Collaboration Tool - Setup & Overview Nextcloud is a powerful feature rich collaboration tool that is web-based and runs on your own infrastructure. There are no privacy concerns no fees and you can have complete control over your data across multiple devices. Learn how to deploy and configure Nextcloud in this video. GitHub files are linked below. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Nextcloud Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2023-07-08T08:37Z 79.5K followers, 32.3K engagements
"DON'T Expose Internal Applications To The Internet Restrict Access NOW The majority of Traefik tutorials all have the same problem they expose all services routed through Traefik to the Internet. This is bad from a security perspective and increases the attack surface for your homelab. It's not a good idea to externalise Portainer PiHole Vaultwarden etc. In this video I provide [--] options to restrict access to applications so you can specify exactly which services you want to expose and to which clients. Let's secure Traefik now Traefik Docker Files:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-19T16:55Z 79.6K followers, 126.3K engagements
"Split A GPU Between Multiple Computers - Proxmox LXC (Unprivileged) This video shows how to split a GPU between multiple computers using unprivileged LXCs. With this you can maximise your GPU usage consolidate your lab save money and remain secure. By the end you will be able to have hardware transoding in Jellyfin (or anything) using Docker. LXC Demo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/LXC/Jellyfin Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-06T13:00Z 79.6K followers, 139K engagements
"Discord and Matrix How to Bridge Your Discord Server to Matrix-Synapse Receive and respond to all of your Discord messages in Matrix-Synapse with this handy bridge. Why not send me a message on Matrix when you're up and running: https://matrix.to/#/#jims-garage:matrix.jimsgarage.co.uk Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Synapse/mautrix-discord-bridge Matrix: https://matrix.org Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-16T19:31Z 79.6K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Replace Authelia With Authentik Web Proxies And OAuth2 Part [--] of our Authentik journey: I show you how to create web proxies with Authentik which acts as a direct replacement for Authelia. Now you can have Oauth2 and Web Proxies in a single package. (I still love you Authelia.) Authentik Web Proxies Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authentik/Web-Proxies Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-20T16:51Z 79.6K followers, 58.3K engagements
"Privately Host Your Own AI Image Generator With Stable Diffusion - Easy Tutorial Being able to self-host your own AI image generator free from interference is a powerful tool. Even though it might not quite reach the lofty heights of Dall-E and Midjourney out of the gate you can train it and use pre-trained models to enchance your output. Learn how to host on Windows and Docker. Easy Diffusion: https://easydiffusion.github.io/ Docker Instructions: https://github.com/AbdBarho/stable-diffusion-webui-docker Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-21T14:13Z 79.6K followers, 79.9K engagements
"Enterprise Monitoring That's Free & Open Source - Checkmk RAW This video is sponsored by checkmk: https://checkmk.com/ Download here: https://checkmk.com/download In this video I deploy the free and open source monitoring tool checkmk RAW. It's a great way to monitor almost anything in your estate and if something isn't available then you can build it Additional quality of life improvements are also available on their paid plans. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Checkmk Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support this channel"
YouTube Link 2025-09-24T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 39.3K engagements
"Torrent Safely Over a VPN With This Simple One-Click Guide Learn how to route containers over any VPN provider (well almost) using the config below I use a Torrent stack example to spin up Docker containers qBittorrent Sonarr Jackett Prowlarr and route it through Gluetun so that your traffic is protected. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Torrent-VPN Gluetun: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun NordVPN Wireguard Settings:"
YouTube Link 2023-07-05T13:19Z 79.6K followers, 186.2K engagements
"Web Browser Remote Desktop (RDP SSH VNC Telnet) with VPN - Guacamole & Tailscale To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Guacamole makes device management simple as it's clientless. That means you deploy it and access through the web browser It's a powerful solution to suit any scale. It's also open source well documented and free GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Guacamole Tailscale Video: https://youtu.be/53hqWTUkogksi=IYJRSip7NwnpsXcS Netbird"
YouTube Link 2025-06-28T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Choosing a new UPS & Conifiguring NUT Server It's time to upgrade/replace my existing UPS but also to deploy a NUT server so that I can remote monitor it. This APC Smart-UPS Ultra On-Line is the best UPS I've ever used with a ton of features that are worth talking about. GitHub Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/NUT-Server Nutify: https://github.com/DartSteven/Nutify PeaNUT: https://github.com/Brandawg93/PeaNUT Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X:"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T16:09Z 79.6K followers, 13K engagements
"Traefik v3.3 - Secure Everything Complete Tutorial Traefik is a proxy designed from the ground up for containerised environments. In this video I show how to deploy it and cover common use cases such as: - Pulling wildcard certificates from LetsEncrypt via DNS challenge - Exposing services both internal and external - Enabling logging and dashboards to remediate problems Password command: echo $(htpasswd -nB admin) sed -e s/$/$$/g Traefik Documentation: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/getting-started/install-traefik/ GitHub Config Files:"
YouTube Link 2025-02-01T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 127.9K engagements
"NAS Shares On LXC - Unprivileged - Jellyfin Example This video shows how to mount a NAS share in an unprivileged LXC. This is useful for many applications particularly things like Jellyfin and Plex that often require larger NAS storage connectivty. LXC NAS: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/LXC/NAS Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-09T14:00Z 79.6K followers, 88.8K engagements
"Containerised LLMs Make Testing Simple & Reliable - Strix Halo Toolboxes AMD Strix Halo Toolboxes is an awesome open-source project created by Donato Capitella. His solution provides a way to rapidly spin up and spin down LLMs without ever neeeing to modify the host thanks to the use of Podman. Go and check it out. Attention: When deleting a Toolbox created as Root it may also remove the weights. Strix Halo Toolboxes Repo: https://github.com/kyuz0/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes GitHub Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/StrixHaloToolboxes Support this channel to"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Use Proxmox Cloud-Init to Deploy Your Virtual Machines Kubernetes At Home - Part [--] The 2nd video in a [--] part series detailing how to deploy Kubernetes at home. In this video I detail how to use Cloud-Init with cloud images to deploy VMs at scale. This is useful for Kubernetes as you want multiple minimal preconfigured images deployed at pace. Commands Used: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/Cloud-Init Kubernetes Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-10-12T16:29Z 79.6K followers, 85.9K engagements
"Running LLMs Locally - MinisForum MS-S1 MAX Review The MinisForum MS-S1 MAX is a compact AI powerhouse featuring AMD's 395+ and 128GB of unified memory. It's specifically designed to house complex local LLMs. In this video I review the device and showcase LLM performance. MS-S1 MAX: https://s.minisforum.com/3W7oOIK GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T08:29Z 79.6K followers, 42.5K engagements
"Wazuh - The FREE SIEM You Need to Try - Installation Guide Part [--] Wazuh delivers robust security monitoring and protection for your IT assets using its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities. Wazuh use cases are designed to safeguard your digital assets and enhance your organization's cybersecurity posture. In this video I showcase how to install it using various options (VM Docker and Kubernetes). Thanks to Twingate for sponsoring this video. https://twingate.plug.dev/KLv1a8A GitHub Video Files:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Protect Your Privacy Use Matrix: A Self-Hosted E2E Encrypted Alternative to WhatsApp and Signal With Online Privacy Bills looming perhaps it's time to take back control Matrix is a powerful replacement for all of your messaging apps meaning you no longer have to rely on 3rd party hosted services like WhatsApp Signal and Discord. It's a self-hosted end to end encrypted and decentralised platform that is highly secured with a specific focus on privacy and ease of use. Join me as I show you what Matrix and Synapse are discuss the key features of the platform and provide a complete 'How To' guide"
YouTube Link 2023-08-11T14:15Z 79.6K followers, 82.6K engagements
"Cloudflare Tunnels - Improving Security & Convenience Cloudflare tunnels are a great way to expose services quickly and efficiently especially if you're behind CGNAT. In this video I show how to use a single tunnel to route all services taking advantage of a reverse proxy to introduce security and authentication. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Cloudflare-HTTPS Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-26T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 55.6K engagements
"Close Deals Grow Your Business - Twenty CRM Twenty is a free to use opensource CRM that offers many of the features that the big players like Salesforce do. Find out how to deploy it now and grow your business GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Twenty Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 15.7K engagements
"Aqara W600 W100 M100 - Testing and Review incl. Home Assistant In this video I review the new Aqara W600 along with the W100 and M100. This is my first time using Aqara products and I'm pleased to say that the experience was great everything worked as expected and I was even able to adopt into my existing Zigbee/Home Assistant setup without any issues. Affiliate links and Discount Code: Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FM3JJSQ6maas=maas_adg_6E18B071ADB927ACC34D3209C85EA9BD_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas Aqara UK: https://www.aqara-shop.co.uk/product/aqara-radiator-thermostat-e1/ Code:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T13:01Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Homelab Networking with MikroTik - VLAN Setup Part [--] MikroTik make high performance cost effective networking solutions. In this video I show how to create a basic homelab network with VLANs DHCP DNS and Firewall rules. Videos Referenced: MikroTik VLAN: https://youtu.be/US2EU6cgHQU GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-17T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 22.8K engagements
"GPU Acceleration in Kubernetes with Jellyfin (or Anything) - Intel Nvidia AMD GPU acceleration is an important feature for homelabbing and likely something that is holding you back from migrating completely to Kubernetes. In this video I show you how to passthrough a GPU into your cluster and enable hardware acceleration. This is great for things like hardware transcoding in Jellyfin/Plex and anything else that can benefit from a GPU. Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/GPU-Passthrough Nvidia & GPU - Official Instructions:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-06T15:00Z 79.6K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Automate Homelab Deployment With Terraform & Proxmox Terraform is a powerform 'infrastructure as code' tool to automate deployments. In this video I use it to create VMs in Proxmox ready for a Kubernetes or Docker Swarm cluster. Examples Used: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Terraform Terraform: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraformproduct_intent=terraform Telmate/Proxmox: https://github.com/Telmate/terraform-provider-proxmox BPG/Proxmox: https://github.com/bpg/terraform-provider-proxmox Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2024-01-31T13:03Z 79.6K followers, 91.8K engagements
"Remote Management Expensive Try RustDesk - It's Free OpenSource and Supports Almost Everything RustDesk is an opensource desktop management solution that has both free and paid tiers. In this video I show local deployment along with using a mesh VPN like tailscale to reap the benefits of having a server in the cloud whilst still maintaining security and privacy. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/RustDesk Tailscale Video: https://youtu.be/53hqWTUkogksi=IYJRSip7NwnpsXcS Netbird Video: https://youtu.be/QQaRB1vL6Q8si=RHAUHBE6qMPy4NS3 Headscale Video:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T14:32Z 79.6K followers, 51.6K engagements
"Single Sign On With OAuth2.0 - Authentik Is AWESOME Authentik is a powerful authentication tool that uses a number of industry leading protocols and services for a seamless delegated access experience. Best of all you can self-host it in your homelab to have complete control of your data. In this video I show you how to configure OAuth2.0 for Portainer but the same process can be used to connect Authentik to other common applications to give you seamless single sign on across all of your apps. Authentik Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Authentik Recommended"
YouTube Link 2023-09-18T16:01Z 79.6K followers, 87.4K engagements
"Tinyauth is Simple Lightweight and Perfect for the Homelab Tinyauth is a simple authentication middleware that adds simple username/password login or OAuth with Google Github and any generic OAuth provider to all of your docker apps. It is made for traefik but it can be extended to work with all reverse proxies like caddy and nginx. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Tinyauth Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-12T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 43.1K engagements
"Create Notifications For ANYTHING Using Gotify (Crowdsec Cron Jobs Scripts Uptime File Copy) Gotify is a lightweight responsive notification server that you can deploy to handle all of your custom notifications. It is highly flexible and extensible and can pretty much be configured for any notification scenario. It even has a mobile application for notifications on the go. In this video I provide an overview of Gotify discuss the deployment and configuration steps and provide some example use cases that include CrowdSec Uptime-Kuma and rClone. Docker-Compose:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-08T10:00Z 78.3K followers, 33.4K engagements
"Homelab Monitoring Made Easy - Part 1: Tools Overview - Grafana Prometheus InfluxDB Telegraf Monitoring and alerting is an essential part of homelabbing. Learn how to deploy Enterprise-grade tools to monitor your lab and anything else you could possibly want to. This video provides an overview of the tools we'll use including deployment steps. The second video details how to collect data and create dashboards. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Grafana-Monitoring Recommended hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-08-31T10:00Z 77.8K followers, 58K engagements
"SSL Certificates Made EASY With Traefik Proxy Clouflare and Let's Encrypt - Tutorial Traefik v3.3: https://youtu.be/CmUzMi5QLzI Deploying SSL certificates to protect your services both internally and externally has never been simpler thanks to Traefik. I'll show you how to install Traefik to deploy SSL certificates with simple step-by-step instructions. Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Traefik and SSL encryption 01:30 - Create a Cloudflare domain 04:24 - Docker Compose Configuration Walkthrough"
YouTube Link 2023-05-28T02:13Z 78.3K followers, 106.7K engagements
"Zitadel Single Sign On and OAuth. It's Impressive Zitadel is the 'new kid on the block' when it comes to Identity and Access Management. They have bold ambitions and so far I'm really impressed by its extensive support and features many of which improve existing solutions such as Keycloak. In this video I show how to deploy and configure Zitadel in Docker with an example of integrating Portainer Single Sign On with it. Zitadel Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Zitadel Zitadel Docs: https://zitadel.com/docs Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-11-03T14:00Z 79K followers, 62.8K engagements
"Post To All Of Your Socials In One Place - Automate Schedule AI Generate - Postiz Postiz offers everything you need to manage your social media posts build an audience capture leads and grow your business. Official Site: https://postiz.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Postiz Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-08T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 12.1K engagements
"Let's Build A Smart Home with Home Assistant Home Assistant makes home automation easy. Find out how to deploy it using Docker and how to get started using it. Home Assistant Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Home-Assistant Hardware: Conbee III: https://amzn.to/3TRsmxk Conbee II: https://amzn.to/3xpbxm3 Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_"
YouTube Link 2024-06-15T11:00Z 78.7K followers, 23.9K engagements
"OPNSense to Unifi Migration - Thoughts and Feedback I decided to migrate from OPNSense and test out Unifi's gateway. In this video I detail how I switched and provide my opinion on the process and its features. Hardware Affiliate Links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage USW 24PoE Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-professional-max-xg/products/usw-pro-max-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Other Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-09T13:08Z 79.6K followers, 11K engagements
"Keep Hackers Out with Crowdsec Now Deploy Crowdsec to protect your apps from hackers. Use live threat data to ban bad IPs and threat actors protect your services from compromise. In this video I'll discuss what Crowdsec is how you can deploy it and what benefits it provides. I'll also share with you the necessary configs to speed up deployment to begin protecting yourself NOW. @crowdsec Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Crowdsec Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Crowdsec 00:22 - What is Crowdsec 02:05 - How does it work 05:30 -"
YouTube Link 2023-06-02T13:14Z 78.8K followers, 47.7K engagements
"K3S RKE2 Rancher Metallb Kube-VIP - Upgrade Guide Upgrading Kubernetes is just as important as updating your regular apps and operating systems. In this video I show how to upgrade the core components within my scripts. Video Instructions: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/Upgrade Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage"
YouTube Link 2024-01-10T14:14Z 78.9K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) - Installation Guide Home Assistant Community Store expands Home Assistant making it more awesome. Find out how to deploy it using Docker. Home Assistant Community Store: https://hacs.xyz/docs/setup/download/ Hardware: Conbee III: https://amzn.to/3TRsmxk Conbee II: https://amzn.to/3xpbxm3 Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2024-06-27T15:04Z 78.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Easily Manage And Search All Of Your Documents - Paperless-NGX Improve your document management game with Paperless-ngx. It's a clever tool that allows you search tag version control and much more across all of your documents (including searching images). There's also a great mobile app for managing on the move. This video shows a Docker Compose deployment with Single Sign On and Reverse Proxy using Traefik. Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Paperless-ngx Paperless Documentation: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/ Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-19T13:26Z 79.2K followers, 60K engagements
"Pterodactyl Is The Perfect Platform For Hosting All of Your Game Servers Minecraft Rust CS GO Pterodactyl is an open-source and scalable gaming platform to host all of your own game servers. This video shows you how to deploy and create a game server as well as discussing how to expand the configuration. Pterodactyl Documentation: https://pterodactyl.io/project/introduction.html GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pterodactyl Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-22T13:26Z 45.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Virtualise TrueNAS to Save Space & Power SMB & NFS Guide with HBA Virtualising TrueNAS is a great idea if you're looking to consolidate space and save power. In this video I walk you through how to install the HBA create the TrueNAS VM and deploy SMB and NFS shares. List of Parts: LSI HBA: https://amzn.to/3RO8ZnI Sata Cables: https://amzn.to/3tEEicN Ryzen [--] Pro 5650G Asrock B550m Pro4: https://amzn.to/48DL4OZ Kingston Server RAM: https://amzn.to/48y3D78 Seagate Ironwolf Pro 4TB: https://amzn.to/47g4t7o Crucial P3 Plus: https://amzn.to/47bxuBa Crucial MX500: https://amzn.to/3NKBv8V Corsair"
YouTube Link 2024-01-03T16:44Z 11.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Secure Your CCTV Footage Before It's Stolen Your CCTV footage is important so why not store it encrypted in the cloud This video is the culmination of a number of building blocks already covered on the channel. If you follow a similar process you have all of the tools to ensrue you never lose your footage in a robbery. Frigate: https://youtu.be/iO584g5c0DY rClone: https://youtu.be/0vPRGLlh3V0 Netbird Server Setup: https://youtu.be/QQaRB1vL6Q8 Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2024-10-21T12:00Z 73.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Tailscale Is Awesome - Deployment Testing ACLs and Exit Nodes Tailscale is probably the simplest mesh VPN to deploy. In this video I detail what Tailscale is how to deploy it how to configure it along with performance testing. Tailscale Documentation: https://tailscale.com/kb Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Tailscale & Mesh VPNs 04:17 - Test Setup 05:13 - Deployment 12:04 - Testing - DERP vs Local 21:04 - ACLs & Testing"
YouTube Link 2024-11-14T13:00Z 63.2K followers, 25.7K engagements
"1 Litre All Flash NAS - Beelink ME Mini The Beelink ME Mini is Beelink's first NAS and they're off to a flying start. It's a compact low power all flash NAS that can be yours for $200. Beelink Official Store: https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-16T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Windows to Linux - The Big Switch Community Event The first video in the 'The Big Switch' series introduces Linux Mint and shows how to install it with a dual boot configuration. Jump onto the Discord if you have any questions. Dual Boot on the same drive: @LearnLinuxTV https://youtu.be/B97KkFDv86ssi=WqChZt5gqhpAewbc Big Switch Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/TheBigSwitch Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2025-01-06T12:55Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Keycloak Is AWESOME Single Sign On Made Easy Keycloak is an open source Red Hat sponsored authentication and authorisation platform that you can self host In this video I show you how to configure deploy and setup single sign on for Portainer and Proxmox. Keycloak Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Keycloak Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-27T14:54Z 69.4K followers, 164.2K engagements
"Should You Switch Deployment Guide and Initial Thoughts SafeLine is a relatively new WAF boasting a wealth of features and an attractive GUI. Whilst I want to see more independent testing and greater clarity over the privacy terms it does look promising. One to keep an eye on SafeLine: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/SafeLine Nikto: https://github.com/sullo/nikto Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Intro (WAF / China /"
YouTube Link 2024-11-01T13:00Z 44.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Enclosed - The Simple Lightweight and Secure Way to Share Enclosed is a minimalistic web application designed for sending private and secure notes. All notes are end-to-end encrypted ensuring that the server and storage have zero knowledge of the content. Users can set a password define an expiration period (TTL) and choose to have the note self-destruct after being read. In this video I detail how to deploy Enclosed. Enclosed Documentation: https://docs.enclosed.cc/ GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Enclosed Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5"
YouTube Link 2024-12-02T15:35Z 46.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Deploy PiHole with a Cloudflare Tunnel to Protect Your Privacy - Tutorial I explain how and why you should deploy PiHole using a Cloudflare Tunnel. This enables you to block unwanted ads protect you from malicious sites manage internal DNS queries and can even act as a DHCP server. Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pihole Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction to Pihole and Cloudflare Tunnels 01:15 - Key features of Pihole 03:26 - Installation - Docker Compose Configuration 07:20 - Running Pihole 08:00 - How to fix port [--] error on Debian"
YouTube Link 2023-05-29T17:35Z 60.1K followers, 34.5K engagements
"Controlling Multiple Devices Made Easy - TESmart KVM This video is looking at the TESmart KVM (HDK402-M24-USBK). If you're looking for a high-end KVM to manage multiple machines and want all of the benefits of 4K 144Hz HDR EDID etc then take a look at this. From my testing so far it's a great solution. If you need something less fancy they also have other models you should consider. Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/4lm4uP9 Official website link: https://www.tesmart.com/ https://tesmart.de/ GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to"
YouTube Link 2025-07-10T12:00Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Don't Be Another Data Breach Victim Self-Host Your Own Password Manager with Vaultwarden Vaultwarden is a self-hosted implementation of the Bitwarden API. This means that you have access to all of the advanced password management features of Bitwarden but you are able to host it own your own infrastructure Moreover you can still use all of the official Bitwarden apps that you may already be using across all of your devices Make sure you won't be another statistic in the ever increasing number of data breaches. Learn how to deploy and configure Vaultwarden in Docker using SSL connect a mobile"
YouTube Link 2023-07-19T11:08Z 64.1K followers, 33.8K engagements
"Bringing Out The Big Guns - 45Drives HL15 In this video I provide an unboxing and initial overview of the device. I have a ton of stuff planned for this box and I'm excited to start the journey. Thanks @45Drives for sending me the HL15. The HL15 is a homelab server that has enterprise architecture and strength. It has [--] drive bays to provide you with sufficient storage to build the homelab you envision while providing enough power to run your other applications. The HL15 is designed manufactured and assembled in North America. It is built with steel screws and without rivets so you can take"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T12:09Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"It's Making Me REPLACE Docker. Podman is Docker but secure by default thanks to a fundementally different approach to containerisation and rootless operation. In this video I describe the benefits of Podman over a default Docker deployment as well as some of the core principles that differentiate the two. I also show how to deploy a VM with a Proxmox template (more to come on that) how to install and configure Podman with Docker Compose files as well as showing you how to deploy common apps like Portainer Jellyfin and Dashy. Could this be a Docker replacement for you Docker Compose Files for"
YouTube Link 2023-10-05T15:50Z 74K followers, 92.7K engagements
"I Rebuilt in [--] Hours Lessons Learned. I tried to upgrade Proxmox from v8 to v9 but due to the customisations I had made to the default installation it didn't go to plan. Whilst everything seemed like a disaster I took it as an opportunity to tackle some things that I'd put off for way too long. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-06T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Virtual pfSense - Discussing the Options & Why Here are my reasons for virtualising pfSense and some pitfalls to avoid. pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Benefits of Virtualising 03:33 - Setup & Configuration Options 10:06 - High"
YouTube Link 2024-08-31T12:00Z 74K followers, 18K engagements
"NordVPN Wireguard - It's So Fast In this video I show how to connect to NordVPN using Wireguard instead of NordLynx. NordVPN: https://ref.nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY Powershell Script: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/NordVPN-Wireguard Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Wireguard on NordVPN 01:38 - UDP vs Wireguard Speed Test 04:50 - Setting up Wireguard 12:08 -"
YouTube Link 2024-12-19T13:00Z 47.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Upgrading CCTV and Testing Network Cables In this video I'm upgrading my Unifi cameras in preparation for migrating to a Unifi setup. I also test out the Noyafa NF-802 which is a network cable tester and has been great in my experience so far. Noyafa: https://www.noyafa.com/products/nf-802-network-cable-testerutm_source=jims&utm_id=kol GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-23T14:04Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Recommended Hardware To Start Or Expand Your Homelab. Budget and Premium Options. Here's my Q3 [----] hardware recommendations list. Let me know in the comments if you think I've missed something. All links to hardware on GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Buyer's Guide 02:03 - 'Premium' Consumer Build 08:45 - 'Budget'"
YouTube Link 2023-08-22T09:34Z 44K followers, [----] engagements
"Protecting Homelab Apps with BunkerWeb Update: The Founder has responded to feedback and stated that the paywalled LetsEncrypt will be removed in the next version. BunkerWeb is an OpenSource WAF with some great features and effective protections. Whilst some quality of life features are annoyingly behind a paywall (wildcard certs in particular) it is definitely work checking out and keeping an eye on. In this video I deploy BunkerWeb in Docker pull an SSL certificate and perform some rudimentary testing. Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/BunkerWeb BunkerWeb:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-06T13:14Z 44.5K followers, 10.9K engagements
"TrueNAS Drive Replacement If you're using TrueNAS or any NAS for that matter you need to know what to do when a drive fails. In this video I talk you through my drive replacement process / experience. Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Video 03:45 - Offline Disk in TrueNAS 04:58 - Finding and Replacing Disk 07:29 - Adding New Disk to Pool in TrueNAS"
YouTube Link 2024-12-13T12:14Z 47.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Proxmox Cluster Network Overview - Link Aggregation to the Rescue Minis Forum MS-01 It's time to upgrade the network so that I can leverage link aggregation Here's an updated network overview and why I've made the changes. The next video will focus on the configuration of various elements. Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-22T12:00Z 44.1K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Deploy CrowdSec to Protect Your Services From Bad Actors & Common Attacks - Kubernetes Update: This now works with externalTrafficPolicy: Local for source IP visibility on K3S & RKE2 :) Deploy CrowdSec in Kubernetes to protect your apps from hackers. Use live threat data to ban bad IPs and threat actors protect your services from compromise and have real-time alerting. Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Kubernetes/CrowdSec @crowdsec Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-11-20T15:00Z 64.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Improving Security with Hardware Keys - Authentik & Pocket-ID Learn how to improve your homelab security by adding a hardware key. In this video I use a Yubikey and add it to Authentik and Pocket-ID to provide protection to self-hosted applications. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Pocket-ID Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-09T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Hardware Network Overview #tech #networking #technology #shorts I decided to migrate from OPNSense and test out Unifi's gateway. In this video I detail how I switched and provide my opinion on the process and its features. Hardware Affiliate Links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage USW 24PoE Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/switching-professional-max-xg/products/usw-pro-max-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Other Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T08:56Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Thunderbolt Networking is FAST & CHEAP In this video I show how I created a thunderbolt [--] network ring to cluster my Proxmox nodes. The MS-01 is a perfect option for this approach. Is it the ultimate "budget" cluster Thanks to Scyto: https://gist.github.com/scyto/76e94832927a89d977ea989da157e9dc Minis Forum MS-01: https://amzn.to/3V9DkAa Cable Matters Thunderbolt: https://amzn.to/4bOOZtU Samsung [---] Pro: https://amzn.to/4dSaxaS Corsair Vengeance: https://amzn.to/44OehWF GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2024-05-30T12:00Z 30.7K followers, 11.7K engagements
"The Easiest Cluster Automating Docker Swarm The Ansible playbook automates the Docker Swarm creation process and also deploys Portainer as a cluster manager. This is the perfect start to playing with Docker Swarm. GitHub Playbook: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Ansible/Playbooks/Docker-Swarm Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage"
YouTube Link 2025-02-05T12:37Z 66.3K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Build Apps With Prompts - OpenHands OpenHands makes coding simple. Whether you're a novice or a pro it offers something to accelerate the delivery pipeline. OpenHands Documentation: https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/OpenHands Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Open Hands 01:35 -"
YouTube Link 2025-01-27T12:50Z 51.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Use Docker Swarm Auto Deploy Script with Highly Available Storage - GlusterFS Docker Swarm is a great option to understand container orchestration and might be the perfect choice for your homelab. It provides high availability and failover for services you are running. This is great to keep your favourite app running and is really useful when it comes to maintenance. Docker Swarm Script: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Docker-Swarm Docker Swarm Documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/ Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-12-18T14:00Z 67.4K followers, 48.7K engagements
"How To Choose Or Build Your Own NAS - incl. TrueNAS - Part [--] To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Choosing your first NAS can be daunting. In this video I discuss some of the options you need to think about before purchasing or building. I also show how to deploy TrueNAS on your own hardware along with creating network shares. This video was sponsored by Brilliant. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-03T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 13.5K engagements
"The All-In-One VPN Solution You NEED To Try - Border0 Thank you to Border0 for sponsoring this video. Border0 is more than a VPNit's a powerful security platform built from the ground up with application-level security and Zero Trust principles. Border0 enables your teams to connect to networks applications servers and databases securely and effortlessly all through a unified platform. Border0 Docs: https://docs.border0.com/docs/what-is-border0 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-27T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 14.4K engagements
"Homelab Monitoring Made Easy - Part 2: Creating Dashboards For Docker Crowdsec and Sophos XG This video shows you how to build dashboards for the metrics you have pulled from your services in video [--]. In this video we'll deploy a Docker @crowdsec and @SophosCybersecurity XG Dashboard. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Grafana-Monitoring/Part-2 CrowdSec Grafana Dashboards: https://github.com/crowdsecurity/grafana-dashboards Recommended hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Find me on: Discord:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-03T09:29Z 64.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"pfSense Beginner's Guide - Installation & Hardware pfSense is an opensource Enterprise grade firewall with multiple advanced features. In this video we deploy pfSense firewall and prepare for advanced configuration. Subsequent episodes will cover virtual deployments vLANs VPNs High Availability and much much more. pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter:"
YouTube Link 2024-08-22T12:00Z 43.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Deploy A Full Homelab in Minutes Use this mammoth compose file to deploy a fully-fledged pop-up homelab. It has pretty much everything you need to get started. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Popup-Homelab Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 -"
YouTube Link 2025-03-05T13:13Z 79.6K followers, 22.1K engagements
"Vikunja - An Open-Source Self-Hostable To-Do App Vikunja is a great to-do app with many features from paid providers. In this video I show you how to deploy it within Docker. Docker Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Vikunja Vikunja Documentation: https://vikunja.io/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2024-02-25T12:01Z 44K followers, 13.6K engagements
"Kubernetes At Home: What Is Kubernetes - Part [--] The first video in a [--] part series detailing how to deploy Kubernetes at home. In this video I detail the forthcoming series and discuss exactly what Kubernetes is and why you should consider learning it in a way that is accessible to newcomers. I discuss how Kubernetes builds upon the existing Docker container approach and highlight many of the key technologies that underpin a Kubernetes cluster. Kubernetes Documentation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/ Recommended Hardware:"
YouTube Link 2023-10-11T15:50Z 60.6K followers, 47K engagements
"Docker Swarm with High Availability (almost) GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Docker-Swarm/swarm-3-nodes.sh Automated Docker Swarm deployment with GlusterFS"
YouTube Link 2023-12-17T10:59Z 67.8K followers, [----] engagements
"pfSense Configuration Guide - Zero to Hero Let's configure pfSense: static IPs services networks vLAN DHCP firewall rules DDNS VPN Wireguard NordVPN traffic inspection backup and restore pfSense Download: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/ pfSense Docs: https://docs.netgate.com/ NordVPN: https://refer-nordvpn.com/MkwWsHpnBtY NordVPN pfSense: https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/20382523899281-pfSense-2-5-Setup-with-NordVPN Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5"
YouTube Link 2024-09-24T12:00Z 43.6K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Linux Mint Setup Basics The second video in the 'The Big Switch' series covers basic configuration of Linux Mint. We'll be using this base to build up to more complex operations and installations. Big Switch Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/TheBigSwitch Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Linux Mint Config 01:25 - Updates 08:14 - Installing Apps (Flathub vs Package Manager)"
YouTube Link 2025-01-12T12:01Z 50K followers, [----] engagements
"Build Your Own VPN with Headscale & Tailscale Deploy Headscale to create your own VPN I'm setting this up to create a mesh network so that I can create my own private cloud. Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Headscale2 Headscale Documentation: https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/docs/running-headscale-container.md Headscale UI: https://github.com/gurucomputing/headscale-ui Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2024-07-08T13:05Z 72.3K followers, 64.2K engagements
"Replace Zoom & Teams with Jitsi Meet. It's Free Self-Hosted and Private In this video I show you how to deploy Jitsi Meet in Docker and set it up behind a reverse proxy. It's the perfect Homelab companion to enable you to make free private video calls whether on your PC or mobile device. Code Server Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Jitsi Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2023-09-13T08:32Z 44.2K followers, [----] engagements
"How To VPN Without Port Forwarding Using Headscale & Tailscale - Complete Tutorial Learn how to deploy a VPN without port forwarding using Headscale Tailscale and a Free Virtual Private Server. Headscale Documentation: https://headscale.net/running-headscale-linux/ Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Headscale and"
YouTube Link 2023-09-07T10:00Z 63.6K followers, 40.8K engagements
"But Should You Buy It GEEKOM Mini IT13 [----] Edition Thanks to Geekom for sending me this unit to review. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction 03:23 - Competition - Beelink & MinisForum 05:45 - Teardown 10:26 - Benchmark"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T13:01Z 79.6K followers, 123.2K engagements
"Homelab Hardware Tour - It's Come A Long Way Today we're looking at my current homelab. A lot has changed in the past [--] months so join me as I discuss what's new and why and what's to come. MS-01 Videos & Networking: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt&si=tWc1nyVmcCiRs9Ah MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-14T12:59Z 79.6K followers, 31.2K engagements
"OPNSense High Availability - [--] VM [--] IP In this video I show how to perform OPNSense 'HA' using a single VM and [--] IP. This technique makes use of homogenous network setups across identical nodes where failover in Proxmox comes into effect. Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to High Availability 01:18 - Network Overview 04:05"
YouTube Link 2024-07-03T12:17Z 34.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Share Anonymously with Anyone Using PrivateBin PrivateBin is a minimalist open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. In this video I showcase how to deploy PrivateBin and provide an overview of some of the functionality. PrivateBin Documentation: https://privatebin.info/ GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/PrivateBin Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2024-12-05T13:01Z 69.7K followers, [----] engagements
"You NEED a firewall Firewalls: What are they and why do you need one in your home I'll discuss what function a firewall provides some of the advanced security features available and how they can secure your infrastructure and services. I also cover vendor options hardware recommendations for building a firewall and provide a guided tour of my homelab firewall segementation and defence in depth approach. Managed Switch: https://amzn.to/3OIPQU3 Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 00:00 - Introduction 02:48 - IDS and IPS 05:12 - Realtime monitoring 06:00 - Security Incident & Event Monitoring"
YouTube Link 2023-05-17T23:22Z 60.6K followers, 18.4K engagements
"Building a Unifi Homelab - A Lot Has Changed - Part [--] Affiliate links: UDM Pro Max: https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/udm-pro-maxa_aid=JimsGarage Pro Max [--] PoE: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/usw-pro-24-poea_aid=JimsGarage U7 Pro XG: https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro-xga_aid=JimsGarage Unifi provides a seamless network ecosystem to build the network you need. In this video I show how to create a simple homelab network covering topics such as DHCP DNS VLAN WireGuard Port Forwarding adding new devices and also WiFi setup."
YouTube Link 2025-05-23T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 12.9K engagements
"A Single Device Homelab Let's discuss Most people only want or need a single device for their homelab. In this video I'm contemplating doing the same by discussing some of the design challenges that a single device poses. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-21T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 17.1K engagements
"DIY Custom Cooling Solution I needed to cool my SFP+ ONT stick after moving it to my Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max - this seemed like a cool and effective solution. Shout out to Mi09 for the awesome STL file below. Noctua fan: https://amzn.to/48fNRkm Print file: https://www.printables.com/model/1406855-4020-fan-housing-for-cooling-xgspon-onu-stick-sfp GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_"
YouTube Link 2025-10-08T16:04Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Olares One - A Portable Powerhouse With a Difference The Olares One is Olares' first dedicated hardware aiming to give you local AI in your own network. It also runs their Olares OS an opensource AI orientated OS that is honestly impressive. In this video I give my honest impressions and feedback. Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/167544890/olares-one-the-local-al-powerhouse-on-your-desk GitHub Repo: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord:"
YouTube Link 2025-12-09T14:01Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Building a Homelab - Proxmox Hypervisor Part [--] Proxmox is an excellent choice for a homelab hypervisor. It's Enterprise Grade open source free and comes with a massive community. Find out how to deploy it along with detailed explanations of the most common options and features. Videos Referenced: Proxmox Cluster Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt Firewalls: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sVKixOZh3mB6ToUB50YFbT5 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-09T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 31.5K engagements
"Omni Tools - Simple Image and Video Editing and More Omni Tools has some awesome productivity boosting features especially when it comes to lightweight editing for videos and images. Omni Tools Documentation: https://github.com/iib0011/omni-toolstab=readme-ov-file#self-hostrun GitHub Config Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Omni-Tools Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jims-garage.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage"
YouTube Link 2025-04-26T11:30Z 79.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Time To Replace My MS-01 Cluster MinisForum MS-A2 Review The MinisForum MS-A2 is a compact powerhouse it's the fastest PC I've ever tested. Should you replace the MS-01 does it have feature parity does it thermal throttle Let's find out MS-A2 Prebuilt: https://amzn.to/4l6WYY2 MS-A2 Barebones: https://amzn.to/4nA8s8j GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-01T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 35.1K engagements
"GPU Transcoding Test - AMD Has IMPROVED monday.com: https://bit.ly/44jNXDQ #mondaypartner For years Intel has been the king of homelab transcoding and light GPU workloads. Whilst it still might be "the best" AMD is so close and sometimes beats it. In this video I test transcoding performance with ffmpeg inside and outside of Jellyfin. Radeon 610M & 780M Intel UHD [---] & Iris Xe All media in this video is free to use and test with. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/iGPU Support this channel to get access to perks:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-08T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 12.3K engagements
"MinisForum N5 Pro - A Strong Entry to the NAS Scene Today I'm looking at one of MinisForum's first NAS offerings the N5 Pro. You should definitely check out its cheaper cousin the N5 as I believe this is the best value offering for most people. N5 Pro: https://www.minisforum.uk/products/minisforum-n5-pro GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk"
YouTube Link 2025-10-15T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 14.5K engagements
"The World's Most Popular Webserver: SSL and Reverse Proxy Guide Nginx is the perfect webserver but it can also serve as a reverse proxy. In this video I show you how to do all of that plus pull a valid SSL certificate via certbot and Let's Encrypt. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Nginx Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage"
YouTube Link 2025-02-19T12:54Z 79.6K followers, 19.9K engagements
"macOS vs Windows - Why Not Both To learn for free on Brilliant go to https://brilliant.org/JimsGarage/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Deploying MacOS or Windows in Docker is a quick easy and repeatable process thanks to Docker. Whilst it doesn't give you quite the same experience as bare metal it could be just enough for rapid testing of code use of applications and much more. Dockur Github: https://github.com/dockur GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/MacWindows Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 12.5K engagements
"The Home Automation Must Buy - SLZB-06M & Zigbee2MQTT The SLZB-06M is the Home Automation controller I've sorely been missing it's amazing and can do pretty much everything you need In this video I deploy it with MQTT Zigbee2MQTT and integrate with Home Assistant. Home Assistant Docker Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Zigbee2MQTT Hardware: SLZB-06M: https://amzn.to/43GYdXT Hue Lights: https://amzn.to/3U7DmrM Sonoff: https://amzn.to/3PSczxk Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-12T12:00Z 79.6K followers, 37.5K engagements
"Building a Home Assistant Kiosk - Why Did I Wait So Long I've wanted to build a Home Assistant kiosk for a long time and thanks to Elecrow I finally took the plunge. In this video I'm checking out Elecrow's 7" and 11" inch offerings to build an awesome kiosk. Disclaimer: The items in this were sent to me for review no money changed hands and Elecrow had no control over the narrative. Items Used: CrowVision 11.6" Raspberry Pi Capacitive Touch Display:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-20T12:01Z 79.6K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Pi-hole v6 - Configuration and Overview Pi-hole just released a huge upgrade to v6. Let's deploy it and take a look. GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Piholev6 Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to Pi-hole v6 02:09 - Configuration Overview 05:17 - GUI"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T13:06Z 79.6K followers, 71.2K engagements
"Building a Homelab - Hardware Part [--] Discussing some options for starting out your homelab and things to look out for. Beelink EQ14: https://amzn.to/44lgpqM MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 -"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T14:03Z 79.6K followers, 45.3K engagements
"Homelab Services Tour - What I'm Running Today we're looking at my current homelab services. A lot has changed in the past [--] months so join me as I discuss what's new and why and what's to come. MS-01 Videos & Networking: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLXHMZDvOn5sXwXrbXTd6_dctsCOTFmNgt&si=tWc1nyVmcCiRs9Ah MS-01 Affiliate: https://amzn.to/4293zu2 GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/ Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T13:43Z 79.6K followers, 73.1K engagements
"Checkmate - Simpler Than Grafana More Features Than Uptime-Kuma Checkmate is a promising monitoring and alerting tool for your infrastructure. It's simple to install and configure and has a lot more to come. Checkmate GitHub: https://github.com/bluewave-labs/checkmate GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Checkmate Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-19T11:30Z 79.6K followers, 56.7K engagements
"You Probably Have 1000s of Vulnerabilities. Wazuh Walkthrough Wazuh delivers robust security monitoring and protection for your IT assets using its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities. Wazuh use cases are designed to safeguard your digital assets and enhance your organization's cybersecurity posture. In this video I provide an overview of how to use it to protect your estate. GitHub Video Files: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Wazuh Tech Bench (2nd Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@Tech-Bench Support"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T11:45Z 79.6K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Rebuilding my NAS - Moving to Virtual TrueNAS in Proxmox I'm retiring my old NAS and moving to my new HL15. I'm also moving from a physical to virtual setup. So far so good - lower temps and noise GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jimsgarage.co.uk Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 -"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T13:02Z 79.6K followers, 22.5K engagements
"Go Beyond VPN - Let's Deploy Twingate Twingate: https://www.twingate.com/ "Keep private resources and internet traffic protected with Zero Trust security tools built for the modern world of work". In this video I explain and deploy Twingate. It's a great solution if you're looking to quickly protect your applications and services at scale using modern day cryptographic technologies. Support this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUTdohVElFLSP4NBnlPEwA/join Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 X: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Bluesky:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-12T13:01Z 79.6K followers, 14.8K engagements
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