Location
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://www.mnstate.edu/sac/
Start Date
15-4-2025 12:00 AM
End Date
15-4-2025 12:00 AM
Publication Date
4-15-2025
Description
As subscription services are getting ever more prominent and expensive. A homelab is a way to get away from the high cost and bring compute on premises. By leveraging personal hardware and open-source solutions, users can host their own cloud services, media streaming, file storage, and automation tools without relying on costly third-party providers. Applications such as Home Assistant for home automation and monitoring, Pi-hole for privacy and ad-blocking, Jellyfin for media streaming, and more. These applications can be run on consumer grade hardware, including single board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Homelabs also serve as a great learning area for IT professionals and developers. It gives them a place to test and work on networking and virtualization through virtual machines and docker. It also provides a test bed for security testing without compromising a production environment. It is a great piece for a resume and talking points in an interview, especially for new grads with little experience.
Building a Powerful Homelab: Local Computing for Automation, Security, Monitoring, and Self-Hosting
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
As subscription services are getting ever more prominent and expensive. A homelab is a way to get away from the high cost and bring compute on premises. By leveraging personal hardware and open-source solutions, users can host their own cloud services, media streaming, file storage, and automation tools without relying on costly third-party providers. Applications such as Home Assistant for home automation and monitoring, Pi-hole for privacy and ad-blocking, Jellyfin for media streaming, and more. These applications can be run on consumer grade hardware, including single board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Homelabs also serve as a great learning area for IT professionals and developers. It gives them a place to test and work on networking and virtualization through virtual machines and docker. It also provides a test bed for security testing without compromising a production environment. It is a great piece for a resume and talking points in an interview, especially for new grads with little experience.
https://red.mnstate.edu/sac/2025/cbac/10