Category: Homelab

Guides for your home server. Set up Proxmox shares, UPS shutdowns, and AdGuard Home with Tailscale, and manage SSH keys in 1Password.

Setting Up and Using SSH Keys in 1Password

5 min read

This guide walks through generating SSH keys in 1Password, configuring your Mac to use the 1Password SSH agent, and adding your public key to remote services.

Accessing Your Linux VM from Mac Finder: A Complete Guide to Samba File Sharing

29 min read

Seamlessly browse and edit files on your Linux VM directly from macOS Finder Introduction If you're running Linux VMs (whether in Proxmox, VirtualBox, VMware, or any other hypervisor) and use macOS as your daily driver, you've probably found yourself constantly SSHing into your VM to edit files or copy data back and forth.

Automating Git Commits with inotify: Never Forget to Push Again

20 min read

Build a real-time file watcher that automatically commits and pushes your changes to GitHub Introduction As developers and technical writers, we've all been there: you spend hours writing documentation, blog posts, or code, only to realize hours (or days) later that you forgot to commit and push your changes.

Tutorial: Mounting a Mac DAS via NFS to Proxmox Server

23 min read

Table of Contents Overview Architecture Prerequisites Understanding the Challenges Part 1: Prepare the Mac NFS Server Part 2: Configure NFS Exports Part 3: Enable Full Disk Access Part 4: Test NFS from Proxmox Part 5: Make the Mount Persistent Troubleshooting Security Considerations Performance Optimization Overview This tutorial guides you through configuring Network File System (NFS) to share a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device connected to a Mac with a Proxmox server over a network.