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I Colocated My HomeLab in a Data Center
I Colocated My HomeLab in a Data Center
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“Techno Tim”
After a few months of planning and building, I colocated some of my homelab servers in a data center! There were so many unknowns like, how much does colocating server cost? Do you need to bring your own networking? How do you even prepare for this? Join me as we figure this all out! And…
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+1 for Tailscale.
Wouldn't sharing a colocation rack space be quite a risk? You need to setup some encryption, chassis intrusion, network BPDU, filter, mac security…
For connection back home, mesh network or a cloudflare container! Since it doesn't look like you have an OOB management device (and probably don't want datacenter remote hand to help you power cycle), would suggest some sort of IP KVM like opengear or piKVM.
I'm sold on overlay networks like, Tailscale and Zerotier. Enjoy the new digs!
I don't know the pro and cons of either one so I'd like you to cover a little bit of both if possible in the next
I would love to do this
TechnoTim is the best on YouTube. He’s still humble and hasn’t let the publicity get to his head! Thanks man!
I vote for tailscale, one I would like to see more of it on videos and it works great. I have remote repeater sites connected and 2 ranches in different states. It does require a very consistent update but that seems to be the only drawback besides not hosting it myself. Thanks for the videos, enjoy them a lot.
Oh the 511 building…..
Tell MN-IT I said hi 🤣
i will go whit tailscale for acces my services, tailscale pass firewall !
for site to site i will go whit wireguard for speed and responsiveness
STOP READING MY MIND! 😂
How is this with electricity costs? Are they typically included in the costs per month or do one need to pay them additionally depending on how much one used?
I’d do a SD-WAN remote site with a ngfw
Also verify that your power supplies are 220v capable. Most real server PSUs are full-range, but I've seen smoke on more than one occasion.
Openziti instead of Tailscale.
Mikrotik over Ubiquiti.
I am running wireguard (not tailscale) for my site to site and then I do BGP routing between the sites and it works just perfect. I am using tailscale for "road warrior"-style connectivity from my laptop/phone etc if I'm not at home and I need to connect to my DC/Home
I think tailscale is great, but it just didn't fit for site to site for me running a similar setup to what you have.
IT GOT SERIOUS WHEN HE SAID HIS ISP IS IN THE SAME DATA CENTRE THAT MEAN HE IS AT THE LOWEST HOPS. I AM JELOUS OF IT I AM 11 HOPS AWAY FROM BY COLOCATION AND HE MIGHT BE JUST 5.
Very cool!
Hi ! What's the name the device in 2:14 ? Some kind of boot drive ? Please explain.
Site to Site VPN you control is the way. I would go as far as installing virtual Pfsense instances with openvpn site to site.
3 server cluster without redundant power supplies is problematic. Also the unifi seems like a single point of failure
Been using tailscale and it keeps blowing my mind!
its interesting as soon as you said you used a UDMP for VPN I thought.. Why didn't he just use Tailscale or Cloudflare tunnel. IMO I would run a cloudflare LXC on each box (assuming they are proxmox) and you'd have connectivity to them. Tailscale would also work great. looking forward to see what you go with!!!
I haven't used collocation for about a decade. Renting individual VPS is way cheaper and better maintenable than anything else without sacrifing performance (as long as you pick a good host). That said; I use tailscale for pretty much anything. My homelab, my office, my commercial servers, my clients… I love how I can manage ACL easily and quickly give access to anyone to exactly what he needs access to. Keep in mind that I also run my own DERP server. It shouldn't make much of a difference (speed/safety), but it was easy enough to self-host.
I use Zero Tier One, and I love it
Hey Tim. Sweet vid. Weird question, though: What glasses do you wear? I can never find any I like but I like those ones you wear