Local Rancher Behind Cloudflare Tunnel: NGINX LB + Docker Setup

When I’m helping customers troubleshoot Rancher issues I spin up and tear down local Rancher environments constantly. Most of the time, everything runs locally with no need for public access (and if I need to access it remotely I do so with Tailscale). But some tests, like provisioning clusters

Plex migration: TrueNAS Core -> Scale

I've found myself in a bit of a pickle. I want to upgrade my TrueNAS server from Core to Scale, but I'm currently using the Plex jail install on Core that isn't compatible with Scale. So I've decided to write up this

Monitor your homelab infrastructure externally for free*

Let's use Uptimedoctor, Pushover, and Cloudflare Tunnels to monitor our internal Uptime Kuma instance.

Dead simple container VPN: Gluetun, Portainer, and Private Internet Access

Need to set up a VPN for containers? I got you.

Homelab Push Notifications Using Uptime Kuma and Pushover

So you have Uptime Kuma set up, how about Push notifications?