If you stumbled across this site it might be because you have an interest in running your own homelab. If so, welcome.
We are a group of enthusiasts interested in running our own servers, exploring new technology and scratching our own itch. We shy away, where we can, from closed technology ecosystems and proprietary software. We believe in our freedom, and in yours.
Brisbane Homelabs was started by James Downie in June 2024 as a local MeetUp group and while current members are located in South-East Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales anyone on the net is free to join.
While there is a wealth of Howtos, videos and blogs on the net about running your own servers one of our particular aims is to "meet up" on a semi-regular basis for a chat, a drink, a lecture or even just a bit of "show and tell". We meet at one of Brisbane's local libraries on a semi-regular basis and aim to get together roughly monthly. Feel free to join us and check the calendar for the next meeting.
According to the Linux Handbook a homelab is "the name given to a server (or multiple server setup) that resides locally in your home and where you host several applications and virtualized systems for testing and developing or for home and functional usage." r/Homelab emphasises it's a great way to learn about technologies that may have implications for your current or future work and has a long list of things you can try.
Here at Brisbane Homelabs we eat our own dog food. Members have experience in hardware setup, 3D printing, virtualisation, containers and storage.
Fire up proxmox, ESXi or an advanced NAS server and open up a whole world of opportunities for container projects. Manage your media with Plex or Jellyfin; find your favourite movies or TV shows with the Arrs group of containers; manage your library with Calibre or your music with Lidarr. Create a SME solution with NextCloud or run web servers with Nginx or Apache. Manage your firewall with OPNSense, filter your web spam with Pi-hole, run your own CMS (Wordpress, Joomla and Grav) or mailservers with DMS (docker mail server) or Mailcow (we do).
If you have a burning question and can't make it to the meeting ask on our mailing list or join us for our Online Chats on our own Jitsi server.