Why This Site Exists
I'm Christian Kaba, and this is where I document my self-hosted home lab — partly for myself, partly for anyone else building something similar.
I started keeping notes because I kept solving the same problems twice: forgetting a config flag, re-discovering a fix I'd already found six months earlier, or rebuilding something from scratch after a hardware change. This site is the result — a running record of what I've set up, how, and why, written as I go.
What's Covered Here
- Virtualization — Proxmox VE and VMware ESXi setups, from install to ongoing config
- Applications & Integrations — self-hosted apps like Nextcloud, Bookstack, and Paperless-NGX, tied together with Authentik SSO
- Core Services — networking and access layer: Cloudflare Tunnels, Home Assistant, OpenVPN
- Microsoft Lab — a full SCCM/MECM lab build on Hyper-V, from domain controller to software updates
- Tanium — administration notes and packaging guides
How It's Organized
Pages are grouped by function rather than by the order I built things — so if you're looking for how a specific piece fits together, start from whichever section matches what you're trying to do, not necessarily the nav order.
Get in Touch
If something here is wrong, out of date, or you just want to talk shop:
📧 Email: [email protected] 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christian-kaba-b8247a157