Raspberry Pi guides for every generation, from Pi Zero edge deployments through Pi 4 homelab clusters to the Pi 5 as a legitimate server platform. Covers OS selection and flashing, headless setups, GPIO projects, network appliances like Pi-hole and WireGuard, Kubernetes on ARM, and the small set of operational habits that keep SD cards from dying. The Pi is the single most underrated way to learn production infrastructure skills without a production budget. Every guide here is built on hardware we own and use daily. If you want practical Pi projects that teach real skills rather than just demonstrate the hardware, start here.
Every other project in this series runs on Docker. The reverse proxy, the monitoring, the DNS, the automation platform, the AI models — all of it. Docker is not one of the ten projects. It is project zero. The foundation that everything else sits on. I have Docker running across most of my estate right
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Why Docker on a Raspberry Pi Makes Sense I have three Raspberry Pis running Docker in my homelab. One handles DNS and ad blocking, another runs monitoring and a dashboard, and the third runs Listmonk for newsletter management. They draw about 5 watts each, run silently, and cost less than a month of any cloud
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A Minecraft Server That Costs 5 Watts One of the most common questions I see in homelab communities is whether a Raspberry Pi can run a Minecraft server. The honest answer: it depends on which Pi and how many players you expect. A Pi 4 can do it. A Pi 5 can do it properly.
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Before I set up proper internal DNS, DuckDNS was the glue holding my remote access together. I had a Raspberry Pi running a handful of services at home, a residential IP address that changed every few days, and no interest in paying for a static IP from my ISP. DuckDNS solved the problem in about
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Let me be honest upfront: running Kubernetes on a single Raspberry Pi is over-engineered. For running a few containers, Docker Compose is simpler, lighter, and more appropriate. If your goal is purely practical — get services running with minimum fuss — you don’t need Kubernetes. That’s not the point. The point is that Kubernetes is
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Raspberry Pi or mini PC for a homelab? It is a question I get asked weekly, and the answer is more “both, for different things” than people expect. I have run both for years. The Pi handles lightweight services where low power and a small footprint matter. The mini PC runs everything else: virtualisation, databases,
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Want a faster, more secure Raspberry Pi setup? In this step-by-step guide, we show you how to install Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS onto a USB stick using Raspberry Pi Imager — perfect for Pi clusters, homelabs, and Azure Arc projects.
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