Top 10 Home Lab Tools I Use in 2024

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Top 10 Home Lab Tools I Use in 2024

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A look at my top 10 home lab tools in 2024 that I use in the lab every day. These tools have made my home lab experience smoother and more efficient. These span everything from hypervisors, software, hardware, and utilities. No tool roundup is the same for everyone, but hopefully you will find something on the list that is helpful!
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Introduction - 0:00
Sponsor of today's video - 0:51
1. Proxmox VE - 1:34
2. VMware ESXi - 2:33
3. Ventoy - 3:32
4. Docker - 4:21
5. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) - 5:33
6. Ansible - 6:18
7. Unifi Network Solution - 7:21
8. TinyPilot KVM - 8:16
9. Synology NAS - 8:58
10. GitLab - 9:48
Wrapping up my top 10 home lab tools - 10:14

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@parl-88 27 күн бұрын

YES! A coming in-depth video about Nakivo would be awesome. From zero to installed and running. Hopefully you make a whole series of videos about it. And, hopefully you get Nakivo to sponsor them. Thanks and keep up the good work.

@korrupted80 27 күн бұрын

A very good topic and overview of all the virtualization tools for the home lab environment. Excellent job. Thanks Brandon!

@JoeNgera 27 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for this on. It was so helpful

@robertkerr229 27 күн бұрын

ventoy sounds awesome for the reasons stated!

@ronm6585 27 күн бұрын

Thanks Brandon.

@trexgamer73 27 күн бұрын

Thanks

@Janemayank 27 күн бұрын

Love your work! !

@VirtualizationHowto 22 күн бұрын

@Janemayank I really appreciate it!

@jedilee 27 күн бұрын

Get well soon brother! Take care!

@VirtualizationHowto 22 күн бұрын

I appreciate it

@kristopherleslie8343 27 күн бұрын

Let’s see a video for Linux and Windows Ansible usage

@NTVN-Alex 27 күн бұрын

What would be cool is how you could combine Ansible and Gitlab to manage your homelab. So, how do you create and maintain an update script for your linux VMs? How do you do the same for Windows maybe? But also, how do you create and maintain a template for a VM?

@gabrielcavaller4724 24 күн бұрын

I'd agree this would be ace.

@mt_kegan512 20 күн бұрын

Great list! I'd add an uptime monitor (ie: uptime Kuma), documentation/wiki (bookstack is terrific), TrueNAS (deserves to be an honorable mention at the worst), DNS content filter, and firewalls (ie pf/opensense) to an "ultimate list" . That's a pretty good foundation for most homelabbers. Of course us homelabbers are never done adding services & servers!

@C0LPAN1C 21 күн бұрын

Ventoy is sliced bread. Not sure how I functioned before it! Oh wait I know. 10 separate usb thumb drives for different OSes. 😢. Now I use my 256 GB thumb drive with 30-40 ISOs and imgs, everything from Hirens boot cd, to every new windows, select Linux distros, Android OS, Chrome OS Flex, Citrix, pi img, VMware, unraid, proxmox, and trueNAS. I even managed to embed OpenCore and a few MacOS versions (shhhh don’t tell Apple). Sliced Bread, bruh.

@TechSportz 27 күн бұрын

Thanks Brandon - would love to see more about your Ansible setup

@RealDaryl 27 күн бұрын

Get well soon

@johnharrison712 27 күн бұрын

I don't see anything that Nakivo is free for Homelab? I see is Start a free trial today.

@VirtualizationHowto 22 күн бұрын

Hopefully a video is coming soon on this front, stay tuned!

@ryanmalone2681 27 күн бұрын

I didn't actually know you could still use VMware in a homelab for $210. That's worth it from my perspective compared to Proxmox.

@majorgear1021 26 күн бұрын

definitely not worth it

@VirtualizationHowto 22 күн бұрын

ryanmalone2681, I agree. the VMUG Advantage membership is what I have called "the best value in a home lab" that you can buy, considering you get thousands of (even more with the license changes) dollars worth of software for the $210.

@ryanmalone2681 22 күн бұрын

@@majorgear1021 Maybe not if you’re broke.