I recently rebuilt my homelab from scratch. The goal was simple: one machine, everything containerised, zero exposed ports, GPU-accelerated local AI, and a fully automated backup setup. No cloud subscriptions for the tools I use every day.

This is the full technical breakdown — what I'm running, how it's wired together, and the hard-won fixes that cost me hours so you don't have to repeat them.

What I'm Running

Eight services, 26 containers, one machine:

Service