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What do you use to document your home lab? (lemmy.procrastinati.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My home lab has a mild amount of complexity and I'd like practice some good habits about documenting it. Stuff like, what each system does, the OS, any notable software installed and, most importantly, any documentation around configuration or troubleshooting.

i.e. I have an internal SMTP relay that uses a letsencrypt SSL cert that I need to use the DNS challenge to renew. I've got the steps around that sitting in a Google Doc. I've got a couple more google docs like that.

I don't want to get super complicated but I'd like something a bit more structured than a folder full of google docs. I'd also like to pull it in-house.

Thanks

Edit: I appreciate all the feedback I've gotten on this post so far. There have been a lot of tools suggested and some great discussion about methods. This will probably be my weekend now.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Almost nothing haha. Some half-ass notes saved here and there, in a disorganized manner.

My stuff works, but I don't recommend my approach.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is what I'm trying to get away from.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Same, my stuff continuing to work relies on thoughts and prayers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was going to say my notes are in Joplin, but my more honest answer is basically yours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same, but I have no plan to change. My setup isn't very complex so there's not much to track. Most of it is just one docker compose file. It would just be one more thing to maintain without much benefit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is the way.