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Practical Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Proxmox, storage, networking, and homelab guides for real-world setups. At PiHobby, I share hands-on tutorials, walkthroughs, and project ideas built around single-board computers, lightweight servers,…
Syncthing on your Webmin/Virtualmin Server
Here’s a complete, step-by-step guide to installing and configuring Syncthing on servers that use Webmin/Virtualmin, including one-way (unidirectional) sync and instructions for all major Linux families. This article assumes that…
Proxmox on Armbian for all OPi5 Devices
I have been running Raspberry Pi Devices for a few years now and I know them pretty well. However I bought an Orange Pi 5 as a test because it…
Deploy/Install Armbian on an OPi5 Plus
Armbian is a highly specialized OS especially for SBC’s (Single Board Computers). There are several ways you can deploy it. In my humble opinion this is the best way to…
Proxmox on an OPi5/OPi5 Plus w/rk3588S/rk3588
I want to let you know that this has worked for me on both the Orange Pi 5/Orange Pi 5 Plus and the Raspberry Pi 4/5 hardware. Proxmox is one…
OpenMediaVault on an Intel NUC6i7KYK
Building an OpenMediaVault (OMV) server using your Intel NUC6i7KYK (Skull Canyon) is a great idea—it’s a powerful and compact machine, perfect for a home NAS or media server. This can…
2 – MokerLink Multigig switches w/OpenWRT
To add two MokerLink 2G08110GSM switches to your network (192.168.2.0/24) using 1 SFP+ port and a Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cable, follow these steps: Overview of Your Setup Step-by-Step Setup…
Vlan config with OpenWRT/MokerLink Switch
To configure VLAN 3 on OpenWRT to communicate with a MokerLink 2G08110GSM (an 8-port managed switch with 1 SFP+ 10G uplink), you’ll need to do the following: Overview: Step 1:…
PiMIN NAS/Backup Server via Ubuntu Server
So you want to use your SBC/Pi as a NAS and you have no clue how to start or where to start. Well I believe I have a solution for…
Install OpenMediaVault 7/8 in a Proxmox/PiMOX VM/SBC (Debian 12.8 Bookworm)
As far as the install goes, This will take longer on a Pi than on a regular PC so please be patient. PIs do not have the same processing power…
How to Install PiPBS – Proxmox Backup Server on a Pi/SBC/VM
Proxmox Backup Server is an open-source backup software project supporting virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. The Bare-metal server is based on the Debian Linux distribution, with some extended features,…