Posts tagged “Homelab”

27 Sept 202601

The same compose file on a laptop and on a swarm

docker stack deploy ignores restart, links and depends_on, never reads .env and rejects name:. What actually changes between docker compose up and a swarm deployment.

26 Sept 202602

Diagram: Paperless, n8n and Snipe-IT connected over a shared overlay network to one Postgres, alongside Gotenberg and Mosquitto, with their separate databases crossed out

Splitting compose files into reusable swarm services

One Postgres, one Gotenberg and one Mosquitto for the whole cluster: splitting a complex compose file into shared stacks joined by an overlay network.

25 Sept 202603

Three Dell OptiPlex desktops labelled hl01 to hl03, stacked under a Netgear switch beside two Synology NAS units

Docker Swarm: the simpler side of container orchestration

Three OptiPlexes headed for scrap, a Synology NAS and Ansible: how Docker Swarm runs a homelab without Kubernetes complexity.