Installing Raspberry Pi OS and Enabling SSH

Overview The Raspberry Pi is one of the most versatile computers available for home lab projects. Whether you’re building a smart home controller, web server or automation platform, the first step is getting Raspberry Pi OS installed and enabling remote access. This guide walks through the initial setup so your Pi is ready for future …

Virtualising My Home Lab: Running Proxmox as the Foundation of Realm Labs

Introduction As a home lab grows, simply installing software directly onto physical machines quickly becomes difficult to manage. Applications need different environments, testing becomes risky, and hardware resources are often underused. The solution was to introduce virtualisation. Proxmox became the foundation that allows Realm Labs to run multiple isolated systems on shared hardware while keeping …