The Homelab Starter Checklist (Free PDF)

Building your first home server is 90% knowing what order to do things in. This free one-page checklist walks the exact path — hardware, foundation, first services, privacy, and backups — every box in the sequence I’d follow if I were starting over today.

What’s inside

  • The hardware picks that won’t need replacing in a year
  • The five services to run first (and the one-per-week rule that keeps it fun)
  • The network privacy setup — Pi-hole, Unbound, and VPN access done right
  • The backup habits that separate a homelab from a future data-loss story

Get the checklist

Download the Homelab Starter Checklist (PDF) — free, no strings.

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