HomelabOS is a collection of Ansible roles and playbooks that can be used to deploy a self-hosted open-source home server solution. It allows you to install a variety of services like Nextcloud, Gitea, and more on your own server.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to install HomelabOS on Linux Mint latest version.
HomelabOS uses Ansible as its deployment tool. So, the first step is to install Ansible. To do that, execute the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ansible
Once Ansible is installed, check its version to make sure it is installed properly:
ansible --version
To download HomelabOS, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/homelabos/homelabos.git
This will clone the Git repository of HomelabOS to your local machine.
Next, go to the HomelabOS directory:
cd homelabos
In this directory, you will find a configuration file named settings.yml. You need to configure this file according to your preferences. You can use any text editor to modify this file.
nano settings.yml
The file has many configuration options. You can change them depending on your requirements.
Once you have configured the settings.yml file, you can deploy HomelabOS by executing the following command:
ansible-playbook deploy.yml
This will start the deployment process. The deployment process may take a few minutes depending on your internet connection and the complexity of your configuration.
After the deployment process, you should be able to access your server via a web browser.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install HomelabOS on Linux Mint latest version. We also learned how to configure the settings.yml file and deploy HomelabOS using the Ansible tool. With HomelabOS, you can have a powerful self-hosted server solution with many services like Nextcloud, Gitea, and more.
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