HomelabOS is a self-hosting solution from https://homelabos.com that provides a plethora of services like Gitea, Nextcloud, and Matrix Synapse to name a few. HomelabOS can be installed on Linux, macOS, and Windows machines as well.
This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how to install HomelabOS on macOS.
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that lets us install, configure, and manage software packages. To install Homebrew, open a terminal emulator and enter the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Before installing HomelabOS, we need to install some dependencies. Run this command to do so:
brew install git curl openssl libyaml
Before installing HomelabOS, we need to download the HomelabOS repo from GitHub:
git clone https://gitlab.com/NickBusey/HomelabOS.git
Next, navigate to the directory and run the bootstrap script:
cd HomelabOS
./deploy.sh
The script will download and install all dependencies required by HomelabOS.
Finally, we need to deploy HomelabOS using the deployment plan file. You need to have a deployment plan file in YAML format for deploying the services you want. You can refer to the sample files provided on the official website.
./deploy.sh path/to/your/deployment_plan.yml
The script will deploy all the services mentioned in the YAML file.
You have successfully installed HomelabOS on your macOS machine. Deploying various services is now just a matter of configuring a YAML file and running the deployment script.
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