Home Lab: Beginner Buildout

A Home Lab is a must in learning AI & cybersecurity. PERIOD! From learning new technology to honing your technical skills, having your own lab provides a protected environment to learn and self-hosted apps for data privacy. More importantly, seeing your lab on your resume sets you apart from every other candidate vying for that perfect job you’re dying to get!

If you’re like most, you know how important it is, but you’re frustrated with finding 1000s of videos on YouTube that are inconsistent and piecemeal. If you’d love for an experienced professional to provide step-by-step instructions, then this hands-on course is for you! This first in a series of courses on home labs by JHT All-Star, Joram Stith, sets the stage. He is your personal guide helping to create a highly functional, stable home lab that sets a solid foundation for anything you’d like to throw at it. It will also be used for all future courses in this series.

NameYourPrice Minimum = $0!

That’s right! Knowing how crucial it is to have lab experience on your resume when starting your career, Joram insisted on making this course available for FREE for those who need it. The suggested price is still crazy low at just $50, but the NameYourPrice model allows a minimum price of $0.

Price = $50

This is a “Name Your Price” course. Your options include:

  • Minimum Price = $0
  • Suggested Price = $50
  • Pay more to support our community efforts

Still not sure? Take a look at 3 Preview Lessons:

  • Course Overview
  • The “Big 3” Starting Apps
  • Home Lab DNS – “It’s Always DNS!”

Welcome Message from Your Instructor

Course Overview by Joram Stith

What’s in Home Lab: Beginner Buildout?

With 41 videos at 5.5 hours, step-by-step instructions with screenshots, Joram walks you through every step of the way covering all of the following topics:

0️⃣ Introduction
👋 Course Overview
💭 Why Take This Course?
📋 Course Contents
📓 Home Lab Notebook
❓ JHT Support
1️⃣ Proxmox Virtual Environment
2️⃣ Let’s Host Some Apps!
3️⃣ Home Lab Networking
4️⃣ Remote Access
5️⃣ Backups
6️⃣ Wrap Up

Prerequisites for Home Lab

This course was made for anyone who wants to build a lab or do self-hosting at home, and you do not need any prior experience with self-hosting! You will want to have a basic understanding of the Linux command line, as well as a general knowledge of networking concepts like IP addresses and DNS before taking this course.

Home Lab Course Requirements

  • To complete this course, you will need physical hardware to run Proxmox VE on.
  • A USB drive that you can use to install Proxmox on your hardware.
  • Recommended to enroll in Joram’s two Free Upskill Challenges:  Home Lab and Proxmox VE on JHT.

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