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What do you use to document your home lab? (lemmy.procrastinati.org)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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My home lab has a mild amount of complexity and I'd like practice some good habits about documenting it. Stuff like, what each system does, the OS, any notable software installed and, most importantly, any documentation around configuration or troubleshooting.

i.e. I have an internal SMTP relay that uses a letsencrypt SSL cert that I need to use the DNS challenge to renew. I've got the steps around that sitting in a Google Doc. I've got a couple more google docs like that.

I don't want to get super complicated but I'd like something a bit more structured than a folder full of google docs. I'd also like to pull it in-house.

Thanks

Edit: I appreciate all the feedback I've gotten on this post so far. There have been a lot of tools suggested and some great discussion about methods. This will probably be my weekend now.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Almost nothing haha. Some half-ass notes saved here and there, in a disorganized manner.

My stuff works, but I don't recommend my approach.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 6 points 3 years ago

This is what I'm trying to get away from.

[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 5 points 3 years ago

Same, my stuff continuing to work relies on thoughts and prayers.

[–] Deebster@lemmyrs.org 3 points 3 years ago

I was going to say my notes are in Joplin, but my more honest answer is basically yours.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

Same, but I have no plan to change. My setup isn't very complex so there's not much to track. Most of it is just one docker compose file. It would just be one more thing to maintain without much benefit.

[–] manwichmakesameal@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago

This is the way.