My Homelab Architecture

My homelab has evolved significantly over the years. Currently, it’s a mix of heavy iron and efficient ARM devices, all orchestrated with Ansible.

The Fleet

• Mars (TrueNAS): The primary storage engine. Bulk ZFS datasets, backups, and media library.
• Saturn (FreeBSD 15): The CI/CD Core. Runs Gitea, Woodpecker, and DNS.
• Jupiter (FreeBSD 15): The heavy lifter. Runs local storage and media services.
• OPNsense: The perimeter. Handling the network, firewall rules, and VLANs.
• Pluto (FreeBSD 14): My dedicated test box.
• Sunshine (Synology DS418): Secondary backup server to Mars.
• Venus (Linux/Fedora): For the few things that absolutely refuse to run on FreeBSD (yet).
• PiAware: ADS-B flight tracker (built following this guide).
• Pibox (Linux/ARM64): My low-power, always-on utility box.

Everything is managed via Ansible stored in a private Gitea repo. Secrets are vaulted. Deployment is a single playbook run.