James Hendershott

Case study

Home Server (Homelab)

Personal homelab for services and experimentation — Dockerized apps behind Nginx Proxy Manager, with backups and monitoring.

HomelabDockerNginx Proxy ManagerNetworking

Overview

A consolidated home server environment hosting personal services, experiments, and dashboards. Emphasis on maintainability, backups, and low-friction access.

Highlights

  • Reverse proxy and TLS via Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM)
  • Containerized services (media, monitoring, utilities)
  • Automated backups and update cadence
  • Network segmentation where practical

Notes

This is an infrastructure/ops project without a public repository.