Guides & Tutorials
Check out our guides & tutorials below. We are still in the process of adding more, which may take some time. There are multiple skill level options available for each tutorial: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Beginner runs on Windows with Docker Desktop, Intermediate runs on Ubuntu 22.04, and Advanced runs on ProxMox with Linux VMs.
Recommended Hardware Requirements
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Minimum Recommended Hardware
– 4 Core CPU (Ryzen 5 or i5 Series or higher)
– 8 GB RAM
– 500 GB HDD
– Gaming Hardware w/ Nvidia GPU
Recommended Hardware
– 6+ Core CPU (Ryzen 7 or i7 Series or higher)
– 16+ GB RAM
– 256-500 GB Primary NVMe HDD
– 1+ TB Second HDD w/ Sata Ports To Expand
– Gaming or Workstation Hardware w/ Nvidia GPU
We recommend using an Intel or AMD CPU over an arm64 CPU such as the Raspberry Pi 4b, however, a Raspberry pi 4b 8GB model with a 128-256GB SD card will work as well.
You want the gaming computer or workstation for a few primary reasons:
– You get an adequate Power Supply
– It comes with a graphics card
– It has multiple SATA ports
– The cases typically have room for additional hard drives
All of these are something to look for when buying for a home server. If you need more than 3 simultaneous streams for transcoding, you will need a workstation GPU.
A workstation GPU is recommended for running any virtual assistants or machine learning as well, please check VRAM requirements before purchase.
If you already have a PC then the beginner tutorials will guide you through setting up Docker Desktop so that you can test out containers. This set up is *not recommended* for production (every day) use cases. If you plan to use it every day, we recommend using the intermediate tutorials on separate hardware from your current Windows or Linux desktop.
Setting Up The Operating System
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Additional Setup
Intermediate and Advanced Only
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