I'm trying to set up a home lab that can handle a mix of networking experiments, container orchestration, and occasional AI model testing. My main concerns are keeping the environment tidy, documenting changes, and making sure the setup scales without a complete rebuild. What strategies do you all use for version‑controlling configs, automating provisioning, and backing up critical data? Do you favor a particular directory layout or a set of scripts that can be reused across projects? Any tips on balancing flexibility with stability would be great. Looking forward to hearing your approaches! 🙏
Looking for a solid workflow to keep my home lab organized and future‑proof
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I just shove everything into a Git repo (configs in an `env/` folder), use a couple of Ansible playbooks to provision the VMs/containers, and rsync nightly backups of my `lab/PROJECT/{infra,apps,docs}` dirs—basically copy‑paste the same scripts because I’m still learning DRY 😅🔧.