I go through a lot of thoughts in this video on documenting a home lab environment. Why document your home lab? What tools do you need to use to do this? What types of documentation do you include? We look at all of these questions and talk about some of the things that are very helpful to include in your break glass documentation that you will find helpful.
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Introduction to documentation and tools for home lab – 0:00
Why documentation matters even for home lab – 0:35
Where do you start with documentation? 1:24
Tools to use with inventorying – 1:52
Diagrams and pictures – 2:16
Free diagramming tools – 2:30
What to diagram with these tools – 2:52
Configuration files and how to keep them as documentation – 3:00
Home lab Wikis – 3:40
Free Wiki and documentation tools for home lab – 3:53
Network documentation is a must! 4:37
Helpful network documentation tools – 5:02
Documentation through infrastructure as code tools – 5:35
Backups of your documentation in another location, like cloud – 6:16
Printing out a physical copy of your critical documentation – 6:48
Labeling your gear and cabling – 7:20
The label maker I use – 8:16
Change log tracking – 8:47
Self-hosting and the catching 22 of accessing documentation – 9:49
Syncing Markdown documentation, MKDOCs, etc – 10:33
Wrapping up thoughts on documenting your home lab – 10:55
