Home Server Guides
Real problems. Real fixes. Running on Windows 11 + VMware + Umbrel.
Running a hybrid home server on Windows 11 + VMware Workstation + Umbrel OS.
These are the real problems I encountered and how I solved them.
Latest Guides
How to Auto-Start Custom Docker Apps on Umbrel After a Windows Reboot
In my previous post, we successfully decoupled our custom apps (Grocy, Joplin, and Syncthing) from the Umbrel App Store, running […]
Running Joplin Server on Umbrel with Docker Resource Limits
If you use Joplin for note-taking and want to self-host your own sync server, Joplin Server is the way to […]
Why Portainer Inside Umbrel Broke My Server (And The Fix)
My Hardware Machine Intel N95 Mini PC Processor Intel N95 · 4 cores · 1700MHz RAM 16GB System SSD 476GB […]
My Setup
Host OS
Windows 11
Hypervisor
VMware Workstation
Server OS
Umbrel OS
Remote Access
Cloudflare Tunnel