15: So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

Greetings all,

I will be doing some livestreams again in the month of April once things settle down here, I am currently onboarding a new client for my business and have been very busy getting that done.

I have not figured out a set schedule for the livestreams and whether or not they will be every Saturday at 10am or whether I will do something every other week or monthly.

But I do know you will be able to find that information here and at our website at https://unkyjoesplayhouse.com

Take care and hope to see you in the livestreams soon 

Greetings all,

I am looking for people to volunteer to help manage and maintain the forums here at UJP.

If this is something that might interest you, please reach out by sending me a Private Message here or contacting me via email via unkyjoe@unkyjoesplayhouse.com

Thanks

Welcome to Solar Power & Off-Grid Setups @ Unkyjoe's Playhouse!

Hey Playhouse solar warriors! ☀️? This is the spot to chase that dream of running your homelab (or at least parts of it) on sunshine, ditching the grid spikes, and building setups that laugh at Texas blackouts.

Whether you're piecing together Victron gear, wrestling with Growatt/MPPT controllers, stacking LiFePO4 server-rack batteries, mounting new panels on the homestead, calculating inverter loads for Proxmox/TrueNAS clusters, optimizing for low-wattage efficiency (hello undervolted servers!), sharing your off-grid studio tour, troubleshooting BMS drama, or just venting about that one cloudy week that killed your runtime—this forum's got you.

Unkyjoe here—I've burned thumbs building batteries, upgraded to Victron after Growatt adventures, added panels in spring vlogs, and I'm always tweaking to power more racks off-grid style during peak sun. Drop your system diagrams, wattage logs, battery teardowns (safely!), efficiency wins, or horror stories (we've all had near-meltdowns). Let's compare notes on what actually works for 24/7 homelab loads.

Quick rules: respectful vibes, no shady suppliers/piracy, search before dupes, spoiler big spec dumps or schematics. Share redacted configs, brag about your daily harvest, ask the "dumb" questions—we're all learning.

Grab your multimeter, check those panels, and let's harness the Texas sun to keep the servers humming. What's your current solar setup powering these days? Drop pics, numbers, or questions!

— Unkyjoe

Welcome to Troubleshooting & "Help Me!" – the "send help" corner of Unkyjoe's Playhouse! ??

Your Proxmox cluster just ate itself? Jellyfin transcoding like a potato? OPNsense decided to yeet your internet? Pi-hole blocking your own domain? That one LXC container that's been up for 400 days suddenly gone rogue?

This forum exists so you don't suffer alone. Drop the error messages, pastebin your configs (secrets redacted!), describe the setup, and tell us what you've already rage-Googled. We'll swarm it with suggestions, sanity checks, and the occasional "have you tried turning it off and on again... but for real this time?"

Unkyjoe lurks here a lot—Proxmox/TrueNAS/self-hosting gremlins are my specialty. Let's turn your frustration into a victory story.

Rules: Search before posting, be kind, spoiler big dumps, no piracy talk. We're all homelabbers in the same boat.

Post away—what's your current "computer said no" situation?

— Unkyjoe

Networking, Security & Firewalls – Unkyjoe's Playhouse

OPNsense • pfSense • WireGuard • Tailscale • VLANs • Reverse Proxies • Zero-Trust • Pi-hole hardening • IDS/IPS • Firewall rules galore!

Share setups, troubleshoot rules, recommend tools, flex secure configs.

Unkyjoe’s in the trenches with you—post your lab lockdown stories! Stay secure, stay connected ?

— Unkyjoe

Self-Hosted Apps & Services – Unkyjoe's Playhouse

The spot for Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Pi-hole, Ghost, Immich, Vaultwarden, Docker mastery, reverse proxies, and ditching corporate clouds!

Share setups • troubleshoot • recommend apps • show off dashboards

Unkyjoe hangs out here too—post away! Let's self-host everything ?

— Unkyjoe

Welcome to Virtualization – where servers fear turning into VMs! ?

Whether you're Proxmox-pilled, TrueNAS truth-seeking, or just trying to make that old Dell scream with 50 lightweight containers, this is your corner of the Playhouse.

Share builds • Get help • Roast bad configs • Learn something new

Unkyjoe pops in regularly, so drop your craziest virtualization story below. What's your current lab looking like?

Play nice, stay curious, and may your uptime be eternal.

— Unkyjoe

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.