XCP-ng For Homelabs: A Practical Guide with Xen Orchestra, pfSense, OPNsense, TrueNAS, ZFS, WireGuard, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform and Full

By Juno Darian

XCP-ng for Homelabs is the first comprehensive, hands-on guide designed to help beginners, enthusiasts, and IT professionals transform ordinary home hardware into a fully automated, production-class homelab environment. Built around XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra, this groundbreaking book gives you a complete blueprint for virtualization, storage, networking, security, and full-stack automation using modern open-source tools.

Whether you want to upskill for a tech career, prepare for certifications, run your own cloud, sharpen your DevOps workflow, or simply explore the frontier of home computing, this book gives you everything you need to build a scalable, secure, resilient, and automated homelab from the ground up.

What You Will Learn
- Virtualization & Host Setup
Master XCP-ng installation, BIOS/UEFI tuning, VM configuration, and Xen Orchestra management.
- Storage Architecture
Deploy TrueNAS, ZFS pools, NFS/iSCSI integrations, and high-performance VM storage designs.
- Networking & Security
Build robust firewalling with pfSense/OPNsense and implement secure remote access using WireGuard.
- Automation & Infrastructure as Code
Automate your entire homelab with Terraform and Ansible, including reproducible playbooks and infrastructure templates.
- Containerization & Orchestration
Run Docker, Docker Compose, and lightweight Kubernetes (k3s/MicroK8s) for scalable app hosting.
- Monitoring, Logging & Observability
Implement Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK, and automated alerting systems for real-time insights and self-healing.

Why This Book Is Different
This is not another theoretical cloud guide.
This is a practical operations manual - filled with proven workflows, checklists, and deploy-ready configurations that allow you to build a powerful homelab without guesswork.

Every chapter walks you through exactly what to install, how to configure it, how it fits into the broader system, and how to automate it fully using modern DevOps techniques.

Perfect for:
- Homelab builders
- DevOps beginners and professionals
- Sysadmins and network engineers
- Cybersecurity learners
- Students preparing for IT/cloud certifications
- Makers and hobbyists curious about virtualization, automation, and cloud-native tools

If You're Ready to Build...
Your journey from basic hardware to an enterprise-class home datacenter starts here.
Follow the blueprint. Automate everything. Build with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G5GKH47B
• ISBN13: 9798277683941
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"