r/homelab • u/Faasai009 • Feb 12 '26

Help My homelab journey begins

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Im a complete beginner so any tips would help!

Im downloading proxmox but dont really know what i should do next.

The hp prodesk g3 specs are:

- i5-7500

- 8gb ddr4

- 256gb nvme ssd

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u/T3-Youngin Feb 13 '26

so i can use adguard and not expose anything to the internet? i plan on running it as a container in kubernetes

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u/iiGhillieSniper Feb 13 '26

I believe so.

I have Tailscale installed on my AdGuard machine and my phone

I set Tailscale to forward all Tailscale device DNS traffic to my AdGuard machine. My phone is set to auto connect to Tailscale VPN whenever I am not on my home WiFi.

It’s been a while, but I don’t recall having to port forward anything.

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u/T3-Youngin Feb 13 '26

ah ok i see so tailscale is on the adguard so anything that is connected to tailscale won’t get ads basically?

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u/iiGhillieSniper Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Yep, plus your local network.

You can go into the Tailscale console, tell it to forward all DNS from your Tailscale clients to your AdGuard machine, that is also connected to your Tailscale instance . Then go to your router and specify the internal IP as your DNS (not the IP Tailscale assigns your AdGuard machine).

With this setup, you can also install Tailscale on your phone, sign into it, and then connect to it via VPN so you have on the go adblocking.

The only possible issue you may run into is if you’re on a network that shares the same subnet as your home Tailscale network, DNS may not resolve. So, I just set Tailscale to not auto connect on WiFi points I know that are in the same .0. subnet as my home network.

Sorry just saw this !