As self-hosted services multiply across multiple servers, remembering arbitrary port numbers and subdomains becomes unmanageable for homelab administrators and family members.

Modern homelabs deploy declarative, real-time application dashboards such as Homepage or Dashy, offering automated health checks, Docker socket integration, and live resource widgets.

# /opt/stacks/homepage/config/services.yaml
- Infrastructure:
    - TrueNAS Core:
        icon: truenas.png
        href: https://truenas.example.com
        description: ZFS Storage & File Server
        widget:
          type: truenas
          url: https://truenas.example.com
          key: "{{HOMEPAGE_VAR_TRUENAS_KEY}}"

    - Komodo Orchestrator:
        icon: docker.png
        href: https://komodo.example.com
        description: GitOps Container Deployment Engine

1. Declarative Dashboard Configuration

Unlike database-backed bookmark portals, modern dashboards use version-controlled YAML configuration files that integrate seamlessly into GitOps workflows:

# /opt/stacks/homepage/config/services.yaml
- Infrastructure:
    - TrueNAS Core:
        icon: truenas.png
        href: https://truenas.example.com
        description: ZFS Storage & File Server
        widget:
          type: truenas
          url: https://truenas.example.com
          key: "{{HOMEPAGE_VAR_TRUENAS_KEY}}"

    - Komodo Orchestrator:
        icon: docker.png
        href: https://komodo.example.com
        description: GitOps Container Deployment Engine

Related Runbooks in This Series

• Modern Media Streaming: Jellyfin on Docker with Intel QuickSync & NVIDIA Hardware Transcoding
• Production Photo & Video Management: Deploying Immich with ML Acceleration on OpenZFS
• Smart Home Infrastructure: Containerized Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, and Matter
• Homelab Status Dashboards: Modern Service Portals with Homepage and Dashy
• Zero-Downtime Container Healthchecks, Auto-Healing & Safe Update Strategies