My Home Server Setup

Recently I migrated from a bunch of Raspberry PIs to a proper home server. I thought I might as well document the setup for future generations.

Before

After

Hardware

Server

One of the main requirements I had for the new build was compact size, since its predecessors were a couple of Raspberry PIs, which take nearly no space, and I don't have a proper server room at home just yet.

All components were available on Czech marketplaces, except the case, which I had to order from AliExpress, since I found exactly 0 compact mini-ITX cases with a space for a full-sized HDD on Czech marketplaces.

Component	Name	Link
Motherboard	ASROCK N100DC-ITX	Alza
RAM	Kingston FURY 16GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Beast Black	Alza
System storage	Apacer AS2280P4 256GB	Alza
Data storage	Seagate IronWolf 8TB CMR	Alza
Case	HTPC Case MINI-ITX Fanless Chassis with 3.5" HDD Bay	AliExpress
Zigbee adapter	SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus E	Alza

Other

For displaying various sensor data, I use Waveshare 8,8" LCD

Software

The server runs Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with Docker — and that's it for system-level installs. Everything else runs in containers.

Smart Home Stack

Home Assistant — integrations hub that ties everything together, exposes devices to Apple HomeKit, and provides dashboards
Node-RED — all automations live here instead of HA's YAML, gives me a visual flow editor and much more control
Mosquitto — MQTT broker sitting between HA and all the WiFi/Zigbee devices
Zigbee2MQTT — bridges Zigbee devices (lights, buttons, sensors, sockets) to MQTT via a USB dongle
ESPHome — firmware for ESP32 microcontrollers acting as switches, relays, sensors, and BLE proxies
Shelly — off-the-shelf WiFi switches, relays, and energy meters that speak MQTT natively

Home Assistant dashboard

Apple HomeKit

Media Stack

Jellyfin — media server for streaming movies, shows, and music to all devices
Radarr — monitors and manages the movie library
Sonarr — same as Radarr but for TV shows
Bazarr — automatically fetches subtitles for everything in Radarr/Sonarr
Prowlarr — indexer manager that feeds search results to Radarr and Sonarr
FlareSolverr — bypasses Cloudflare protection on indexer sites for Prowlarr
Deluge — grabs media files and puts them into the library

Radarr

Jellyfin

Infra Stack

Portainer — web UI for managing all Docker containers, stacks, and volumes across the server
Display — custom UI application that connects to Home Assistant via WebSocket and serves data displayed on a living room screen (temperatures, weather forecast, plant statuses, etc.)

Docker Compose

The entire stack in a single compose file:

services:
  mosquitto:
    image: eclipse-mosquitto
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: mosquitto
    volumes:
      - ./data/mosquitto:/mosquitto/data
      - ./mosquitto/mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf
    ports:
      - 1883:1883
 
  zigbee2mqtt:
    container_name: zigbee2mqtt
    image: koenkk/zigbee2mqtt:latest
    volumes:
      - ./data/z2m:/app/data
      - /run/udev:/run/udev:ro
    devices:
      - /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITEAD_SONOFF_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2:/dev/ttycinka
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    privileged: true
    logging:
      options:
        max-size: "10m"
        max-file: "3"
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
 
  node-red:
    container_name: node-red
    image: nodered/node-red:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 1880:1880
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - ./data/nodered:/data
 
  homeassistant:
    container_name: homeassistant
    image: ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable
    volumes:
      - ./data/hass:/config
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: host
    logging:
      options:
        max-size: "10m"
        max-file: "3"
 
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
    container_name: jellyfin
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
    volumes:
      - ./jellyfin/config:/config
      - ./jellyfin/cache:/cache
      - type: bind
        source: /mnt/media/data/media
        target: /media
        read_only: true
    restart: unless-stopped
 
  display:
    image: ghcr.io/dodvarko/display:0.8
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: display
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - ./data/plants:/mounted/plants
 
  radarr:
    container_name: radarr
    image: ghcr.io/hotio/radarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./radarr:/config
      - /mnt/media/data:/data
 
  sonarr:
    container_name: sonarr
    image: ghcr.io/hotio/sonarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 8989:8989
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./sonarr:/config
      - /mnt/media/data:/data
 
  bazarr:
    container_name: bazarr
    image: ghcr.io/hotio/bazarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: json-file
    ports:
      - 6767:6767
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./bazarr:/config
      - /mnt/media/data:/data
 
  deluge:
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: deluge
    image: binhex/arch-delugevpn
    ports:
      - 8112:8112
      - 6881:6881
      - 6881:6881/udp
    volumes:
      - ./deluge:/config
      - /mnt/media/data/grabs:/data/grabs
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - VPN_ENABLED=no
 
  prowlarr:
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: prowlarr
    image: ghcr.io/hotio/prowlarr
    ports:
      - 9696:9696
    volumes:
      - ./prowlarr:/config
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
 
  flaresolverr:
    image: ghcr.io/flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
    container_name: flaresolverr
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 8191:8191
 
  portainer:
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    container_name: portainer
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - 9000:9000
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - ./portainer:/data