Turn Your Old PC Into a Home Server FOR FREE! - Jellyfin, PLEX, Home Assistant, Pi-hole and more!

Get your old PC out of the shed and turn it into your very own home server!
In this video I'll show you how to turn your old PC, Laptop or some old hardware you have laying around, into a useful home server that can become your NAS or run services like Twingate, Motioneye, Plex, Jellyfin and others...
*static_ip.yaml down below*
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You can help me make these more often here: / djambo
Links
DIY Stream Deck video: • Your Old Phone is Your...
Ubuntu Download: ubuntu.com/download/server
Belina Etcher: etcher.balena.io/
Putty: www.putty.org/
WinSCP: winscp.net/eng/download.php
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Chapters
Intro: 00:00
What can it be used for: 00:14
What you'll need: 01:04
Getting the hardware ready: 01:37
Creating a bootable USB drive: 03:21
Installing Ubuntu Server: 04:33
Setting up the server: 07:34
Quick tips: 12:06
The end: 13:34
Static IP config yaml file
network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
enpXXX:
addresses:
- 192.168.0.XX/24
gateway4: 192.168.0.1
nameservers:
addresses: [1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1]
you have to change the interface name and the IP address #
The hardware I used for my server
MBO: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2PT
CPU: Intel Xeon E5430
RAM: 2x Lenovo 4GB DDR2
GPU: Nvidia GT220
SSD: Crucial 512GB SATA
#ubuntu #server #linux
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[@carlsen1450]

Great video! Looking forward to the next ones in the series.

[@Djambo57]

Thanks :)

[@TheKingofparis148]

first time watching one of your videos. love they way you relay the info gained a sub!

[@user-fz6zi1yl8o]

Love the black Felis Domesticus!

[@k1tajfar714]

Loved your cat!

[@fruitieplayys9125]

My vision for the old PCs is the hard drives.

[@dogtails5973]

Idk but I just opened you channel and subscribed
I am feeling that you will be very successful

[@Djambo57]

Haha, thank you so much!

[@MasterOfHalo25]

ubuntu server interesting choice, good video

[@hypernoobgaming3062]

great video, made my server today(trying )but will help if u post something on jellyfin , plex and home assistant

[@radio_marco]

I'm petting my old Laptop, as if this would be a pet that is about to get layed down.

[@janprohaska2781]

Your accent sounds very Croatian. I hope you will record some next record in your mother language. Pozdrav iz Bjelovara.

[@collared]

nisam znala da ima homelabovaca na balkanu idemooo
(ja koja koristem hyper-v u windowsu jer nemam komp viska)

[@novak.bogavac]

Samo nastaviiiiii😁😁😁😁

[@Djambo57]

😁

[@timi8116]

Hey! I see you are from Balkan from your browser language! Pozdrav iz Slovenije:)

[@omkartanpure270]

added to my tech youtuber list

[@Djambo57]

YESSS
thank you!

[@porodicadragicevic6085]

Uh brate, nijesi mogao vise korisnih informacija sabiti u 13:55 nego sto jesi. Stvarno si sodlicno odradio ovaj tutorijal. Cekamo nastavak i instalaciju Dockera sa svim potrebnim kontejnerima. Pozdrav iz Crne Gore

[@Djambo57]

Hvala :D

[@deadrat4508]

i think i will run my home server which i will use as a NAS on windows because i would easily get lost in linux, i definitely know my way around a windows machine

[@littl3spy]

What software do you suggest for home cameras? The only free one I could find only works on windows and is kinda shit. I really wanna change to Linux for that server but IDK what software to use.

[@dogtails5973]

What is that blue wire around your wrist 2:25

[@Djambo57]

It's an ESD Strap. Prevents electrostatic discharges to the sensitive electronic components.

[@Arseny-hv6rx]

Hi, I need help. When i put in ls, nothing pops up

[@maninder_poetry]

Hello
I have also built my initial home server using my old pc to store steam games as well as storing my files.
I am using windows 10 pro with intel i 3 3rd gen 3.30 ghz speed with 16 gb of ram However I have customized the windows 10 by deleting default apps and softwares and I am also using it remote PC to use outside my network.
In the near future, I'm planning to upgrade the Cpu with xeon like yours.
However I tried to use kali lunix and ubantu sever but was not able to feel comfortable.
Can you suggested me how to install Open VPN server to access my important files outside the network

[@Djambo57]

I'll be making a video on how to access your network remotely soon... It won't be Open VPN but something much much easier and simpler to setup. Make sure to stay tuned ;)

[@maninder_poetry]

Sure

[@KojoGotMojo]

Would I be able to make this into a cloud server?

[@JurRuiter]

when i applied the netplan my router suddenly did not want to connect to my laptop anymore, do you know why?

[@_portsmyth]

My guess is an incorrect character in the yaml file you edited. I guess this because that is what I did - I read a "1" as an "l" in the network card name and it lost my computer completely until I figured it out.

[@olivermihalicR607]

Ja sam iz hrvatske i volim se bavti sa tim nasevima serverima...

[@MateQ7819]

Intel xeon it's okay ? I want create server for Minecraft

[@Djambo57]

I've run minecraft server on it without any problems, its been great!

[@Ethio_artist130]

Hi , can i use old laptop😅

[@Djambo57]

Of course!

[@olivermihalicR607]

Jesi ti iz hrvatske

[@Djambo57]

Jesam :)

[@frankie-_-amazon]

I'm putting together a server can you tell me if the specs are okay it's a ryzen 9 6900 HX 8core 16 thread 3.3 GHz base clock 4.9 GHz boost clock 32 GB of ddr5 dual channel 5600mhz sodimm a 1 TB m.2 nvme SSD and a 500 GB M.2 nvme SSD it has high speed ethernet Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 Windows 11 and an RX 6700 XT 12 gigabyte graphics card I want to run a thousand slot do you think that's possible

[@TimothyNyota]

don't be needy

[@technikschaf1574]

Why even have a text annotation if you show it just for a millisecond? So annoying if people do that. Interresting topic but I really hope that was a one off.

[@TimothyNyota]

😂

[@user-hx5we5wx3m]

for a first time user of linux and setting up a server LOL i quit as soon as you started with the terminal NOT Beginner friendly SORRY will not be following you setup

[@mr.dingleberry4882]

You will forever be a beginner with that attitude

[@poopdogg666]

its really not that hard

[@fent]

this is extremely beginner friendly if you cant figure out how to copy and paste youre fucked

[@ThereWillBeCake]

Don't do it! You will consume so much electricity using an old PC build!

[@Stadanco]

Blah blah blah

[@Darkstarrgamer]

Realistically, you're not pulling as much as younthink as long as you're not pushing it to its full. I run 4 rackmount Xeon servers and 2 q6600 core 2 quad cpu towers. They all run 24/7 and I'm on prepaid electricity. I spend about 25 dollars on electricity per month.

[@ThereWillBeCake]

@@Darkstarrgamer I run 10 times that amount of compute and barely scratch $10 a quarter.

[@Darkstarrgamer]

@@ThereWillBeCake also keep in mind electricity price. You're in the US? And the 4 are all Xeon Gold cpus.

[@Darkstarrgamer]

@@ThereWillBeCake we get absolutely screwed over with electricity prices in ZA