Home Lab Equipment: Affordable & Easy to Set Up

pretty new: MOS (Modular Operating System) is a modern, lightweight open source server OS, which is specifically developed for home labs, self-hosting and small server environments. It combines many functions that you would otherwise find on different ones Tools distributed, in one central surface. That it is lightweight and resource-saving – and beyond consistently modular is, that’s what makes it so attractive.

Dear Winboard community,

First of all: Bobby Borisov recently wrote about the project on Linuxiac.com and drew attention to it. (cf. MOS Is a New Open-Source Server OS Aimed at Homelabs and Self-Hosting ) – and indeed, this seems to be a very interesting and promising development. A look at the developer’s page is enlightening: A lot is made clear directly on the project page itself – everything translated into German.) So here are some DATA about this system – see the whole thing here: MOS ) for you….

…MOS – the modular operating system for servers and home labs is still a very young project: it is Devuan-based and extremely resource-saving – offers the following services: Web UI with monitoring, storage & shares, users, network, notifications, web terminal as well as Docker/LXC/VMs – all modularly expandable.

Basis: Devuan-based OS (Debian fork without systemd)
License: Open Source – GNU AGPLv3

Web-based management: MOS offers a modern, clear web UI for the entire system administration – dashboard, monitoring, services and more.

A look at the dashboard

Those: MOS

How the MOS project is structured: a quick overview of the features: (see the project page here: MOS ):
Monitoring & Systemstatus
CPU, RAM, disks, temperatures and network status at a glance
Real-time notifications about important events
Storage & user management
Manage storage pools and file systems
Shares (SMB/NFS) ● Control users & rights centrally
Containers & Virtualization

• Docker
• LXC-Container
• VMs
• Everything visible and manageable directly via the UI (depending on the activated services).

Special features & status
Lightweight & resource-saving – Seen in this way, Mos is very, very suitable for home labs without a lot of overhead.
Built modularly – the UI is well divided – it only shows active modules – consistent modularization and very well thought out!
Beta status / active project – as already mentioned above – this is still a very young project, but nevertheless it can already be used productively, at least according to community feedback.

some typical use cases: From home servers to small racks – MOS adapts flexibly to the needs

the. Homeserver/NAS

• Quickly check resources and storage pools
• Keep an eye on shares and users
• Manage remote mounts and hub services

b. Dev / Lab

• Docker, LXC and VMs in one place
• Web terminal for quick checks
• Plugins for project-specific tasks

What’s special about it:
Keep an eye on shares/users,
Remote mounts and hub services, terminal for quick checks
Plugins for project-specific tasks…

Those see the project page here: MOS

two videos – they show even more about the server: a. MOS – Modular Operating System for Servers and Homelabs (an EARLY first look) – LIVE!

Stats: 3800 views :: 127 likes :: 11 comments

and even more: b…What’s on my Home Server?? MUST HAVE Services!

Stats: 71500 views :: 17000 likes :: 515 comments

Here is more data – background and more – a look at the possibilities:

the project page: MOS
die Githubseite: GitHub – ich777/mos-docs
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and last but not least – here is the reference again to the great article by Bobby Borisov, who recently wrote about the project on Linuxiac.com and drew attention to it. (cf. MOS Is a New Open-Source Server OS Aimed at Homelabs and Self-Hosting )