- Fix password file ownership (user can now read without sudo)
- Add dashboards stack to automated deployment (Step 5/6)
- Add SSL certificate notes to deploy script output
- Clarify .env file location in documentation (stays in repo folder)
- Update README and getting-started.md with accurate deployment steps
- Add Watchtower notification URL documentation
- Improve user feedback with admin credentials and dashboard URLs
- Remove dashboards from 'Next Steps' since it's now automated
User experience improvements:
- Password file readable by user immediately
- Homepage and Homarr deployed automatically
- Clear guidance on .env file management
- Better SSL certificate expectations
- Refactored README.md, getting-started.md, quick-reference.md
- Enhanced setup-homelab.sh with 9-step automated process
- Created services-overview.md with all stacks
- Added comprehensive documentation for 57 services in docs/service-docs/
- All services include: overview, configuration, resources, educational content
- Coverage: Core, Infrastructure, Dashboards, Media, Media-Extended, Home Assistant, Productivity, Utilities, Monitoring, Development stacks
- Educational focus with links to tutorials, videos, and guides
- Add Vaultwarden (Bitwarden) password manager to utilities.yml
- Self-hosted password manager with web UI
- SMTP configuration for email notifications
- Admin token for management
- Access at bitwarden.${DOMAIN}
- Protected by Authelia SSO
- Create automated first-run setup script (scripts/setup-homelab.sh)
- Installs Docker Engine and Compose V2
- Configures user groups (sudo, docker)
- Enables SSH for remote management
- Detects NVIDIA GPU and provides manual driver installation instructions
- Creates directory structure and Docker networks
- Comprehensive instructions for post-setup deployment
- Remove redundant compose files (now in core.yml)
- Deleted authelia.yml, duckdns.yml, gluetun.yml, traefik.yml
- All services consolidated into unified core.yml stack
- Eliminates confusion and duplication
- Update disk space requirements across documentation
- Changed from "100GB+ system, 1TB+ media" to:
- "120GB+ system drive (NVMe or SSD highly recommended)"
- "2TB+ for media & additional disks for services like Nextcloud"
- Updated in README.md and getting-started.md
- Add preference for LinuxServer.io images
- Updated copilot-instructions.md
- LinuxServer images support PUID/PGID for proper file permissions
- Preference noted in consistency guidelines
- Update core stack documentation
- Emphasize unified core.yml deployment
- Add both deployment methods (cd to directory vs full path)
- Update getting-started.md with correct deployment steps
- Note removal of separate stack files
- Add Bitwarden environment variables to .env.example
- BITWARDEN_ADMIN_TOKEN, SIGNUPS_ALLOWED, INVITATIONS_ALLOWED
- SMTP configuration for email notifications
- Generation instructions included
- Update services-reference.md
- Add Vaultwarden to utilities section (now 7 services)
- Update service count and access URLs
All documentation now consistent with unified core stack approach and includes all requested features.
Co-authored-by: kelinfoxy <67766943+kelinfoxy@users.noreply.github.com>
