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Ask HN: AI for Home Lab Infra?

2•voakbasda•7h ago
In these days of AI agents capable of breaking into remote systems, are there any up for the task of maintaining a home lab with public infrastructure (e.g. DNS, SMTP, etc.)?

I have dozens of Linux machines scattered throughout my property that need regular updates, migrations and general maintenance. To start, I imagine cloning one into an VM and letting an agent give it a go. If the results looked good, I would give them a crack at the live system on the edge. Ultimately, I would love to have an agent handle all of my infrastructure.

That said, I have been maintaining my own infrastructure for almost 30 years, so the idea of handing it off to an AI seems far fetched. Heck, it would take a senior engineer to untangle the mess that I’ve cobbled together over the years. Yet I cannot deny the impressive results that I am getting from my current casual level of AI chat.

So what are people using for this task? How well do they do the job?

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andsoitis•6h ago
> I have dozens of Linux machines scattered throughout my property that need regular updates, migrations and general maintenance.

One idea is to move from "dozens of Linux machines scattered throughout my property" to just one.

gitowiec•3h ago
I think the most important work will be preparing the context for an agent (eg OpenClaw). Then add some skills (eg use ssh to visit specific machine). And finally the prompt. Maybe you should check what agent has the best tools for DevOps?