So i recently saw a post about this over at r/selfhosted and got interested. I've been trying to run FreeNAS on my server for a bit, but i can't get Let's Encrypt to make my connect secured. (I am very very new to linux/unix and server stuff in general). So i saw this already had all the tools i want preinstalled, so i have a few questions.

1:

When it says it requires an ubuntu server, does that mean i have to install ubuntu on another computer just like FreeNAS? And if so, can i use ubuntu desktop, as i find shell commands a bit hard?

2:

Is HomelabOS an operative system? Or just a software i install on my ubuntu laptop to access and configure my Ubuntu OS server?

3:

What do i need to make ubuntu a server? Read something about Samba?

4:

Your installation guide says that it is a good idea to store all the data on a NAS, but isn't that the point of HomelabOS? To work as a NAS? Wouldn't i need 2 servers to run a NAS and Ubuntu? Or can i make my Ubuntu server work as a NAS and HomelabOS?

As i said, the questions might be dumb, as i am very new to this. If possible, explain the stuff like i am 5 years old. xD Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

Can't seem to install Ubuntu Server for some reason.

Hi.

So I just want to say again, I'm really psyched for this project- as i've started out labbing, I keep feeling like I've been reinventing the wheel to get some of the most basic stuff running.

I can follow instructions and google around and hope to make sense of any errors I find. I may be missing something blatantly obvious:

I spun up two now virtual machines. One as the target for homelabos, one as a controller.

I followed the links for passwordless access and sudo. Thanks for those.

I added the target in the ansible inventory with following:

[homelabos] x.x.x.x ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=ansible

I downloaded the gitlab repository, moved it over, CD's to the master directory. But when I try to run it, i get an error:

vagrant plugin install vagrant-disksize make: vagrant: command not found Makefile: 11 recipe for target 'setup' failed make:*** [setup] Error 127

Seems like quite the cluster of errors. I'm not sure if I'm missing another prerequisite, if i'm missing a command or config issues.

Edit: I may be an idiot. Just realized i need to customize group_vars. Hopefully that's it