Laptop Homelab in 5 Commands

setup_server_v1.sh

# This configuration is designed to run on a laptop with Ubuntu 22.04LTS server edition.

# Laptop Server Config
sudo echo $'HandleLidSwitch=ignore\nHandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore' | sudo tee -a /etc/systemd/logind.conf &&
  sudo echo "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"consoleblank=60\"" | sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub &&
  sudo update-grub
  
# Install Basics
sudo echo "\$nrconf{restart} = 'l'" | sudo tee -a /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf &&
  sudo apt update -y &&
  sudo apt upgrade -y &&
  sudo apt install -fy zip git htop software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget xclip net-tools curl python3 python3-pip nodejs npm ca-certificates gnupg avahi-daemon avahi-utils nfs-common &&
  sudo apt autoremove -y

# Full Docker Setup
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings &&
  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg &&
  sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg &&
  echo \
    "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" |
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list >/dev/null &&
  sudo apt update -y &&
  sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin &&
  sudo usermod -aG docker $USER &&
  newgrp docker &&
  sudo systemctl enable docker
 
# Install Cockpit, File Sharing, and Portainer
sudo mkdir /portainer_data &&
  docker volume create portainer_data &&
  docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/portainer_data portainer/portainer-ce:latest &&
  sudo apt install -y cockpit cockpit-pcp &&
  curl -LO https://github.com/45Drives/cockpit-file-sharing/releases/download/v3.2.9/cockpit-file-sharing_3.2.9-2focal_all.deb &&
  sudo apt install -y ./cockpit-file-sharing_3.2.9-2focal_all.deb &&
  rm ./cockpit-file-sharing_3.2.9-2focal_all.deb

# Configure Network
sudo echo "network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager
  ethernets:
    $(ip -o -4 route show to default | awk '{print $5}'):
      dhcp4: true
      link-local: [ ipv4 ]" | sudo tee /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml &&
  sudo netplan apply
  
# Apply Everything
sudo reboot

# The server should now be accessible at 
#   https://<hostname>.local:9090 for cockpit 
#   https://<hostname>.local:9443 for portainer