https://homelab.nbkelley.com/tags/express/ Recent content in Express on homelab Hugo en Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/homelab-dashboard/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/homelab-dashboard/ <h1 id="homelab-dashboard">Homelab Dashboard<a class="anchor" href="#homelab-dashboard">#</a></h1> <h2 id="what-was-established">What Was Established<a class="anchor" href="#what-was-established">#</a></h2> <p>A Node.js + Express dashboard is deployed at <code>https://status.nbkelley.com</code>, serving homelab monitoring data. All API calls are server-side — no internal IPs, credentials, or raw API responses reach the browser.</p> <h2 id="deployment">Deployment<a class="anchor" href="#deployment">#</a></h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Detail</th> <th>Value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Public URL</td> <td><a href="https://status.nbkelley.com">https://status.nbkelley.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Host</td> <td>proxy VM (192.168.1.222)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Port</td> <td>3002</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Runtime</td> <td>Node.js + Express, Docker container</td> </tr> <tr> <td>compose.yaml location</td> <td>/home/iluvatar/compose.yaml on proxy VM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>App directory</td> <td>/opt/homelab-dashboard/ on proxy VM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Routing</td> <td>Cloudflare Tunnel → 127.0.0.1:3002</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="file-structure">File Structure<a class="anchor" href="#file-structure">#</a></h2> <pre tabindex="0"><code>/opt/homelab-dashboard/ server.js ← Express app, all API logic package.json package-lock.json dockerfile start.sh node_modules/ public/ index.html styles.css app.js ← frontend render engine</code></pre><h2 id="composeyaml-entry">compose.yaml Entry<a class="anchor" href="#composeyaml-entry">#</a></h2> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-yaml" data-lang="yaml"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#f92672">homelab-dashboard</span>: </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#f92672">build</span>: <span style="color:#ae81ff">/opt/homelab-dashboard</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#f92672">container_name</span>: <span style="color:#ae81ff">homelab-dashboard</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#f92672">restart</span>: <span style="color:#ae81ff">unless-stopped</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#f92672">network_mode</span>: <span style="color:#ae81ff">host</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#f92672">environment</span>: </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> - <span style="color:#ae81ff">PORT=3002</span></span></span></code></pre></div><p><code>network_mode: host</code> means the app binds directly to host port 3002. The <code>ports:</code> mapping is ignored when using host networking.</p>