# 🎨 Customization Guide

## Overview

This guide covers how to customize and extend the homelab configuration to fit your specific needs.

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## 🎯 Customization Areas

### 1. Theme & Branding

#### Heimdall/Homer Dashboard
```yaml
# homer/config.yml
title: "My Homelab"
subtitle: "Self-hosted services"
logo: "assets/logo.png"

colors:
  light:
    highlight-primary: "#3367d6"
    highlight-secondary: "#4285f4"
  dark:
    highlight-primary: "#3367d6"
    highlight-secondary: "#4285f4"
```

#### Grafana Theme
```ini
# grafana.ini
[users]
default_theme = dark

[panels]
disable_sanitize_html = true
```

### 2. Service Configuration

#### Environment Variables
```yaml
# docker-compose.yml
services:
  myservice:
    environment:
      # Override default settings
      - APP_NAME=My Custom Name
      - TIMEZONE=America/Los_Angeles
      - LANGUAGE=en_US
```

#### Custom Domains
```nginx
# In Nginx Proxy Manager:
# Add custom domain for any service
# yourservice.yourdomain.com -> container:port
```

### 3. Notification Customization

#### ntfy Topics
```yaml
# Customize alert channels
alerts:
  critical: homelab-critical    # High priority
  warnings: homelab-warnings    # Normal
  info: homelab-info           # Low priority
```

#### Alert Templates
```yaml
# alertmanager/templates/custom.tmpl
{{ define "custom.title" }}
[{{ .Status | toUpper }}] {{ .CommonLabels.alertname }}
{{ end }}

{{ define "custom.text" }}
{{ range .Alerts }}
*Alert:* {{ .Labels.alertname }}
*Instance:* {{ .Labels.instance }}
*Description:* {{ .Annotations.description }}
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
```

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## 📁 Adding New Services

### Template docker-compose.yml

```yaml
# templates/new-service.yaml
version: "3.8"

services:
  servicename:
    image: image:tag
    container_name: servicename
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=America/Los_Angeles
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./data:/data
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    networks:
      - proxy
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

networks:
  proxy:
    external: true
```

### Adding to Monitoring

```yaml
# prometheus/prometheus.yml
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'new-service'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['servicename:metrics_port']
```

### Adding to Uptime Kuma
1. Open Uptime Kuma dashboard
2. Add New Monitor
3. Configure HTTP/TCP check
4. Add to relevant status page

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## 🔧 Advanced Customization

### Custom Docker Networks
```yaml
# Create isolated networks for service groups
networks:
  media:
    driver: bridge
    ipam:
      config:
        - subnet: 172.20.0.0/16
  
  monitoring:
    driver: bridge
    ipam:
      config:
        - subnet: 172.21.0.0/16
```

### Reverse Proxy Custom Headers
```nginx
# In NPM Advanced config
proxy_set_header X-Custom-Header "value";
proxy_hide_header X-Powered-By;

# Security headers
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
```

### Custom Health Checks
```yaml
services:
  myservice:
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 40s
```

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## 📚 Further Reading

- [Integrations Guide](integrations.md)
- [Scaling Guide](scaling.md)
- [Ansible Automation](ansible.md)