n8n Now Runs My ENTIRE Homelab

Setup n8n in 5 min with https://hostinger.com/ncn8n + use code NETWORKCHUCK for a discount. 🔥🧠 Check out our N8N COURSE on NetworkChuck Academy!: https://ntck.co/n8n_academy In this video, I take n8n to the NEXT LEVEL by building an AI agent. Meet my new IT employee “Terry” who can monitor, troubleshoot, and even fix my homelab. From Docker containers to Plex, Proxmox, and UniFi, Terry learns how to keep everything running smoothly. This is not just automation; this is AI running my ENTIRE homelab. GUIDE / RESOURCES: 📃 Guide / Documentation: https://github.com/theNetworkChuck/n8n-terry-guide 📺 Part 1 (Baby Terry – first n8n video): https://youtu.be/ONgECvZNI3o?si=xCwIMQLjIjug-hNP TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro: Meet Terminator Terry (The AI IT Employee) 0:58 - Employee Onboarding: Teaching Terry the Basics 2:22 - Setting Up n8n in the Cloud (Hostinger Setup) 2:58 - Connecting Terry to Your Homelab with Twingate 3:15 - Building Terry's First Workflow in n8n 4:01 - Creating a Test Website (Docker Container Setup) 5:00 - Terry's First Tool: HTTP Request (Website Monitoring) 6:11 - Teaching Terry to Monitor Like a Human 7:43 - Terry's Second Tool: SSH Access (Docker Commands) 10:00 - Converting SSH to a Workflow Tool 11:06 - Terry Learns to Troubleshoot (Docker PS & Inspect) 13:05 - Giving Terry More Freedom (Dynamic Commands) 14:16 - Making Terry Autonomous (Schedule Trigger Setup) 17:54 - Telegram Notifications: Terry Reports Back 19:24 - Structured Output: Teaching Terry Clean Data 22:33 - Smart Filtering: Only Alert on Problems 23:09 - Level 2 Engineer: Teaching Terry to Fix Things 24:49 - The Port Conflict Challenge (Terry's First Real Test) 26:42 - Upgrading Terry's Brain (GPT-4 vs Mini) 28:18 - Human-in-the-Loop: Taking Back Control 30:27 - Setting Up Approval Workflows 32:02 - Terry Asks Permission Before System Changes 35:06 - Testing the Complete Workflow (Monitor → Troubleshoot → Approve → Fix) 37:02 - Connecting Terry to Your Real Homelab 37:40 - Uni