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docs: Add comprehensive documentation for homelab setup and operations
This commit adds extensive documentation covering all aspects of homelab setup,
configuration, and troubleshooting.

## Documentation Structure

### Main Documentation
- **docs/README.md**: Documentation hub with table of contents
- **docs/getting-started.md**: Complete setup guide from scratch
- **docs/quick-reference.md**: Fast reference for common tasks and commands

### Configuration Guides (docs/guides/)
- **secrets-management.md**: Environment variables and secrets configuration
  - How to generate secure secrets
  - Service-specific configuration
  - Automated secret generation scripts
  - Security best practices
  - Common mistakes to avoid

- **gpu-setup.md**: NVIDIA GTX 1070 GPU acceleration setup
  - Specific to Proxmox 9 on Debian 13
  - Complete passthrough configuration
  - Jellyfin hardware transcoding setup
  - Immich ML inference acceleration
  - Performance tuning and benchmarks
  - Troubleshooting GPU issues

### Troubleshooting (docs/troubleshooting/)
- **faq.md**: Frequently asked questions (60+ Q&A)
  - General questions about the homelab
  - Setup and configuration questions
  - SSL/TLS and SSO questions
  - Service-specific questions
  - Security and backup questions
  - Performance optimization

- **common-issues.md**: Common problems and solutions
  - Service startup failures
  - SSL certificate errors
  - SSO authentication issues
  - Access problems
  - Performance issues
  - Database errors
  - Network issues
  - GPU problems

### Services (docs/services/)
- **README.md**: Complete service overview
  - All 20 services with descriptions
  - Use cases for each service
  - Resource requirements
  - Deployment checklists
  - Service dependencies
  - Minimum viable setups

## Key Features

### Environment-Specific
All GPU documentation is specific to:
- **Platform**: Proxmox 9 (PVE)
- **OS**: Debian 13
- **GPU**: NVIDIA GTX 1070 (Pascal)
- Includes Proxmox-specific GPU passthrough
- VM guest setup on Debian 13
- NVIDIA Container Toolkit configuration

### Comprehensive Coverage
- 60+ FAQs answered
- 50+ common issues documented
- 100+ command examples
- Step-by-step procedures
- Troubleshooting decision trees
- Quick reference tables

### Practical Examples
- Actual command outputs
- Real-world scenarios
- Copy-paste ready commands
- Configuration file examples
- Debugging procedures

## Documentation Highlights

### Getting Started Guide
- Prerequisites checklist
- Docker installation
- Media directory setup
- DNS configuration
- Environment variable setup
- Service deployment order
- Initial service configuration
- Verification procedures

### Secrets Management
- Secret type identification
- Generation commands for each type
- Service-specific requirements
- Automated generation script
- Password manager integration
- Backup procedures
- Security best practices
- Common mistakes

### GPU Setup (Proxmox/Debian/GTX 1070)
- IOMMU enablement
- VFIO configuration
- PCI passthrough to VM
- NVIDIA driver installation on Debian 13
- Container toolkit setup
- Jellyfin NVENC configuration
- Immich CUDA acceleration
- Performance benchmarks
- NVENC stream limit unlock
- Monitoring and tuning

### Quick Reference
- All service URLs
- Common Docker Compose commands
- System check commands
- Secret generation commands
- Troubleshooting steps
- File locations
- Port reference
- Emergency procedures

### FAQ
Covers questions about:
- Hardware requirements
- Domain requirements
- Cost estimates
- Setup procedures
- Configuration details
- SSL certificates
- SSO authentication
- Service-specific issues
- Backup strategies
- Performance optimization
- Security considerations

### Common Issues
Solutions for:
- Container startup failures
- Environment variable errors
- Port conflicts
- Permission issues
- SSL certificate problems
- DNS issues
- SSO login failures
- Database connections
- Network connectivity
- GPU detection
- Resource constraints

### Services Overview
- Detailed description of all 20 services
- Use cases and features
- Required vs optional services
- Resource requirements by tier
- Service dependencies diagram
- Deployment checklists
- "When to use" guidance

## File Structure

```
docs/
├── README.md                           # Documentation hub
├── getting-started.md                  # Setup walkthrough
├── quick-reference.md                  # Command reference
├── guides/
│   ├── secrets-management.md           # Secrets configuration
│   └── gpu-setup.md                    # GPU acceleration (GTX 1070)
├── troubleshooting/
│   ├── faq.md                          # 60+ FAQs
│   └── common-issues.md                # Problem solving
└── services/
    └── README.md                       # Service overview
```

## Benefits

### For New Users
- Clear setup path from zero to running services
- Explains "why" not just "how"
- Common pitfalls documented and avoided
- Example configurations provided

### For Experienced Users
- Quick reference for commands
- Troubleshooting decision trees
- Performance tuning guides
- Advanced configurations

### For Maintenance
- Update procedures
- Backup and restore
- Monitoring guidelines
- Security hardening

## Documentation Standards

- Clear, concise writing
- Code blocks with syntax highlighting
- Examples with expected output
- Warning and tip callouts
- Cross-references between docs
- Tested commands and procedures

## Next Steps

Users should:
1. Start with getting-started.md
2. Configure secrets using secrets-management.md
3. Enable GPU if available (gpu-setup.md)
4. Use quick-reference.md for daily operations
5. Refer to faq.md and common-issues.md when stuck

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**This documentation makes the homelab accessible to users of all skill levels!**
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