---
title: Hyte
created: 2026-05-24
updated: 2026-05-24
type: entity
tags: [hosts, vm, windows]
sources: [homelab/catalog/hosts.json, homelab/AGENTS.md]
confidence: high
---

# Hyte

## Overview

Windows 11 workstation with WSL2. Primary Tdarr media processing node. Static IP on Lab VLAN.

## Key Facts

- **IP**: `192.168.1.143` (Main/Prod VLAN)
- **SSH Port**: 2222 (non-standard)
- **SSH User**: `christopher`
- **SSH Key**: `~/.ssh/id_ed25519`
- **Role**: Desktop host + media workstation (Tdarr)
- **Authoritative Repo**: `homelab/Hyte`
- **Inventory Group**: `hyte_host`

## SSH Access

```bash
ssh -p 2222 christopher@192.168.1.143
# or via ~/.ssh/config
ssh hyte
```

SSH config entry in `~/.ssh/config`:
```
Host Hyte
    HostName 192.168.1.143
    Port 2222
    User christopher
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
```

## Tdarr Integration

Hyte runs Tdarr (media transcoding) as a Windows-native workload. Uses GPU transcoding for media files on the NFS mounts from [[truenas]].

## Related

- [[truenas]] — NFS storage source for Tdarr processing
- [[media-stack]] — Tdarr transcoding pipeline
- [[proxmox]] — hosts the hypervisor running this workstation VM