labs

Various notes, guides and references on how I setup some of my labs and infrastructure.

Intro, or “Why the plural Labs”?

I’m not running a homelab like you will see on r/Homelab etc, though there’s no reason why this knowledge base couldn’t be applied to one. I’m experimenting with a wide range of solutions, which I will attempt to apply to various real-world problems. I’m not using this stuff at home for anything like gaming or streaming, storing media, etc. They are set up and torn down often.

Currently the only permanent fixtures in the actual physical lab space are a UPS and the network gear: an SDN capable switch and a pfsense firewall. The rest is a perpetual set of builds, rebuilds and other projects in a constant state of flux.

TrueNAS

Ubuntu KVM Host

PfSense

Samba Domain Controller