My Homelab

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Personal Development:

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My personal and lab, network infrastructure uses exclusively Ubiquiti Unifi managed equipment with four primary servers and a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliance. The network architecture incorporates a firewall, a Layer 2 switch, and two Access Points (APs). It features firewall rules to separate guest, IoT devices, and DMZ traffic from the secure LAN.

On the server side, there’s a 3-node Highly Available Proxmox Cluster, complemented by a standalone ESXi 8 server. The latter serves as the primary production machine, running a Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machine (VM) alongside several Debian-based VMs. These VMs are dedicated to hosting Docker containers for a variety of workloads, including web servers, uptime monitoring, VPN, and remote desktop management.

The Proxmox cluster, primarily used for educational purposes, hosts additional Debian-based VMs. This setup provides an excellent opportunity to explore and learn about shared storage and high availability configurations.

Services and Layout:

The Gear:

The network rack, mini server cluster, and NAS

The 2 main powerhouse servers (Top: Custom dual Xeon E5-2698 v3, Bottom: Dell Poweredge R720xd)