PROJECT // LAB

LAB

Computers, servers, networks, software, infrastructure, and automation. The lab is the digital side of the workshop.

> LAB STATUS: ONLINE

> CORE PLATFORM: PROXMOX

> APPLICATION LAYER: DOCKER // PORTAINER // NEXTCLOUD

CURRENT LAB

The documented lab currently centers on a Proxmox environment, virtual machines and containers, shared storage, self-hosted applications, networking, and the supporting infrastructure that ties everything together.

VIRTUALIZATION

Proxmox VE
Virtual machines
LXC containers

The virtualization layer is the foundation for the current lab.

DOCKER

Docker Engine
Compose
Portainer

Application workloads are managed as containerized services.

SELF-HOSTED SERVICES

Nextcloud
MariaDB
Redis

The current documented cloud stack uses Nextcloud with database and cache services.

STORAGE

OMV storage VM
SMB / NFS
Primary + backup storage

Phase-1 storage is intentionally separated from the future larger storage project.

NETWORKING

Gateway
Switches / Wi-Fi
VLAN-aware infrastructure

The network topology is maintained separately as a first-class diagram.

AUTOMATION / MONITORING

Home Assistant
Service monitoring
Backups and maintenance

Additional monitoring and automation targets remain documented as the lab evolves.

> LAB PRINCIPLE: understand dependencies, make the smallest appropriate change, test the result, and document what changed.