{"id":16140,"date":"2025-05-21T03:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/?page_id=16140"},"modified":"2025-05-21T03:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:12:27","slug":"the_lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sekuritasit.com\/index.php\/the_lab\/","title":{"rendered":"\/the_lab\/"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div\r\n\t\tclass=\"align wp-block-ttb-text-typing\"\tid='ttbTextTyping-1'\r\n\tdata-attributes='{&quot;cId&quot;:&quot;e3d4a77a-d&quot;,&quot;prefixText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;typingContents&quot;:[{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\\/homelab\\\/&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;rgba(105, 105, 105, 1)&quot;}],&quot;isLoop&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;effects&quot;:{&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;matrix&quot;},&quot;themes&quot;:{&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;default&quot;},&quot;terminal&quot;:{&quot;headerText&quot;:&quot;developer@portfolio&quot;},&quot;suffixText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;typeSpeed&quot;:100,&quot;startDelay&quot;:500,&quot;backSpeed&quot;:75,&quot;backDelay&quot;:500,&quot;isShuffle&quot;:false,&quot;isFadeOut&quot;:false,&quot;fadeOutDelay&quot;:500,&quot;loopCount&quot;:0,&quot;isCursor&quot;:true,&quot;cursorChar&quot;:&quot;|&quot;,&quot;textAlign&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;background&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;transparent&quot;},&quot;terminalHeadingBg&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#2b2b3c&quot;},&quot;terminalHeadingTextColor&quot;:&quot;#ccc&quot;,&quot;terminalHeadTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:12,&quot;tablet&quot;:12,&quot;mobile&quot;:12}},&quot;isIcon&quot;:true,&quot;iconList&quot;:{&quot;size&quot;:60,&quot;uploadIconUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i.ibb.co.com\\\/Y4DRLrNL\\\/deciduous-tree-1f333.png&quot;},&quot;padding&quot;:{&quot;vertical&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;horizontal&quot;:&quot;15px&quot;},&quot;prefixTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:22,&quot;tablet&quot;:20,&quot;mobile&quot;:18}},&quot;content&quot;:&quot;Animated text for animation&quot;,&quot;textAlignment&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;repeat&quot;:true,&quot;prefixColor&quot;:&quot;#333&quot;,&quot;typingContentsTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:22,&quot;tablet&quot;:20,&quot;mobile&quot;:18},&quot;fontWeight&quot;:600},&quot;suffixTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:22,&quot;tablet&quot;:20,&quot;mobile&quot;:18}},&quot;suffixColor&quot;:&quot;#333&quot;,&quot;isRandomColor&quot;:true,&quot;isCustomBG&quot;:false,&quot;animatedSize&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;height&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;200px&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},&quot;iconSize&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;60px&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},&quot;border&quot;:{&quot;radius&quot;:&quot;8px&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0px&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;solid&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;}}'\r\n><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\nI actively manage a self-hosted homelab environment focused on security testing, service hosting, and infrastructure experimentation. It\u2019s a mix of production-adjacent systems and pure chaos-fueled learning.\n<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><strong>Primary Node \u2013 Dell R630 (Ubuntu):<\/strong> Hosts VMs for AdGuard Home, Cloudron (with Guacamole and Kavita), Wazuh SIEM, and Plex Media Server. ~58TB of storage across multiple volumes supports VM workloads, media, and archival backup.<\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>Storage Node \u2013 Dell T330 (TrueNAS SCALE):<\/strong> Runs Nextcloud and manages a 12TB usable ZFS RAID-Z1 array (4\u00d74TB), with separate SSDs for OS and app installs to support service isolation and easier recovery.<\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>SMB + NFS Integration:<\/strong> Configured cross-node sharing for media and data:\n    <ul>\n      <li>SMB: Odin (media server) shares its music directory to Gaia (main server), automounted via <code>fstab<\/code>.<\/li>\n      <li>NFS: Kavita pulls from an NFS-mounted volume managed in Cloudron, offloading storage from the eBook server itself.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>Network Security Stack:<\/strong> Built using a layered approach with:\n    <ul>\n      <li>Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (modem-level)<\/li>\n      <li>Netgear Armor with endpoint agents<\/li>\n      <li>Cloudflare Tunnels + Zero Trust Access (with custom policies)<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n    Includes ongoing troubleshooting of hairpin NAT and route conflicts.\n  <\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>Internal Networking:<\/strong> Uses AdGuard Home for DNS filtering, VLAN segmentation via managed switch, and an isolated IoT access point for network hygiene.<\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>Monitoring:<\/strong> Wazuh SIEM logs from multiple endpoints\/VMs for real-time alerting and forensic auditing.<\/li>\n\n  <li><strong>Other Systems:<\/strong> \n    <ul>\n      <li>Multiple Linux-based gaming rigs, workstations, and HTPCs<\/li>\n      <li>Raspberry Pi 4B weather station (integrates APIs from Tomorrow.io, Mapbox, and LocationIQ)<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\nIt\u2019s a lot of blinking lights, but it\u2019s also a real testing ground for everything I build, break, and rebuild in my day-to-day. From file sharing to endpoint security, it\u2019s hands-on, high-effort, and frequently reconfigured. In other words \u2014 a sysadmin\u2019s playground.\n<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I actively manage a self-hosted homelab environment focused on security testing, service hosting, and infrastructure experimentation. It\u2019s a mix of production-adjacent systems and pure chaos-fueled learning. 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