THE LAB
> Bare-metal R&D Environment.
> Simulating enterprise networking & zero-trust security.
Uptime
99.9%
Services
40+
Security
Locked
Kernel
Linux
Personal Rig
My daily driver for competitive gaming, content creation, and testing heavy workloads.
- CPUIntel Core i9-14900KS (24-Core, 6.2GHz)
- GPUNvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)
- Memory32GB DDR5
- Storage16TB+ NVMe/SSD Array
Home Server
Dedicated always-on server infrastructure for automation and services.
- ChassisHP Omen 870 Series
- ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700 (Quad-Core)
- Memory16GB DDR4
- Services30+ Docker Containers
Physical Topology
Public Internet
CF Tunnel
Zero Trust
Auth & IPS
CrowdSec + Authelia
DNS Sinkhole
Pi-hole + Unbound
Traefik Reverse Proxy
Internal Routing & SSL
Media Storage
Docker Host
IoT Bridge
Bare Metal
Host System: HP OMEN (Ubuntu LTS) • Kernel 6.8+ • Docker Engine
Service Architecture
PUBLIC INTERNET
Cloudflare + CrowdSec
Edge Security & IPS
CrowdSec Bouncer
Authelia 2FA
Tunnel Ingress
Traefik Reverse Proxy
SSL: ActiveDocker Compose
Media Stack
NZBHydra
Sonarr / Radarr
AIOManager (E2EE)
Overseerr
AI & LLMs
DeepSeek R1
Open WebUI
Ollama
Stable Diff
Ops & Net
Pi-hole + Unbound
Beszel
Portainer
Dozzle
Utils & IoT
Home Assistant
Scrypted
Homarr
IT-Tools
Active Services
STATUS: ONLINEMedia Automation
RadarrSonarrLidarrBazarrProwlarrOverseerrFlaresolverrDecypharrNZBHydra2
Streaming & Content
AudiobookshelfBookloreStremthruCometAIOStreamsAIOmetadataAIOManagerCrosswatch
Network & Ops
ArcaneCloudflaredPortainerWatchtowerBeszelDozzle
Smart Home
Home AssistantHomebridgeScrypted
Utilities & Dashboards
HomarrFilebrowserIT-ToolsFreshRSSAltServerVert
Why bare-metal?
Cloud layers abstract away the lessons. Managing a Linux kernel directly forces a deeper understanding of permissions, networking, and security.